Unfortunately, the guestbook has been retired. At retirement, I was receiving 50-75 spam messages everyday. Sorry.
| Name: | Brian Holmes - July 15, 2005 |
| E-mail: | bbholmes1979@aol.com |
| Location: | Bakersfield, ca USA |
| Comments: | I really liked your site,I am interested in building custom rolling cabinet and the router table like the one on your site.Thanks Brian Holmes |
| Name: | Kevin S. Brady - June 28, 2005 |
| E-mail: | bradylaw@gmail.com |
| My URL: | http://users.goldengate.net/~kbrady/ |
| Location: | Minneapolis, MN USA |
| Comments: | Kudos from a fellow woodworker! Nice site - I'm always looking for good WW tips. Thanks. I have a few FREE downloads on my site, if anyone is interested. A benchtop router table plan, and my loudspeaker design program. Go to: http://users.goldengate.net/~kbrady/page02a.html |
| Name: | BillyD - June 07, 2005 |
| Comments: | Just had to leave a note after seeing all the great work you have done and nice shop you built. Besides being a heck of a woodworker your site looks nice as well. BillyD..
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| Name: | Wendall K. Roth - June 06, 2005 |
| Location: | Moab, UT USA |
| Comments: | I will give this hook=up a try, have a refurbished Phillips Tivo found Tivo hook-up but not for Phillips unit. Extremely ignorant concerning all this. |
| Name: | T Collins - June 05, 2005 |
| Location: | Behind a PC, Behind a PC Near PC |
| Comments: | Nice website! Best of wishes to you. |
| Name: | vernon burns - May 03, 2005 |
| Location: | hamilton, oh USA |
| Comments: | Nice work, I just started working with wood.I'll keep you posted on my procress. |
| Name: | Roy Ames - April 03, 2005 |
| E-mail: | springtime@ntlworld.com |
| Location: | Manchester, UK |
| Comments: | Great site, will take time to study it,I am building a pole frame workshop, just got the telegraph poles up, Woodturning is my maine interest, I am a carpenter by trade Best Regards Roy |
| Name: | Tony DiFonzo - March 31, 2005 |
| E-mail: | tony3263@hotmail.com |
| Location: | White Lake, MI USA |
| Comments: | Am just getting into Woodworking! Organization and layout are the most difficult things. Thanks for the ideas! |
| Name: | Spence McMaster - March 27, 2005 |
| Location: | Winnsboro, SC USA |
| Comments: | Nice layout!!!! |
| Name: | Steven J. Driver - March 03, 2005 |
| E-mail: | sjd471@ev1.net |
| Location: | New Caney, TX USA |
| Comments: | Nice work hope I can get that good. I have a shopSmith I bought with the idea that it would give me more space in my garage / shop. Didn't help much. If I can only to get my wife to wash the cloth at the laundermat. I could get some more wall and floor spave. Do not think that will go over very well. I put most of my tools on wheels. That helps some on getting them out of the way. I have planer, jointer, 10 inch compound slider miter saw bandsaw 24" belt sander. Nice work hope I can get that good. Your shop looks great. As for mine I have to many tools and not enough floor space. I would like to add on a extra 20 x 22 but lack of funds at this time is holding me back. It looks as you used every inch of wall and floor space yourself. I bought a ShopSmith hoping this would solve this problem just made thing worst. I really like the items that you have built, and I hope that I can get that good some day. I'am just starting out. I'am disabled and this is a good way to pass the time and turn nothing into something. I have built and sold seven rocking horse. Thanks for your web page. Thanks Steve |
| Name: | Charles Heatherly - January 17, 2005 |
| E-mail: | heath7@bellsouth.net |
| Location: | Cary, NC USA |
| Comments: | Am very impressed with the quality of your work. |
| Name: | Tomas Root - January 14, 2005 |
| E-mail: | root@myho.com |
| My URL: | http://iswt.biz/ |
| Comments: | Great site! Great ideas! |
| Name: | keri garcia - December 26, 2004 |
| E-mail: | kerig2004@yahoo.com |
| Location: | springfield, mo USA |
| Comments: | trying to come up with a great design for my hope chest. it is a cedar chest and would like to add some black and white photos to it. not sure where to start |
| Name: | Auggie - December 17, 2004 |
| E-mail: | audreyw@interbaun.com |
| Location: | Onoway, ab Canada |
| Comments: | I am a carpenter and am building a new shop and want a good plan for storing wood clamps. Thanks |
| Name: | Paul - December 16, 2004 |
| E-mail: | pwalters@chartermi.net |
| Location: | Gladstone, MI USA |
| Comments: | Excellent, will be back to get more ideas later. I am designing a portable panel cutting jig. |
| Name: | Scott - December 13, 2004 |
| E-mail: | scott_howard99@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Nice shop, great tips and ideas. Have a good day! |
| Name: | jess jennings - October 23, 2004 |
| Location: | Mustang, Ok USA |
| Comments: | visited your site for a look at your drill press stand. thanks for sharing. |
| Name: | Ray Ross - October 19, 2004 |
| E-mail: | riross77@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Rockford, mi USA |
| Comments: | Like your projects, like to see some on yard ornaments. Very interested in whirligigs & wind wheels. Thanks Ray. |
| Name: | Robbo - October 12, 2004 |
| Location: | auckland, New Zealand |
| Comments: | Great page & brilliant ideas, thanks |
| Name: | Joe Fasone - June 26, 2004 |
| Location: | Alliance , OH USA |
| Comments: | Like your ideas in your shop, I have single car garge, limited space. If you have any ideas or plans please E-Mail me. I would like toy here from you. |
| Name: | Mike - June 25, 2004 |
