IBUILDIT BlogBy: John Heisz
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Making a Custom Ceiling with Lighting – Sunburst Pattern
November 25, 2022
-Black Friday // Cyber Monday- MAKER’S MOB BIGGEST SALE EVER CLICK HERE This project proves that the best laid plans don’t always guarantee success. I did a lot of planning before I started, but still managed to waste ...
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Wait… What? I Made a Small Parts Organizer with Drawers from Cardboard!
Just Released – Limited “200 Unit Run” The I-Build-It 6 Piece Screwdriver Set with Handmade Bench Block Holder: ...
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Small Shop Essential – How To Make a Low Cost Air Cleaner
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...
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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...
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Making a $3000 Tool from Spare Parts and Scrap Wood – Full Build
LIMITED TIME My 9 Project Plan Bundle (LIMITED TIME): CLICK HERE – 70% OFF! I made this jointer using the cutter he...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
