IBUILDIT BlogBy: John Heisz

Small Shop Essential – How To Make a Low Cost Air Cleaner

October 2, 2022

This is an easy to make, compact and low cost way to effectively clean the air in your small shop. I bought the parts for mine for less than $100, and that includes the fan and the two filters. I mounted it on the ceiling pointing...
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Easy to Make Dust Collector for the DeWalt 735 Planer

It doesn’t get much easier than this, especially when you see how well this works. The Dewalt 735 planer is a very common mo...
Making a $3000 Tool from Spare Parts and Scrap Wood – Full Build

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Making the Table Saw Fence YOU asked for / It Locks Front AND Back

LIMITED TIME My 9 Project Plan Bundle (Includes this Project): CLICK HERE – 70% OFF! While there’s nothing wr...
Ten Years!

10 years old! In some ways, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long – time does that tricky thing as you get ol...
Making A Preamp For An Accelerometer

I made a wooden project box n my last entry and in this one I’ll build the preamp that goes in it. The preamp is for an acce...
Woodworking Step By Step

I occasionally get comments on my videos that go like this: “I’m a pretty good woodworker, but that (project) is beyon...
Designing The Console Speakers

Since the console project was primarily about the woodworking, I thought I’d write a short entry here covering how I designe...
A Cover For The Base Of My Drill Press

Who needs that? You say.I do, says I.It keeps the chips from drilling from gathering on and under a hard to clean area: What you s...
Drill Press Crank Extension

One of the issues with adding a auxiliary table to the typical drill press is that it can interfere with the lift / lower crank. U...
Make Hand Tools… With Hand Tools

It’s toolception! Not really. I used a square that I made square to make a square. How about that for a square deal? Feel li...
Sheet Storage Rebuild!

I added the exclamation mark to the title to make it seem more exciting than it actually is. In fact this is yet another project I...
Subdivisions, In The Base Cabinet Drawers

The title is a play on the lyrics from a favourite Rush song, but aptly describes this phase of my big shop corner remake. And it&...
Camera Stand Quick Project

The way I make video has changed quite a lot over time. I started in 2011 with a small point and shoot (Nikon Coolpix) camera and ...
Forum? UPDATE 1

November 9 Update: I had to hire outside help to migrate the forum to new software. I tried on my own with the built in tools, but...
Abandoned 2019

This marks the fourth year that my brother Don and I have taken a day to drive around and look for interesting abandoned places. I...
Designing New (Wooden) Tools

When it comes to new projects and the videos / articles I make for them, there’s usually a lot more work that goes in before...
How I Would Build The Great Pyramids

I guess it’s been Joe Rogan‘s interest in ancient civilizations that has made the topic as popular as it is currently....
How Strong Are Wooden Bar Clamps?

That’s a question I get often with regards to the ones I’ve made, and I think people expect that I can put a number on...