| Comments: | Nice tools, my shop is my garage also. Where do you buy your plans? Or do you make them up as you go? Do you recommand Grizzly product? What is more nessary in a wood shop a planer or shaper? I am really new at wood working. I have a Ryobi BT3100 table saw see www.BT3central.com, Rockler router table with a Craftsman 2hp router, Protech 10" Minter saw and a few power sanders. Oh like you I love my air nailers it is like having 2 people helping you. |
| Name: | Scott Blum - May 26, 2004 |
| E-mail: | sblum@wbtv.com |
| Location: | Charlotte, NC USA |
| Comments: | Like to see more projects |
| Name: | Charles Warnol - May 20, 2004 |
| E-mail: | cwarnol@usouthal.edu |
| Comments: | I am wanting to build a router table/cabinet. I had some other plans sometime back, but I am not sure that I can find them. I started searching the web again and found this article. I am going to look at this in more detail, because it looks similiar to what I would like to have. Good description and pics. Thanks, |
| Name: | Tommy - May 01, 2004 |
| E-mail: | tomdiden13@msn.com |
| Location: | Oklahoma City, OK USA |
| Comments: | Looking for something to keep my son busy & out off the strrets. Shows some interest in hunting & mounting. Would like to have info. on making plaques for mounting. |
| Name: | Todd Willard - March 12, 2004 |
| E-mail: | toddandreabiscuit@verizon.net |
| Location: | Houlton, ME USA |
| Comments: | Very nice shop......I hope to have one like it someday....I'm always picking up tools etc. but need a place to call my own..... |
| Name: | Richard Precious - March 02, 2004 |
| E-mail: | rpresh@cox.net |
| Location: | Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA USA |
| Comments: | Great information. Thanks |
| Name: | Roger Stoll - March 02, 2004 |
| E-mail: | rstoll@bright.net |
| Location: | Celina, Ohio USA |
| Comments: | Very interesting, I would like to up grade my wood shop to better band saw , table saw and a planner as I have most bench top now. Your web page andwer some my idea about grizzy tools. Thank You. |
| Name: | Stephen Lucas - February 23, 2004 |
| Comments: | Nice shop. I appreciate all of the information about different tools and your ideas that have proved successful about shop set-up. Thanks for the tour. Stephen |
| Name: | Charlie Reddick - February 21, 2004 |
| E-mail: | creddick1@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Jacksonville, FL USA |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed my visit. Learned a bunch, gave me some ideas for improving my garage/workshop. I'll be back. Thanks, |
| Name: | Frank Dukarm - February 15, 2004 |
| E-mail: | frankdukarmscw@msn.com |
| Location: | Sun City West, AZ USA |
| Comments: | Thanks for the Router Table Plans - It will help me to design and build my own |
| Name: | Jim Eaglestone - February 11, 2004 |
| E-mail: | jimeaglestone@tiscli.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have just found your site and will be back I have realy enjoyed my visit Jim |
| Name: | Massage Recliner - February 05, 2004 |
| E-mail: | recliner@massage.com |
| My URL: | http://www.elitemassagechairs.com |
| Comments: | Bob, you made a very nice router table |
| Name: | b pointer - January 14, 2004 |
| E-mail: | amkdiva@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Houston, Tx USA |
| Comments: | Hello, I am a first timer in your web site . The reason I am here is that I am looking for prints or plans for a builtin window seat with storage for my kitchen . If you have anything that would help it would be grreatly appreciated . Thank you |
| Name: | Larry Maple - January 09, 2004 |
| E-mail: | maplelarry@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Amelia, OH USA |
| Comments: | Thanks for taking the time to record your router table construction. I have found it very helpful and will use it as a source for my Incra router table design. Thanks and keep on cutting. |
| Name: | Don Marcontell - December 10, 2003 |
| E-mail: | dmarcontell@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Flower Mound, Tx USA |
| Comments: | I found your site while looking for info on a router table. I am planning on building one pretty soon, and I enjoyed seeing how you were doing yours. I am in the early stages, but I expect I will probably use some of the ideas from your project and incorporate them into what I do. Thanks for sharing what you are doing. |
| Name: | Mark - October 27, 2003 |
| E-mail: | mark.lefebvre@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Nice table! I am almost finished with my table, but was not sure how to finish the bottom area (what kind of drawers or cab to make). Now that I see how you did yours, I am just going to do shelvs. |
| Name: | Dori - September 25, 2003 |
| Comments: | Thanks for your most illuminating diagram of how to hook up TiVo in that configuration. I just got one and am looking forward to hooking up this weekend. Do I understand you correctly when you say you can transfer things recorded on TiVo onto a VCR? That would be great if it's true. Please let me know, Dori |
| Response: | Yes. |
| Name: | Dan L. Jilek - September 25, 2003 |
| E-mail: | djilek@clarkson.edu |
| Location: | Potsdam, NY USA |
| Comments: | I like your router table you are making. Which plans are you using? |
| Name: | Patrick H Bryant - September 06, 2003 |
| E-mail: | bryant@ryukyu.ne.jp |
| Location: | Okinawa, Japan |
| Comments: | I like your web page. Nice layout. I was hopping to fine Tool Silouettes. Maybe this is some thing you could add later. |
| Name: | Lonnie Duke - September 05, 2003 |
| E-mail: | lonnieduke@geusnet.com |
| My URL: | |
| Location: | Greenville, tx USA |
| Comments: | Nice set up you have and great set of tools.
