Homemade Machines & Jigs
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Making A VERTICAL Chainsaw Mill
This started as an idea after making my homemade band saw mill and comparing the apparent inefficiency of that to the simple chain...
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Finding The Center
by Don Heisz Don Heisz is the author of Offcuts, a weekly article on the lighter side of woodworking. I have been working on a new...
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Making An Indexed Box Joint Jig
A newer version of this jig has been made with plans available. Read about it here. To solve a problem, sometimes two heads are be...
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Modify A Small Band Saw
About a year and a half ago I bought a small band saw, mainly because I had to make a lot of small parts at that time and didnR...
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Making A Band Saw Fence for my Homemade Band Saw
Shortly after I finished building the band saw, I made a temporary fence to use until I had time to build a proper one. The tempor...
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Making A Band Saw Blade Sharpening Jig
This one was a spur of the moment thing just to see how well it would work, so I didn’t put a lot of time or effort into it....
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Making Band Saw Blade Guides
When I first made my homemade band saw, the idea was that it would primarily be used for resawing and cutting bigger parts out rou...
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Perfect Circle Jig
To make a new wheel for my 2 x 72 belt grinder project I figured I would put together a circle jig that is used on the disk sander...
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Making a Smaller Zero Clearance Miter Saw Fence
Almost immediately after I made the bigger zero clearance fence for my miter saw station, I started getting comments asking how it...
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Zero Clearance Miter Saw Fence
For cutting trim and small pieces on the miter saw, it’s a good idea to make a secondary fence that will fit over the stock ...
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Easy Angle Cutting Guide
It’s funny how one thing leads to another and that’s the story with this cutting guide. When I started to plan my deck...
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Center Marking Thingamajig
When you make a lot of smallish circular parts, it makes sense to have a convenient way to mark the center. While making my wooden...
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Making Step Pulleys
I’ve been planning a new project, a 2 x 72 belt grinder made from wood, (see a preview of the design on my Google+ page) and...
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Making A Hand Wheel Handle
A shop-made hand wheel needs a quality handle and here’s a way to make one quickly and accurately. Start with a piece of har...
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The Dovetail Plug Template
Back in September of last year, I made some stackable parts trays and reinforced the butt joined corners with a special kind of sp...
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Making a Featherboard For The Table Saw
Occasionally, a feather board is needed to hold stock tightly to the fence when making a cut. I had a situation in my table saw sl...
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Making A Saw Board / DIY Track Saw
These days, it seems that nearly every major power tool manufacurer is making their own version of a track saw, and these tools ha...
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Router Table (older)
A router table is a very handy addition to the workshop, especially if it has a dedicated router. Having to pull the machine to us...
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Sierra De Mesa Práctica
Traducido al español por Sergio Ocasionalmente necesito una sierra de mesa en algún lugar donde no es muy conveniente tener una,...
