CU WoodShop sneak peak

Tuesday,  CU WoodShop gave  members of there mailing list, a sneak peak of their new show room. Since the show rooms is only two miles from my home, I made sure to stop by. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found, the had a nice selection of router bits, finishing supplies and wood.  This store is going to be a great resource for woodworkers in the Champaign Urbana area, as we will no longer need to drive to Chicago or Indianapolis to pick up basic supplies.

sawblade Caddy

A few weeks ago, I came cross this sawblade caddy tip on finewoodworking.com, and thought since I was runnig out of space in my tool chest, and this caddy was pretty simple that now would be good time to finally make a proper sawblade storage device.  I made the following tweaks to my version:

1. I used a 3/8″ bolt instead of 1/4″
2. I used 3/4″ plywood for the backer board
3. Most importantly, instead of  placing a hardboard separator disk against the bolt, I made a separator disk template that has a recess in it to fit over the bolt.