Well after many months and a summer 2009 table saw accident, I’m back in the workshop!

Don’t be alarmed, though I mangled 2 fingers on my left hand, it didn’t require stitches, and the only lasting effect has been some numbness.  Well, that and a lesson on how not to use one’s hand like a featherboard. Kickback is a cruel reminder of one’s stupidity. And, just to get it out of the way, I deserved what I got. I can use my splitter all I want, it won’t keep my fingers off the blade if I do something dumb again.

So, with that reminder firmly in mind whenever I use a tool now, I’m back in the shop and making something useful.  The current project is a vaguely Shaker style table to be used by my kids as a computer table.  Their computer currently resides on a pair of crappy end tables pushed together.  They aren’t wide enough for a keyboard and mouse, and are too deep to put the user at a reasonable distance from the monitor.

So I’m working on a table that has better dimensions, and looks nice too.  Since my goal is still to use up my voluminous supply of birch plywood, the main part of the table top will be birch, and will be banded by red oak.  OK, I know this probably makes some folks cringe, but I have my reasons.

So check back for progress… since I’ve actually already started on this, I hope the posts will come at a more rapid pace than “annually”.

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