I am planning to by a used (of course) Rockwell/Delta 34-388 table saw today and was doing research when I saw your site. Good luck on your marriage and workshop. Lonnie married 32 years and glad of it. |
| Name: | Mike Carpenter - September 02, 2003 |
| E-mail: | mc110usa@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Land O' Lakes, fl USA |
| Comments: | I was wandering on the net and came across your page. I am a woodworker by avocation and tinker with as the spirit moves me. I have made the same jig for my DEWALT planer as you have for your DELTA. I had questionable results also and have finally found that the best results come by feeding a piece of scrap wood into the plane both in front of and in back of the work piece. This supports the blades upon entry and exit and seems to reduce snipe comletely as long as I dont get in a big rush. |
| Name: | wendell rye - July 31, 2003 |
| Comments: | I have looked at TOO MANY production run router tables with lots of great options. The problem is, no table has all of the options. Thanks for some motivation to build my own table! |
| Name: | Dave Parke - July 17, 2003 |
| E-mail: | parked@insightbb.com |
| Location: | Lexington, ky USA |
| Comments: | Your site is well done! I am buiding a router table and think your idea of using the veturi will be helpful. Thanks for the heads up. |
| Name: | Dontee - July 05, 2003 |
| E-mail: | dontee@amnetline.com |
| My URL: | http://members.amnetline.com/dontee/ |
| Location: | Starke, FL USA |
| Comments: | You have a great shop and some wonderful diy projects. I am putting together a shop after nine years of having to watch my tools rust away. I'll have to replace some but tools like my 14" Delta bandsaw will last forever. Just replace the poor uncared for table and a bunch of cleaning and adjusting. I have just bought a house with a one car carport. I have converted it to a wood shop. (garage) I have surprised myself with the wall storage I have been able to make leaving the floor open to the large (wheeled) wood working machines. I have not aquired all of the tools I intend to, but I am about half way finished with this shop. It looks better now to get ideas from than it will when painted. I will be glad to send pictures. I had no luck at all on the net building a "one" car garage shop. Using the walls for storage would perhaps suit some of the folks with a one car garage, carport or less... |
| Name: | Hoyt Weathers - July 05, 2003 |
| E-mail: | ahab@hiwaay.net |
| Location: | Trinity, AL USA |
| Comments: | Bob, you made a very nice router table. I may follow some of your ideas. My RT will be constructed to be the same height of my workbench so it will roll up to my new workbench and be pulled tightly against it with DeStaCo clamps. That way, I will have a seven foot outfeed table for jointing stock. |
| Name: | Kel - June 06, 2003 |
| E-mail: | kellycotner@aol.com |
| Location: | New Albany, IN USA |
| Comments: | My cat's name is Bobino. I was just curious who else, also looking for meaning of name. You have any idea? Search engine suggests French origin. That's how I found you. Nice to meet you. |
| Name: | Sam Carpenter - May 24, 2003 |
| E-mail: | emosam@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Farmington, NM USA |
| Comments: | Wow! What a router table. Thank you for sharing it. When I get my new shop finished I'd like to try and build one. |
| Name: | Chris Dominguez - May 17, 2003 |
| E-mail: | jcdominguez@cox.net |
| Location: | Lake Forest, Ca USA |
| Comments: | Thanks for sharing your information on the web site! I am a new JoinTech positioning device owner, and I am in the process of building the router table. I really like the suggestions that you have made for it, and I would like to add another. I plan to use plexiglass for the router cabinet door, and hold it on with those flexible magnets all around. That way the door won't be in my way at all. Chris |
| Name: | Kevin - March 09, 2003 |
| E-mail: | kboatestr@ns.sympatico.ca |
| Comments: | Nice Site ! |
| Name: | Dennis J. Krueger - March 02, 2003 |
| E-mail: | dkrueger@deepnet.com |
| Location: | Hubbard Lake, Mi USA |
| Comments: | I am always looking for new idea's. I will be adding on to my work shop this spring. |
| Name: | A. Meza - February 25, 2003 |
| E-mail: | angel.meza@sun.com |
| Location: | Union City, ca USA |
| Comments: | Bob, Thanks. Your site gave me more ideas of making a cheap garage storage shelving unit. |
| Name: | tom ferone - February 18, 2003 |
| E-mail: | tferone@nc.rr.com |
| My URL: | http://dreamshopwoodworks.com |
| Location: | Raleigh, NC USA |
| Comments: | I enjoyed your site. You have done well with the space you have. Nice looking projects. |
| Name: | Stefan Waltenspiel - February 12, 2003 |
| E-mail: | stefan.waltenspiel@wega-informatik.ch |
| My URL: | |
| Location: | Basel, Switzerland |
| Comments: | Nice site. I was surprised to find another 'Waltenspiel' who is programmer. |
| Name: | Roland Stolte - February 11, 2003 |
| E-mail: | roland@stolte.nu |
| My URL: | http://www.stolte.nu |
| Location: | Aalten, NL |
| Comments: | Great site, already ordered the plan for the router table. Looking forward to see you're new shop online. I'll be back. |
| Name: | vera slemmer - January 28, 2003 |
| E-mail: | vhs@zbzoom.net |
| Location: | mars, pa USA |
| Comments: | I have a wonderful idea for a new design for Bob's Boxes. Where can I send it? |
| Name: | Don Klemm - December 28, 2002 |
| E-mail: | klemms@thinkextreme.net |
| Location: | Ludington, MI USA |
| Comments: | just finishing a remodeled woodshop in my walkout basement.....your photos gave me some addl ideas on what to do with stuff & info on dust collector, which is badly needed in this shop in the near future!! thanx |
| Name: | Martin Kenny - December 19, 2002 |
| E-mail: | martin@go-epic.com |
| My URL: | http://www.go-epic.com |
| Comments: | Scary Sharp . . . tried it . . . liked it . . . will use it! |
| Name: | David Yongue - December 02, 2002 |
| E-mail: | dyongue@superstone.com |
| Location: | Miami, fl USA |
