Today, while I was sweating away using a microplane to trim out a recess on the neck that will be under the box lid, I kept thinking to myself, "Damn, if only I could pull out the mini router table I could be done with this in no time."

The thing is stuck in a closet and I dare not bring it out just yet... not after taking over the dining room for the first week of my CBG build-- and feeling the wrath of the lil' lady (the silent kinda wrath, with knowing glances and grimaces.)
I spent this past weekend moving my project to the rear bedroom, that had been nothing more than a storage room for over a year since we moved our boys from there into what was once our office. I had planned to spend this weekend working on my new hobby, but instead I was moving tools and things I'll need for a workarea. Another trip (or two) to HomeDepot and I should have an adequately functional "woodworking shop".

Already I see a gleam in the wife's eye as she mentally prepares a "honey dew do" list. A list that i've been able to avoid just 'cause I didn't have a place to work that wouldn't interrupt the flow of life in our home. Well that little excuse has now been blown to bits!

What I've found interesting is all the tools and materials that I've had stored away (in one place or another) for the past decade since we moved in here and remodeled. Twenty or so feet of 1x2 red oak remaining from the bookcase I built 9 yrs ago; 15' or so of 2x2 purple heart for a frame that I was supposed to build for a large pane of stained glass 8 yrs ago (I had to hide that when I took it out or I'd certainly hear about that one! LOL); an assortment of mitre saws that I kept purchasing 'cause I couldn't find one I liked; a large of assortment of rulers that I've acquired thru the yrs and kept misplacing which always required me to buy another! lol The original RotoZip Rebel (Dremel-like) saw with a horde of bits that I haven't used in 10 yrs; a 'mouse' sander with five unopened packages of various sandpapers; a selection of clamps; a mini vice work- bench/table... and the list goes on and on.

But all of that still didn't stop me from purchasing a Sharksaw (Japanese pull-saw) and a selection of microplanes just to aid me in building all my planned CBGs!

Tomorrow, before the lil lady gets home, I'll get that router table out and get it back to my new workshop. i've gotta work like a madman before the wife has me building who-knows-what.... er, um... too late... she just informed me that the boys need a bigger bookcase for their room --- she's already laying out the plans...

stick a fork in me, I'm done.