2013 F150 Ecoboost

 I purchased this F150, and I'm pretty excited to have a vehicle that can haul both lumber, and our family. 

Bosch Random Orbital Sander

My latest addition to the power tool arsenal is this random orbital sander from Bosch. I've used it enough to say that it works great as expected. I can't really compare it to other brands, as this is the only one of these I've owned.

The tool comes with this filter for helping with dust, or the filter can be removed so a dust collection system or shop vac can be attached during use.

Sanding is my least favorite part of woodworking. I'd imagine that's true for others as well. I bought this with the 3 grits that I generally use.

Steve Ramsey's Basic Mobile Workbench

This is the first project that I completed from Steve Ramsey's course, The Weekend Woodworker. The BMW, serves as a work surface for multi-purpose use. The 'bench' is built with very basic storage on the bottom, and places on casters to make it easy to roll around in the shop.

Fishing Rod Rack - Solution for Safely Storing Fishing Poles

Fishing poles are like extra lumber, always in the way if you don't have a good place to store them. And that's not to mention that leaning them against the wall, or in the corner is just an invitation to damaging them. I came across this idea scrolling through Pinterest.

I took two 1x2 boards and cut them to the length I needed. Then I cut sown this PVC pipe to 3" sections. Then using my bandsaw, I cut out the notches that allows the fishing rods to enter and exit. I attached with drywall screws.

Now I have no worries at all that these will get broken. Why do I have so many anyway? ;-)

Trampoline Spring Pads - Cover Your Springs On The Cheap

This was a project that I saw on Pinterest. I just happened on these pool noodles marked down to clearance prices. While I don't remember the exact price for each one, I believe I bought $10 worth. I cut them to size with scissors, and there you go!

Basic Lumber Wall Rack For Getting Your Lumber Stash Out of the Way

Without a place to store extra boards, I'm convinced it's impossible to keep a woodworking space in enough order to work without re-arranging every time there's a project at hand. Oh man, I've moved stuff around and re-arranged until the motivation to work completely fades away. That's why it's important to come up with these types of solutions to the basics. Now I'll say, until fairly recently, my idea of building something with wood didn't require a dedicated space. But now that I've started acquiring tools that are more stationary in nature, it reasons to have a dedicated shop space. So like many of my fellow hobbyists, I have 1/2 a 2-car garage to work with. So the goal was simply this: put the boards somewhere that I can get to without too much headache, put them where I'm not stepping over them, nor have to move them to use any certain tool. A simple rack on the wall seems like the best solution.