| Comments: | I am interested in purchasing a Tivo but I understand you need a card siminlar to a DDS card to have it work. Is this true and then if it is can the card be programed like a DDS card to receive all digitial channels. Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
| Response: | I don't use a DDS card. My two TiVos control their own digital cable box by simulating the remote control of the cable box. |
| Name: | Ken Thompson - December 01, 2002 |
| E-mail: | KenMacT@aol.com |
| Location: | Benicia, CA USA |
| Comments: | Bob: Nice looking site. Enjoyed the visit to your shop and seeing the projects you've completed. Ken |
| Name: | Arlee D. Tripaldi - November 23, 2002 |
| E-mail: | tripaldi@carolina.net |
| Location: | Bladenboro, NC United States |
| Comments: | Great looking router table. Did you get the plans from Jointech? |
| Response: | Yes. |
| Name: | John Nepper, Jr. - November 19, 2002 |
| E-mail: | jnepper@designplastics.com |
| Location: | OMaha, NE USA |
| Comments: | Nice site! I've build all of the projects in the Incra jig project book and was looking for a site that had more projects that other people did. Have you ever seen a site like this? Please respond to my email address (if possible) Thanks, John |
| Name: | Dean W. Boyer - November 15, 2002 |
| E-mail: | dboyer1@houston.rr.com |
| Location: | Cypres, TX USA |
| Comments: | Just looking around for plans to a router table I need to build. YOur table stands high on the list I am considering. Thank you for your efforts in documenting your project. Sincerely Dean Boyer |
| Name: | Larry Butler - November 10, 2002 |
| E-mail: | larry@fun-a-fair.com |
| Location: | Central point , OR USA |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed your page. nice. I was looking for ideas on a heavy shop assembly table complet with wood vice. I like yours. I will be pounding one together soon. |
| Name: | Gust Martinez - November 10, 2002 |
| E-mail: | OneGrk2@attbi.com |
| Location: | Lakewood, Co USA |
| Comments: | The Woodshow is coming to Denver in a couple of weeks, I am thinking of getting either Jointech Clincher with the Sawtrain or Woodpecker Incra system for the table saw. Any suggestions? I am going to modify my 52 inch unisaw table and build cabinets under it similar to Jointechs router table. I really like your modifications and comments on what you would of done different, now that you've built it. |
| Response: |
See my comments here. http://www.sonic.net/~bobino/IncraVsJoinTech.html It's a little dated but it should help you make a decision when you visit the Woodshow. -Bob |
| Name: | Larry Hall - November 05, 2002 |
| E-mail: | larry.hallgm7@whsmithnet.co.uk |
| Comments: | Looks beyond my capabilities but has given me incentive to try something simpler. Thanks |
| Name: | Corey Gimbel - August 30, 2002 |
| E-mail: | cdgimbel@attbi.com |
| Location: | Chicago, USA |
| Comments: | That is a reall nice router table. I am working on my own and got some good ideas from your write up. Thanks alot. |
| Name: | jonnycanuckband - October 04, 2002 |
| E-mail: | jonny@hotmail.com |
| My URL: | http://www.geocities.com/jonnycanuckband/t42.html |
| Comments: |
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| Name: | massage chair - September 30, 2002 |
| E-mail: | ewarren5@aol.com |
| My URL: | http://www.massage-chairs.com/ |
| Location: | NY, NY USA |
| Comments: | Thanks. Enjoyed it. |
| Name: | Private Krankenversicherung - September 29, 2002 |
| E-mail: | Thomas@private-krankenversicherung-links.nospam.de |
| My URL: | http://www.private-krankenversicherung-links.de |
| Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Comments: | Just happened to surf by and found this exciting website. Already bookmarked it and will be back! |
| Name: | Jim - August 27, 2002 |
| E-mail: | yjimlee@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Newport, RI USA |
| Comments: | Nice stuff!!! Good projects. Got some ideas on new tools for Christmas! ! ! !!!! |
| Name: | Robert - August 19, 2002 |
| E-mail: | Robb@martexcircuits.com |
| Location: | Tracy, CA USA |
| Comments: | Nice shop. I'm in the process of turning my garage into a woodshop. Right now I'm looking for ideas on how best to set it up. Your site gave me some great ideas, thanks. |
| Name: | maurice R welsh - August 02, 2002 |
| E-mail: | mrwelsh@pacbell.net |
| Location: | oakland, Ca USA |
| Comments: | Any chance you could refer me to a womens support group that is geared toward Stopping the violence against children. in Oakland, Ca. Paula |
| Name: | David C. DeForest - July 21, 2002 |
| Location: | Cincinnati, Oh USA |
| Comments: | Thanks for sharing your woodworking experience. I was particularly interest in your early shop education in junior high school. Very few schools today provide these wonderful experiences. I also had "Manual Arts" in the school system I attended back in the 1940's. Yes, one can certainly enjoy a woodworking hobby for a lifetime. I am now retired for six year, and spend many a happy hour in my basement shop. Thanks again. DCD |
| Name: | Gerry - July 01, 2002 |
| E-mail: | lgbart@rogers.com |
| Comments: | Great web site! Really helped me in my plans for a table. |
| Name: | Fred Salvati - June 24, 2002 |
| E-mail: | bcffs@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Southington, CT USA |
| Comments: | I'm fairly new to fine wood working. People like you who voluntary their knowledge and time are just incredible. thanks for being there. |
| Name: | Phil Rispin - June 23, 2002 |
| E-mail: | philiprispin@letu.edu |
| My URL: | http://www.therispins.com |
| Location: | Longview, TX USA |
| Comments: | I enjoyed looking at all the wood. I used to have a part time business building one of a kind pieces of furniture for people and I am beginning to get the itch to build again so I am roaming the internet looking at projects and ideas. You've done a good job of wetting my appetite. Phil Rispin |
| Name: | Danelle Cameron - May 30, 2002 |
| E-mail: | DCAMERON@KELLEHER.COM |
| Location: | San Rafael, CA USA |
