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Box Joint Jig Plans

Just an update for those who have asked and others that might be interested: the plans for the Advanced Box Joint Jig are nearly f...
Clamp Fail!

To make the stand for my lathe, I had to use a lot of clamps and put my ten homemade clamps to good use. Up til now, these have be...
New Lathe

I haven’t had a lathe for a long time – nearly 14 years. For the most part, I kept it like this on purpose, since turn...
YouTube

Seven months ago, when I started this site, my plan was to use video as a means to supplement the content I would add here. My thi...
Thinking Outside Of The Box (joint jig)

When I look at something that’s commercially available that I would like to build, I try to see if it can be made in a more ...
Thanks To Viewers Like You

This site has really grown over its short life span. This month is already drawing to a close and once again, it has substantially...
My Thoughts On…

Here are some of the things that I’ve learned and work by. Fasteners I use them, I like them. Screws, nails, bolts – a...
Ramblings

Start of a new year – 2012. Just saying that seems futuristic, for one born in the 60’s and grew up in the 70’s,...
Test For Accuracy

With my knives freshly sharpened, I thought I would do some test cuts on the planer to see how consistent the thickness of cut was...
Saturday Night’s All Right For… Sharpening

Might sound pretty boring to a twenty-something, but the evening (regardless of the day of the week) is probably the very best tim...
Some Days Are Diamonds

That’s an expression I use often and it is also a credo I loosely live by (with all due deference to John Denver, I’m ...
Router Table Fun And A New Sprayer

Lately, when I’m working on a new project, I try to look for things that are likely to bother me after I finish building it....
Router Lifting

I’ve started work on my new router table – the lift mechanism that raises the router is nearly finished, as well as th...
One better and a pizza peel!

Seems that as soon as I have a project done, I start to think of ways to improve it. It’s counter productive: what I should ...
Plans, Ho!

Since starting this site, I’ve received a few requests for plans for the projects I’m presenting (and even for ones th...
Long Reach Clamp

Every so often I need a long reach clamp. Usually, the need arises when I have to hold something down on a work surface, for examp...
Trial & Error

When it comes to building it, I get a lot of enjoyment from the design stage of a new project. Puzzling out the details and trying...
Varied Interests

I posted the first article (of many, hopefully) in the Electronic Projects section of the site last week. Long overdue, I apologiz...
Something Different

While waiting for the new bearings to come that I ordered for my band saw, I’ve been out of the shop and onto my roof. My ho...