Shop Tour

October 2010 Upper Cut Woodworks Shop Photo - click for full size

The Upper Cut Woodworks Shop is in our three car garage here at the house. I share the space with my wife’s car and some household storage, so I get a section that is about 25’ x 20’. I’m lucky that there are no posts so the space is wide open with two big windows for natural light. I bought this house new and when I moved in I had the walls insulated & painted, the floors epoxied, lots of lighting and outlets installed, and a little gas stove installed for heat. I take most of my time off from my real job in the winter, so it’s great to have a warm and well-lit shop to work in.

Partial list of Power Tools

• Powermatic Model 66 Table Saw with router table in the extension
• Grizzly 14” Bandsaw
• Grizzly 6” Jointer
• Delta lunch-box Planer
• Jet Air Cleaner mounted on ceiling
• Penn State Dust Collector
• Jet Mortiser (full-size)
• 15” Delta Drill Press
• Router Table with Porter Cable 7518
• DeWalt Sliding Compound Miter Saw
• Earlex 6900 HVLP sprayer
• Tormek T7 for sharpening

Partial list of Hand Tools

My first important acquisition for hand tool use was my big Sjoberg’s Workbench that I’ve had for ten years. I also have some quality hand tools from Veritas and Lie-Nielsen and some great old Stanley Everlasting chisels that I got at this year’s Woodworking in America conference. They have been a joy to use and are accurate and fast. Here’s some of the hand tools I use most often.

• Lie-Nielsen progressive pitch dovetail saw
• Lie-Nielsen crosscut saw
• Old Stanley planes that are in various states of being restored
• New Stanley Sweetheart #4
• New Stanley Sweetheart block plane
• Veritas router plane
• Stanley Everlasting chisels
• Tommy MacDonald marking gauge, mallet
• Starrett comination square

You can see more about my shop at one of my favorite woodworking sites, LumberJocks and you can see my old shop layout here.