| Comments: | How strange that you do look familiar from Camp IDEAL!!!! You seem to be a pretty great person and quite obviously have a lucky wife and kids! It is people like you that make all the difference in the life of a child (especially with diabetes)!!! Thanks for all of the years you have put into making that difference happen!!!!!! :0) |
| Name: | George Wharton - May 29, 2002 |
| E-mail: | gwharton@earthlink.net |
| Location: | La Crescenta, CA USA |
| Comments: | Was steered to your website doing a "Incra" search in Google. What a great site. You have given me some good idea's. Thanks |
| Name: | J.P. Kaminski - May 29, 2002 |
| E-mail: | kaminski@oswego.edu |
| Location: | Williamstown, NY USA |
| Comments: | Great Page hope you don't mind me borrowing some ideas. I am a new middle schoold technology teacher. I need some ideas. I am aslo starting my own wood shop in my basement. I was wondering if you had any free project plans available. Thanks and keep up the good work. J.P. |
| Name: | Paul Saxton - May 28, 2002 |
| E-mail: | saxt2000@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Mesa, AZ USA |
| Comments: | Looks like a very nice job |
| Name: | dsanger - May 28, 2002 |
| Comments: | Thanks for taking the time to show us around. Since I too am building the Jointech router table your comments and experience are appreciated. |
| Name: | duh - May 26, 2002 |
| E-mail: | duh@duh.com |
| Comments: | get a life! |
| Name: | Xavier - May 22, 2002 |
| E-mail: | grosson@shaw.ca |
| My URL: | http://members.shaw.ca/grosson/home.html |
| Location: | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| Comments: | I had a good time taking the "grand tour" of your workshop. Your website is quite informative and a good place for someone like myself, who is in the process of setting up a workshop, to find tips and ideas. That new router table you're working on has caught my attention - my first project maybe. |
| Name: | Michael J Martino SR - May 21, 2002 |
| Location: | port richy, fl USA |
| Comments: | I like some of your work. I may have some plans of the things i made for my shop. |
| Name: | Jack Cox - May 16, 2002 |
| E-mail: | jackc@coastalnet.com |
| Location: | Newport, NC USA |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed your webb page |
| Name: | Rob - May 09, 2002 |
| E-mail: | rrjplus1@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Bismarck, ND USA |
| Comments: | Not much to say, other than a very nice site. Lots of usefull info-thanks! |
| Name: | Garrick - May 06, 2002 |
| E-mail: | garrickneal@shaw.ca |
| Location: | Vancouver, Canada |
| Comments: | Thanks for going the trouble of allowing others to see your shop. I had a nice look around. Garrick Neal |
| Name: | allen - April 28, 2002 |
| Location: | haverhill, ma USA |
| Comments: | Hello, I am a first timer in your web site . The reason I am here is that I am looking for prints or plans for a builtin window seat for mt kitchen . If you have anything that would help it would be grreatly appreciated . Thank you Allen |
| Name: | rdhall - March 29, 2002 |
| E-mail: | rdhall@mercuryspeed.com |
| Comments: | you must be crazy. I enjoyed your whole set up and feel very sorry for your wife. I was looking for a project like a blanket box or something to make with some left over fir flooring we have, being temporarily unemployed and all. |
| Name: | BILL L. STARLING - March 14, 2002 |
| E-mail: | starling@tabletoptelephone.com |
| Location: | AJO, AZ USA |
| Comments: | I have a nice workshop also and always enjoy looking at tools and workshops. You do nice work, have a nice shop and a very nice website. |
| Name: | Tom Bastian - March 13, 2002 |
| Location: | Romney, IN USA |
| Comments: | Just started looking for plans for a large router table and fence. Interested in the Incra fences. Your "ongoing project" router table looks great. Were did yu get the plans? Have a great day and thanks for all the advise within your site. Tom |
| Response: |
Hello Tom, Have another look at my router web page http://www.sonic.net/~bobino/routerCab.html There's a link to the site that sells the plan and a video describing its construction. The video was helpful to me. I also describe changes I made from the plan and suggestions as to what I would do differently if I built it again. -Bob |
| Name: | Michael H. Kortmann - March 06, 2002 |
| E-mail: | ConfedMike@t-online.de |
| Location: | Hamburg , Germany |
| Comments: | Thank you! Best regards from rainy Hamburg, Germany |
| Name: | Curt Strain - March 02, 2002 |
| E-mail: | Curtstrain@aol.com |
| Comments: | I like your router table and hope to soon build one simular myself. Thanks for your very interesting web site. |
| Name: | Don Evenson - February 26, 2002 |
| E-mail: | devenson@wi.rr.com |
| Location: | Waukesha, WI USA |
| Comments: | Nice site. Like the layout. I am about to start on setting up site to showcase my shop and projects. With a digital camera it should be a snap. Just found wood-workers.com and it looks like a great place to share. Don |
| Name: | John Young - February 25, 2002 |
| E-mail: | jyoung@cts.com |
| Location: | San Diego, CA USA |
| Comments: | Great page. Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Robin Sheppard - February 22, 2002 |
| E-mail: | robinsheppard@msn.com |
| Location: | Santa Rosa, CA USA |
| Comments: | From your ISP (Sonic.net) and references to the Woodworker Academy, I'd guess we're probably neighbors. I was just down in Alameda a couple of weeks ago at Japan Woodworker--I needed a new chisel for a dovetail class I took recently. I like your work, and am bookmarking your site. |
| Name: | Joe A. Villarreal - February 20, 2002 |
| E-mail: | joe_vill@swbell.net |
| Location: | Odessa, Tx USA |
| Comments: | Looks like an awesome router table. Gives me some ambition to build one instead of buying one for 300.00. Do you have an opionion on who makes the best router bits? I have not gotten the chance to experiment and am looking to get a good quality set now. |
| Name: | Vicki Bragg - January 29, 2002 |
| Location: | Whittemore, Ia USA |
