First Project

Sherry put in a request for a pizza peel. She makes our bread and tried several different ways to slide it off the rising surface onto the hot pizza stone in the oven. Even with the rising surface covered with a generous layer of corn meal, the dough still managed to stick to every surface she tried. The she thought about a pizza peel. First she pulled out her wood cutting board, covered the surface with corn meal, and placed the bread dough in the center to rise. A couple of hours later, it slid just perfectly onto the hot pizza stone.

Eureka! After a bit of web surfing, she sent a link to Sam and said, "I want one of these...
...with a tapered end."
Ta-da! Sister-in-law, Carol, asked where hers was. ;o)

Shelving

Next project was a wall-mount shelf unit.

Notice the sand paper shelves in the lower left hand section.
FINALLY! A vacuum that fits a man's hands!! ;o)

A Few Tools

Sam has had the drill press since the end of 2000. Sherry's dad died. Her mother and youngest brother gave Sam the drill press. Sam made the base to put it at the correct height.

He purchased the table saw from his younger brother. Gave it a good cleaning, painted the extension table, then waxed it. He mounted a board to one pair of the legs, then added casters to make it portable.

We'll call this the First Stage. The drill press, a metal cabinet Sam plans to clean out and repaint. His old work bench. Tool box. Portable workbench. Stationary workbench.

Built-in Work Bench

Next came the built-in workbench.
The portable workbench is to the left.

Work Bench

General how-to build a work bench information was found on the internet. Sam took those ideas and made this to suit his needs. He put casters on his so that he can move it where he needs it in the building.

Oops...here it is with the drawers.

And that's the stowable router table. It clamps to the workbench and has legs on the sides. Remove the legs and stow it under the workbench.

"Important" Room

The "important room." However, the sign is false advertising...cause there's only one...







Hot water too!



The finished building...

Interior

Then the husband and wife team of Sam and Sherry went to work on the interior. In 104 degree temps (with humidity factored in, it felt hotter 'n' hell) we installed plywood to the lower part of the interior to protect the surface of the insulation covering and to have a wall to hang stuff on. Sam did the majority of the work while Sherry wimped out in the house under the a/c.

The compound miter saw was borrowed from Elton.