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New to the forum! Been watching the tia crew for a few months! I go by Josh 25 year old from west texas area! minor work on vehicles, tune ups, flush, alt. Swap...etc Learning carpenter tool connoisseur beer connoisseur my top 3 brand of tools: makita, bosch, milwaukee Top 3 favorite beers: lagunitas, heineken, white ipa

I bought a full Rockler Router Table setup just over a year ago. Since the day it showed up, I wanted to fill in the area under the table with usable storage. I found a youtube video of a guy doing this with his Kreg setup, but nothing on the Rockler unit. So, I based my build on the Kreg video. I had to work through some issues, but I think I am on the right track. I still need to add two drawers, drawer faces for the bit storage slide outs, a door for the router cubie, a dust shoot to hook the shop vac up to and run the cord. I'll share more pics when I get some more progress done.

My son just started cub scouting a couple of months ago. He is a late starter to this and joined the den over half way through in the year. About two months ago, they asked for volunteers to host the woodworking requirement for the Bear rank kids. I jumped at the opportunity since I love my shop and teaching kids about woodworking. Everything was all pre-cut for the kids, so it was just hammering in some finished nails and a little gluing........we snuck in some battery operated drills as well...... Before the kids showed up, I had a ton of shop cleaning to do. I hit up The Home Depot to donate some aprons for the kids and then I bought each kid a hammer and set of safety glasses. The kids were super happy to get their own tools and safety gear. The kids had to complete two projects along with learning about tools and shop safety. Here is the den leader doing the teaching. After that, it was the kids and parents hammering away. We only had an hour to work with and it just flew by. The kids were very happy to complete their first project.....a tool box. It went so well that the den decided to come back for a second week and complete a bird house project. I would do this every week if they wanted to.