| Comments: | Just found your site. Really enjoyed the tour!! I am just converting my garage into a workshop, insulated and covered with strand board, and a wood heater for the cooler winters here in Iowa. I am looking for a good workbench plan that is flat on top and on wheels for ease in moving to work on larger pieces of wood. I have been adding new tools as I go and have a couple I have yet to learn how to operate, including a big 36" wood laythe. I really enjoyed going through your site, keep up the good work. Vicki |
| Name: | Robert - January 18, 2002 |
| Location: | greenleaf, Id USA |
| Comments: | Hi! I am just starting to aquire tools to do some wood working. I took wood shop in high school and really enjoyed it and have always wanted to get into it. I have always worked with my hands. My daughter who is 16 wants to make birdhouses with me so I thought that was a good place to start. She is very creative and I'm lucky she loves to do things with me. I'm sure we will have fun. I have a 10" table saw my wife bought me and I just bought a scroll saw. I only dream about a shop as neat as yours but someday would love to have one similar. I enjoyed your page and thanks for sharing it. |
| Name: | chad scott - January 17, 2002 |
| E-mail: | cnascott@att.net |
| Location: | pantego, tx USA |
| Comments: | I love your shop set up(wish i had as much room). I am looking around for help to join two or more peices of wood to gether to make a panel. Maybee you can help. I have a joiner/planer and a thickness planer. i would like to take rough cuts of wood and make one panel out of them. What is the best way to glue them together( I have the PC 557 biscuit joiner you are unsure of). My big problem is how do I clamp the boards to make sure they stay level and true. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Chad Scott cnascott@att.net |
| Response: |
Hello Chad, The best clamps are Bessey K-body clamps. They are well known as the best panel clamps. Jorgenson makes something similar. They can be found at most tool supply stores and mail order. Beware that they are not inexpensive. That's why I don't have any. Good luck! -Bob |
| Name: | Jeffrey Raugh - January 07, 2002 |
| E-mail: | wayraw@aol.com |
| Location: | Buffalo, NY USA |
| Comments: | It is amazing how many people in high tech are woodworkers. I think have so much time behind a CRT primes us for some very low-tech manual tasks. I love woodworking because it is the anti-computer! I am a Technical SOlutions Architect for IBM and I found you from the Jointech vs. Incra argument you posted. Thanks for the info! |
| Name: | Sergio Alvarez - January 03, 2002 | |
| E-mail: | sergio@altavista.com | |
| Location: | Canton, Mi USA | |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for all the info. This is a great web page with exactly the information I have been looking to build a router table. Unfurtunately the JoinTech site is too slow to open the page. They must have a problem with the server or something. One thing is to find a web page with table plans, but to be able to see how the look like and your exper | San Diego, CA USA |
| Comments: | Wonderful site with lots of cool pictures. Some day I will get around to snaping a few of my projects, but the shop is WAY to ugly to show anyone else. Thanks, Mike |
| Name: | Bill Lackey - November 27, 2001 |
| E-mail: | wlackey@triad.rr.com |
| Comments: | Bob, Nice job on the router table. I have a small metal router table and I am looking around at designs for building one of my own. I like the tilting top. I've toyed with the new height adjustment gadgets but not sure I want to pluck down $200+ to get a good one. The link for the insert was a good one also. Thanks for sharing the plan. Bill |
| Name: | Jim Fancher - November 25, 2001 |
| E-mail: | webmaster@odyclub.com |
| My URL: | http://www.odyclub.com |
| Location: | Houston, TX USA |
| Comments: | My Dad passed away a year ago and was an incredible woodworker. I just brought home his old Rockwell/Delta 34-338 (Serial # GC 1690). I have loved that table saw since I was little. To make a long story short (too late), I want to refurbish the table saw. How did you find the new fence and other accessories for the saw? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
| Response: | Hello Jim, I found the accessories from reading magazines and watching the web for several months. I noticed what products received good reviews from both the printed materials and from the generous people on the web. I read everything I could get my hands on. It takes some time to read everything but I consider it time well spent. -Bob |
| Name: | Alan - November 16, 2001 |
| E-mail: | alanp@waterford.org |
| Comments: | Have you checked out the Badger Pond woodworking forum? You seem like you'd fit right in. See it here: http://www.wwforum.com/cgi-bin/forum_main/ptools2.cgi |
| Name: | Ernie Falgout - October 28, 2001 |
| E-mail: | efalgout@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Phoenix, AZ USA |
| Comments: | I am just starting to set up my garage workshop and have been overwhelmed by all the choices in tools and products. Looking at your photos helped ease some of my purchasing anxiety. The Grizzly band saw was a third the cost that I’ve been seeing on the net for the resaw capabilities. Thanks for being there. |
| Name: | Ms. Cary Thompson - October 25, 2001 |
| E-mail: | greenewood@msn.com |
| Location: | San Diego, CA USA |
| Comments: | Hi Bob! I am extremely interested in genealogy, and found your site by plugging in my father's surname "Waltenspiel"
(actually, it was "von Waltenspiel" before my great-nturi effect because you didn't want any chips left in the router compartment when you were finished? I'm asking this question because I would think that the design that would collect the most chips is one where the vacuum only came through the router bit hole (i.e. if I'm not worried about a small amout of chips left in the router compartment)
Thanks in advance for your help and also for a great website. |
| Response: | Hello Dave, Good question. The wood chips scatter from the router bit to every corner of the compartment. If the air flowed only through the router bit hole, some chips would land near the compartment door and not move to the vacuum hole. This can be proven by blocking the air opening below the door.
