kman-oz
4th September 2006, 11:23 AM
G'day all, I'm new to these forums and wasn't sure what section this sort of thread should belong to. Apologies if it's out of place.
Anyway, I haven't done any serious woodworking in many years, but I've been inspired to build some new furniture for my home and I'm in the process of getting setup. I've got a fair array of tools, some decent benches and a reasonable amout of space to work with, but I'm not certain exactly what techniques and tools I'll require.
My first project will be a pretty simple bed made from Messmate. 110m square section posts, steel structural work with basic recessed panels at the head and foot. I'm confident that if I plough ahead and get started I'll make plenty of mistakes, learn from them, and end up with a great result. However, money is a little tight and I can't really afford to be buggering anyting up.
When I have the time I'll post up some basic plans for this bed and ask for peoples opinions on construction, but in the mean time I'd like some advice or pearls of wisdon regarding the workshop setup.
The workshop floor space is about 4m x 8m (minus the furniture I'm storing for friends :rolleyes: ), I've got a set of shelves I've just built (2400mm x 600mm x 2 shelves) for storing materials and two working benches. My rough bench is built from recycled Oregon and isn't very flat :p , but works well enough, has a 1 tonne engineering vice and is basically indestructable! The finishing bench is made from a recycled dining table with a laminated particle board top which needs a little flattening out. Otherwise this bench is very useful with two small woodworking vices and a big hole in the centre for the circular saw come home made table saw.
Tools I have:
- Circular saw/table saw (184mm, 24-tooth and 40-tooth blades)
- Compound mitre saw (210mm, 24-tooth and 40-tooth blades)
- Basic plunge router with several general purpose router bits
- Electric plane (only for rough work)
- 13mm pedastal drill
- 2 x handheld power drills
- Electric belt sander
- Jigsaw
- 2 x angle grinders
- Basic dust extractor
- Tenon saw
- Panel saw
- Jack plane
- Basic chisels (not really much good)
- the usual array of mallets, punches, clamps, etc. A decade of handyman work makes for a pretty handy workshop! ;)
Tools I'm considering purchasing or building:
- Large sash clamps (2m)
- Biscuit joiner
- Decent chisels
- Dedicated router table (currently using an insert for the saw table, but it doesn't work very well)
- Proper fences for the router and saw tables.
- Dust cabinets for router and saw tables.
If anyone has any comments, questions, recommendations.... anything at all, I'm all ears. I'd love to hear from some people who've already learned the hard lessons and have some advice. :D
Thanks for your help and wisdon folks, I look forward to a long stay!
Dave.
Anyway, I haven't done any serious woodworking in many years, but I've been inspired to build some new furniture for my home and I'm in the process of getting setup. I've got a fair array of tools, some decent benches and a reasonable amout of space to work with, but I'm not certain exactly what techniques and tools I'll require.
My first project will be a pretty simple bed made from Messmate. 110m square section posts, steel structural work with basic recessed panels at the head and foot. I'm confident that if I plough ahead and get started I'll make plenty of mistakes, learn from them, and end up with a great result. However, money is a little tight and I can't really afford to be buggering anyting up.
When I have the time I'll post up some basic plans for this bed and ask for peoples opinions on construction, but in the mean time I'd like some advice or pearls of wisdon regarding the workshop setup.
The workshop floor space is about 4m x 8m (minus the furniture I'm storing for friends :rolleyes: ), I've got a set of shelves I've just built (2400mm x 600mm x 2 shelves) for storing materials and two working benches. My rough bench is built from recycled Oregon and isn't very flat :p , but works well enough, has a 1 tonne engineering vice and is basically indestructable! The finishing bench is made from a recycled dining table with a laminated particle board top which needs a little flattening out. Otherwise this bench is very useful with two small woodworking vices and a big hole in the centre for the circular saw come home made table saw.
Tools I have:
- Circular saw/table saw (184mm, 24-tooth and 40-tooth blades)
- Compound mitre saw (210mm, 24-tooth and 40-tooth blades)
- Basic plunge router with several general purpose router bits
- Electric plane (only for rough work)
- 13mm pedastal drill
- 2 x handheld power drills
- Electric belt sander
- Jigsaw
- 2 x angle grinders
- Basic dust extractor
- Tenon saw
- Panel saw
- Jack plane
- Basic chisels (not really much good)
- the usual array of mallets, punches, clamps, etc. A decade of handyman work makes for a pretty handy workshop! ;)
Tools I'm considering purchasing or building:
- Large sash clamps (2m)
- Biscuit joiner
- Decent chisels
- Dedicated router table (currently using an insert for the saw table, but it doesn't work very well)
- Proper fences for the router and saw tables.
- Dust cabinets for router and saw tables.
If anyone has any comments, questions, recommendations.... anything at all, I'm all ears. I'd love to hear from some people who've already learned the hard lessons and have some advice. :D
Thanks for your help and wisdon folks, I look forward to a long stay!
Dave.