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Router Table


Myr

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One of the things I'm getting more into outside of the computer is woodworking.  I'm lightly researching routers and router tables now for a purchase later in the year.  This will allow me to do some more work on making some furniture items as well as simple things like frames from plexiglass that I'll need for other things.  (Like an enclosure for the 3d printer I'm looking at).

Is there anyone out there that enjoys woodworking?  what tools do you prefer?

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Yeah, Myr. I love woodworking, but not the fine furniture kind. I like building things like doors... I made a new storm door with a large functioning window a couple of weeks ago (my second time building one), and just finished an interior craftsman style pine door for my den, which matches the one beside it. I built that one a decade ago. :) 

 

I also built all the windows, years ago, for a new addition on my house that just turned thirty. I built that too. I am just now replacing those windows (still in pretty good shape) with new vinyl ones. I have to re-frame openings for the ones I've ordered... eleven double-hung windows will arrive in 4-6 weeks.

 

I also built my dining room table. It, too, is about thirty years old, and other than a few mars to the finish on the top, is still a great table of unique design. I've built bunk beds, desks, benches, a kitchen island and cupboards, and the like over the years, but nothing too complicated. I'm not a tool expert, but I have most everything I need. Pretty much all my tools came from Canadian Tire, and a few from Sears. The one thing I've learned, though... only buy the best tools... ones that are backed by warranties.

 

Building stuff is good for my head, and I'm trying to take a break from writing, and get stuff accomplished I've been putting off, but it's difficult... I've written three days in a row. :rolleyes: Oh, yeah... I also built a new front deck within the last month. It's a very satisfying feeling. Have fun!  Cheers... Gary....

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Is there anyone out there that enjoys woodworking?  what tools do you prefer?

I was about to make a joke about this isn't the type of wood, I like the work with, but I'll be a bit more serious. I really don't have experience in carpentry work, though it has been something that perk my interest, but I used to watch a couple of shows on PBS that were good. The New Yankee Workshop, and American Woodwright. Both were educational in tools, and procedures in this craftsmanship.

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