Remember, wood shop dust collection systems work by the movement
of large volumes of air, not the existance of low pressure
(i.e. household vacuum). Numerous and large particles (wood
chips) don't move as well in high vacuum systems as they do in
high volume systems. Allowing air to enter the compartment only
through the bit opening would cause the router table compartment
to become a high vacuum system. |
| Name: | barry mills - September 09, 2001 |
| E-mail: | barry39@msn.com |
| Location: | forestville, ca USA |
| Comments: | good info. thanks,barry. |
| Name: | KK - August 27, 2001 |
| E-mail: | coalusa@bellatlantic.net |
| Location: | Richmond, VA USA |
| Comments: | Great looking site! Congratulations. I was browsing tools and ran across it. Bookmarked and bound to have some questions later. KK |
| Name: | Tom Walton - August 23, 2001 |
| E-mail: | twalton@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Location: | Astwood Bank, UK |
| Comments: | Hi Bob I was initially interested by your surname being so close to mine probably a historical link between the names somewhere. Having seen your very interesting site I must offer my congratulations you certainly are a busy fellow with all those listed interests. I have just started to get into woodwork my self but at present I am probably a bit of a bodger!! Need more practice!! I was also interested by the Unitarian aspects you discuss, so much so that I have found a local church in ~~~~~~~ UK that I may look into. Thanks for your site I enjoyed it very much |
| Name: | Dan Whitelock - August 10, 2001 |
| Comments: | I am new to the wood working area. I was reading about your Bobino's Router Tabel and I did not see and working prints. How do I get them or could I get them? The picthers are very good, will done. The hole paper was will put together. Thank you. Pleas keep up the good work... P.S. Let me know about the prints on this table. Thank you... |
| Response: | Hello Dan, The plans are available from jointech: http://www.jointech.com/ Thanks for the nice comments regarding my webpage. -Bob |
| Name: | James Ingram - July 31, 2001 |
| E-mail: | jimpct@hotmail.com |
| Location: | Portland, OR USA |
| Comments: | Great site. Thank you for sharing! |
| Name: | John Hutchings - June 28, 2001 |
| E-mail: | john@xanaduweb.com |
| Location: | Kansas City, Mo USA |
| Comments: | I built the same table as you, and for the same purpose. Also added a nother drawer BUT..I hinged my top incra and all. Its woorking out great for me. Sure glad I did it. Ever thing is right at eye level. Inclosed the area above the print holding table, and I;m using it to store the routers wrenches. Was told by wood Peckers that due to there reserch if I'd funell the bottom of the dust compartment the improvement would amaze me, intend to give it a try, well keep your self out of harms way, enjoyed your comments,,,John |
| Name: | Mike Davis - June 12, 2001 |
| E-mail: | mk-davis@home.com |
| Location: | Nanaimo, BC Canada |
| Comments: | Good looking shop |
| Name: | Robbie Johnson - May 30, 2001 |
| E-mail: | johnsonr@csdmail.christina.k12.de.us |
| Location: | Newark, DE USA |
| Comments: | Thanks for the tips. |
| Name: | Mike KEGLEY - May 29, 2001 |
| E-mail: | MTKEGLEY@ILI.NET |
| Location: | New Boston, Mi USA |
| Comments: | Great web site really a lot of great information. Thanks Mike |
| Name: | willcee - May 14, 2001 |
| E-mail: | willcee@qwest.net |
| Comments: | Super Nice page!! I'd give it 5 stars. I really like that you took the time to write this all up for the rest of us. I am also going for the Grizzley 15" bandsaw. |
| Name: | michael reed - May 11, 2001 |
| E-mail: | segen69@hotmail.com |
| Location: | deland, fl USA |
| Comments: | i found your website to be most interesting. I am looking into buying some woodworking equipment to start a home shop and jst doing a little research. Thanks for the ideas. |
| Name: | Rick Amori, Saline MI - May 09, 2001 |
| E-mail: | ramori@yahoo.com |
| Location: | Saline, MI USA |
| Comments: | I am designing a new router table for my shop, and you have given me lots of ideas. I think I'll hinge my table top; hadn't thought of that before. Thanks for sharing your projects! |
| Name: | geo andrews - May 08, 2001 |
| E-mail: | geofish212@aol.com |
| Comments: | looking for plans to make a fishing rod holder/rack. unable to get info from the library or the local Home Depot. please e-mail if you can help. thanks, geo |
| Name: | David Linnabary - May 08, 2001 |
| E-mail: | davidl@beol.net |
| Location: | Sunbury , Oh USA |
| Comments: | Nice Page, got few ideas from your photos. If you seem me posting to rec.woodworking I use the name Bannerstone. I have a small home shop too although not a nice as yours, mostly I've been carving and doing repairs on antiques of late but I want to start building again as soon. Really liked your couch table, was wondering about the detail under the couch that keeps the table stable? David |
