How to build a woodworking workbench and tablesaw outfeed table

This is how I built my woodworking bench that also doubles as an outfeed table for a little Ryobi tablesaw.

Before I could start I had to gather the lumber. I used stain-grade 3/4" plywood up top and cheaper 1/2" plywood down below, and 2x4s for everything else

First I started on the legs. My design was to create 4x4 posts out of the 2x4s but with notches built into the legs by simply cutting the 2x4s like so...

The notches in the legs allowed me to easily joint the horizontal 2x4s to them. (If I did it over I would have cut the longer 2x4s a little shorter and the shorter ones a little longer and screwed them together that way. Make sense?)

Same Idea up top.

I wanted to stain it and I decided to make it a two-tone by not staining some of the 2x4s..

Then everything got three coats of poly

Next I started working on the tablesaw support. The idea was to brackets would hold and suspend the tablesaw at the perfect height for the workbench to also be an outfeed table

I had to use some shims to get everything perfectly level

Now that's a workbench to be proud of!

The wooden garage floor saga: How I rebuilt the wooden floor in my work shop to support a small car

With the house remodel finally finished after two years, I really wanted to use the work shop as a garage for a project car. But the problem is that the work shop, although it has a garage floor and concrete driveway leading up to it, has a wooden floor that absolutely could not hold up even a small car. I decided to change that!

How to make a DIY wedding alter/arbor/arch/whatever

My wife (or I guess she was still my fiance at the time) asked me to make the alter for our wedding. Or maybe it's called an arch, or arbor. Whatever it's called, its the big tall thing you stand under at your wedding ceremony.

This is how I made it.

Live Edge Walnut & Oak Console Table DIY

I had a round-back live-edge black walnut slab and I wasn't sure what to do with it. It wasn't wide enough to a table on it's own. So I added some oak to widen it and turned it into a long, narrow console table! Here's how I did it.

How to remove bark from live edge walnut slabs

I was gifted some walnut slabs. Actually, the truth is, my friend didn't want them and threw them into a bonfire, and before the flames could devour them I pulled them out and loaded them onto my trailer. You see: he considered them to be waste because they're not flat on both sides. One side is flat and the other is nothing but live edge bark. It's the side of the tree trunk, basically. But I knew that they were not trash, I knew I could find some sort of creative use for them. So I stowed them in my workshop, and waited for an idea to spring to mind. Then, one night while lying awake in bed unable to sleep, it hit me. I knew exactly what I would use these for—and you'll have to continue reading to find out. ;)