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Teaser picture for the next project, should it decide to complete itself...

I got my 510 brand-new in 2007. Still loving it!

Thank you for this excellent posted project!
I have recently been released from a job, so I'm going to have some additional free time for a spell. I'd like to make something similar for my late Dad's flag.

Your use of a base, along with the triangle, is very well done!

I may contribute a bit more in the coming few weeks... I just got shoved into "early retirement" today. Thanks, Scrooge!

I always enjoy reading this Forum.

Great work! It looks like a very cool re-use scheme for the old door.

It is beautiful!
I've seen on some guitar forums where they abbreviate "mahogany" to "hog". I don't think that befits this luxe craft though

Hi Pete,

You asked about my desk from years ago... here is a link to the final look. The top was made of long oak planks joined with glue and dowels:
viewtopic.php?p=11464#p11464

Good luck in your endeavors!

I wish I know more, but I don't know more than what you've seen.
There were 1-2 times over the last 15 years that he got "enough" of the forum and dropped out for a while.

This entire thread is highly informative. I will just mention that my first Shopsmith WW project in 2007 used horizontal boring and dowels to help glue up a wide desktop I made. It is still perfect and gap-free 15 years later. I do remember running a handplane over the finished joints, before sandin...

I would gravitate toward using that fine extension, more than the original counter! With my beverage and such