Well, I’m glad to be back in the land of woodworking. I installed my air conditioning last week and it made it not only bearable, but downright comfortable in the shop. I can see myself getting a lot of work done now, whether summertime or winter. Anyway, just thought I’d post a few pictures of my latest shop project. It is a lumber rack/miter saw bench made up of 4/4 oak. Rough 4/4 is what I had on hand, so there was much planing/jointing as well as a lot of glue, but it is paying off. When I first started the project, I, number 1 – didn’t realize the amount of work I was getting myself into, and number 2 – didn’t realize just how massive and pretty this thing would be. I mean I feel like I want to take in and mount it in my house instead of in the shop:) Anyway, I still have some work to do. I have to notch out the center bench support to accept my miter saw so that it will be flush with the benchtop. I also have to cut some stopped sliding dovetail slots in the bench support arms to accept the stretchers. I plan to go ahead and make the notch and dovetail slots now, but I am going to go ahead and install the rack and work on the actual bench a little later. I’ll post some more pics after it is up and installed. –Jack
