Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Grand Slam Tools!

I dropped over to T-Chisel's website today and stopped in the forum and noticed some talk about Grand Slam Tools; it appears to be a set of layout tools that Tommy has been making and selling either as a pack or individually. Check them out here: http://www.grandslamtools.com/

If you know Tommy, you know he is from the Boston area and is a huge Red Sox fan (too bad for him actually), but one look at these tools and you understand where his inspiration for tools came from. I really dig the Major League inspired logo! You've got to love the t-shirts as well "Major League Woodworking; way cool. Tommy, if you read this, you need a t-shirt that says "who's better than me?"!! That would be a huge seller for you!

So, check out Grand Slam Tools and then jump over to the forum and let him know what you think!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

What comes next?

Well, with my latest project complete, and the shop all cleaned up...sort of, I'm trying to decide what to do next. Of course my wife has a few ideas; she always does. I'm thinking that a couple things that I really need to build are some shop cabinets. I really need some storage under my bench for hand tools, sandpaper, etc. Something basic and functional, nothing fancy. I'm thinking I may do something similar to what Marc Spagnuolo, aka The Wood Whisperer, did here: http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-19-assembly-table-stand/ Although I may reverse this a bit and do two sets of drawers and open cabinets/doors in the middle. Below is a shot of my bench as it currently is
From ShopPics

You can see some drawers just laying there; those are from the drawer "system" I had before which was crappy, very crappy. So, I think I'm going to take some measurements, watch Marc's video a couple more times and start to build me some storage ;)