...or is using a pen name.
I just got "Woodshop Storage Solutions" supposedly by one Ralph Laughton. But that's obviously Rod's nom de plume, or he ghost-wrote it.
Rod's essence shines through each of the book's "16 Projects For Maximizing Your Workspace".
For one thing, all but the 'router cutter [bit] storage cabnet' use at least some MDF. For another, they're all beautifully crafted and intelligently designed, both structurally and functionally.
Unlike many 'shop idea' books, this one concentrates on actual projects, with cutting lists and instructions. But these projects are probably better at generating ideas for your own shop than those books which show crowded photos of Joe Hotshot's spiffy workshop and mention in passing that Joe's 'unique design allows the router station to expand from 11 inches to 12 feet in a matter of seconds'.
Several projects are completely unlike anything I've seen in the dozens (if not hundreds) of woodworking books and hundreds (if not thousands) I've read. The sandpaper press and the circular router trolley seem to be completely original.
It is not one of those annoying works with photos showing great sweeps of space behind and beyond a given project (the kind that make some of us mutter that if we had that shop, we wouldn't need that project).
In the intro, the author says one of the three shops that sparked the projects was an 8' x 6' shed. Though not specifically for those with teeny shops, this is probably the single most useful book I've ever encountered for people who have less than 50 sq. ft to work in (or with).
But the cabinets, outfeed table, downdraft table, trolleys, and the rest would be great additions to shops of any size.
If Rod didn't write this, he's got a clone wandering around somewhere. More evidence: all the measurements are shown in both inches and metric.
Here's a picture of the cover, showing the unique router trolley.
I just got "Woodshop Storage Solutions" supposedly by one Ralph Laughton. But that's obviously Rod's nom de plume, or he ghost-wrote it.
Rod's essence shines through each of the book's "16 Projects For Maximizing Your Workspace".
For one thing, all but the 'router cutter [bit] storage cabnet' use at least some MDF. For another, they're all beautifully crafted and intelligently designed, both structurally and functionally.
Unlike many 'shop idea' books, this one concentrates on actual projects, with cutting lists and instructions. But these projects are probably better at generating ideas for your own shop than those books which show crowded photos of Joe Hotshot's spiffy workshop and mention in passing that Joe's 'unique design allows the router station to expand from 11 inches to 12 feet in a matter of seconds'.
Several projects are completely unlike anything I've seen in the dozens (if not hundreds) of woodworking books and hundreds (if not thousands) I've read. The sandpaper press and the circular router trolley seem to be completely original.
It is not one of those annoying works with photos showing great sweeps of space behind and beyond a given project (the kind that make some of us mutter that if we had that shop, we wouldn't need that project).
In the intro, the author says one of the three shops that sparked the projects was an 8' x 6' shed. Though not specifically for those with teeny shops, this is probably the single most useful book I've ever encountered for people who have less than 50 sq. ft to work in (or with).
But the cabinets, outfeed table, downdraft table, trolleys, and the rest would be great additions to shops of any size.
If Rod didn't write this, he's got a clone wandering around somewhere. More evidence: all the measurements are shown in both inches and metric.
Here's a picture of the cover, showing the unique router trolley.
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