| Response: | Hello David, The sofa table is three sides of a box. Nothing fancy underneath, it's actually a bit smaller than the top. There's not much to it really and it's very handy. I'm considering a couple more as they make very nice TV trays when eating dinner while watching the game. -Bob |
| Name: | Rinaldo - May 08, 2001 |
| E-mail: | rinaldo_pinna@yahoo.it |
| Location: | cagliari, italia |
| Comments: | This site is veri nice!!!!! |
| Name: | Pete Dahl - May 01, 2001 |
| E-mail: | petedahl@yahoo.com |
| My URL: | http://www.lotsamoxie.com/dahl/tehani.html |
| Comments: | Great shop! Thanks for sharing the pictures. |
| Name: | Jerry F. Conway - April 19, 2001 |
| E-mail: | jwaycon@aol.com |
| Location: | San Antonio, TX United States |
| Comments: | I am impressed with the varied display of computer conquest and wood design with working it all together. It appears cohesive. Do you produce anything in volume suficient to claim wealth or affluence? Perhaps I should read (examine) your site closer. Appearances demanded I complement your sharp abilities. Good luck, Jerry Conway 2nd email jwaycon@hotbot.com San Antonio,Tx. |
| Name: | David Blangger - April 14, 2001 |
| Location: | Lufkin, Tx USA |
| Comments: | You are an interesting individual w/ a fantastic shop. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes, David |
| Name: | Nick McConnell - April 04, 2001 |
| Location: | Tempe, AZ USA |
| Comments: | Great site! I am trying to start a woodshop in my garage. I went the shopsmith way but have separate grinders and 6" jointer. I hope to be adding air tools down the line. I better make something first before buying more stuff!...Nah! Thanks for the look see! I got a lot of ideas from your site. |
| Name: | Mike Zirkle - nce. |
| Name: | Dave Green - March 19, 2001 |
| E-mail: | dmgreen@ball.com |
| Location: | Lafayette, CO USA |
| Comments: | Nice looking, well equipped shop that you have there. I too, am making my shop out of my two car garage. I take it that you cannot fit your car into the garage? Looks good - thanks. |
| Name: | Jerry Berg - March 08, 2001 |
| E-mail: | jberg3@home.com |
| Location: | Lewiston, ID USA |
| Comments: | I am in the process of building my router table and am impressed with what you have done. I can still make some changes and am going to after seeing and reading what you have done. Nice job. Jerry |
| Name: | Nick Zagaroli - February 11, 2001 |
| E-mail: | njzag@pacbell.net |
| Location: | Lafayette, CA USA |
| Comments: | Very nice shop, thank you for spending the time to show use. |
| Name: | Paul Monaghan - February 02, 2001 |
| E-mail: | cedar@zensearch.net |
| Location: | Madison, CT USA |
| Comments: | Great site! Thanks for the advice on the router table. I'll keep your comments in mind while I plan mine this month. |
| Name: | Dick Scaramelli - January 27, 2001 |
| Location: | Henderson, NC USA |
| Comments: | Great site, I enjoyed the ease of going from your descriptions to the pictures. Nice shop, and good layout, gave me a lot of ideas for my own. |
| Name: | Gary Hershberger - January 20, 2001 |
| E-mail: | garyleeh1@home.com |
| Location: | Arnold, MD USA |
| Comments: | Great site! I will bookmark it for future reference. |
| Name: | Sonnie Willis - January 15, 2001 |
| E-mail: | sonnie@sonic.net |
| Location: | Sebastopol, CA USA |
| Comments: | I couldn't resist opening your web page after reading the tag at the end of your message to Ralph. Your page is well presented with many interesting links. I use the spamcop@spamcop.net to report every spam that lands in my space. So far, we haven't ground down anyone because the junk keeps happening. I occasionally feel that certain providers allow spammers to continue working and in fact promote such activity. |
| Name: | Larry Ouillette - January 13, 2001 |
| E-mail: | louillette@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Howdy, Thanks for sharing. About a year ago I bought a 2 1/2 hrs Bosch router and haven't even used it. I guess due to not sure of myself and whatever else I can think of. I would like to build a router table partly because I feel it is a little safer and more stable. Maybe this would break the ice. I have been studying a lot of ideas on how to build a table. Thanks again Larry |
| Name: | Betty Gordon - January 05, 2001 |
| E-mail: | gorbesid@sonic.net |
| Location: | Santa Rosa, CA USA |
| Comments: | Hi Bob,
I saw your email message to Sid, and I took the liberty of clicking on your web page. It was great to read all about you. Just wanted you to know. Glad you are presenting Building Your Own Theology again for us. Let us know what you need. Also, your trip to Paris sounds wonderful. Have a cup of coffee on the Rue de Rivoli for me, and watch the people walk by. It's great fun. One of my favorite cities in the world. Betty |