Track Saw

Completed

Having made a handful of cuts with my circular saw both by hand and using makeshift fences, I decided that I wasn’t quite satisfied with the accuracy that I was able to achieve.

I looked into a handful of options for making more precise cuts and settled on trying to make a track saw conversion for it. After watching several “DIY Track Saw” videos on YouTube that involved varying levels of complexity and hardware, I picked one to follow and build. I wanted one that would be reversible so that I could still use the circular saw on its own if I desired. I altered the design slightly by using 14″ plywood throughout instead of a combination of 14″ MDF panel and a 12″ MDF board in order to keep it a bit lighter.

Tables

Coffee Table Done

I had just moved into a new place and needed some living room furniture. I planned a set of three matching items – an entry table, a coffee table, and a set of shelves. The tables were simpler so I started with those. I staggered the steps, building one part of the entry table first and then afterwards doing the same for the coffee table. Because the two were so similar, I was often able to immediately apply lessons learned from one to the other.

I spent quite a while searching around for different potential designs online and ended up settling on something like this A-Frame Table for the entry table. The same basic design squashed down shorter and wider would serve for the coffee table.

Wine Rack

Finished Product

This was the first of my quarantine projects, and I wanted something relatively simple to get into woodworking. It had been several years since I built anything, and hadn’t ever really worked with hardwoods. I was already planning some living room furniture but wanted a small project to start off with.

I have a few wine bottles but didn’t have any dedicated storage for them. I didn’t need a particularly high capacity rack and was planning to store it on a small shelf within a cupboard. I also had an irregular piece of leftover hardwood to use for the project. The width of the shelf that I intended to put the rack on and the dimensions of the board provided some initial size constraints for the project.