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How to select the best lighting fixtures for your home woodworking shop.
Selecting the lighting fixtures and layout of the lights in the woodworking shop is a task that requires a significant amount of time and planning. It is necessary to determine where all of the stationary tools, work bench(s), mobile tools will be positioned to determine how much and where the lights need to be placed. [...]
What type of shop lighting should I use?
There are several lighting options to light the wood shop, fluorescent, incandescent, or compact fluorescent. Which is the right one for my wood shop? Each light option has its strengths and limitations.
Incandescent light bulbs have been the main stay for lighting just about any space in the home. They are cheap and [...]
It is Christmas time in home woodworker’s shop
No, I am not talking about new power tools for the shop. Instead, I am talking about making Christmas gifts for your kids, friends, or family. In my case, I am working on a design for an art easel for my six year old godson. His mom is thrilled about the gift! It will be [...]
What is the best type of pipe to use for a compressed air distribution system in my home wood shop?
There are several different materials available to consider, black pipe, copper, PVC, rubber hose, etc. Each material has its strengths and weaknesses.
Black pipe typically comes in 20’, 10’ and nipple lengths. Consider purchasing from a local plumbing supply house. They typically they carry a better quality of pipe than the local home supply store.
A [...]
My home wood shop (a/k/a the ‘shed’)
My wood shop is a home built 16’ by 12’ shed with a barn style roof in the back yard. A nice size building; however, over time I wish I had a larger space. I just completed building my eldest daughter’s dresser bed (storage bed) and it was a fun dance to move parts around [...]