Workshop Projects

Making A Planer / Jointer Knife Sharpening Jig

Having a low cost surface planer with two sets of HSS knives, I wanted a way to reliably sharpen the knives. This would save me ti...
Table Saw Sled

A table saw sled is something that I really haven’t had a need for, since my homemade table saw had a sliding table attached...
Extension Wing Router Table

With my move to a shop nearly half the size of my old one, I had to try to arrange the tools that are important in the most effici...
Making A Planer Blade Sharpening Jig

This is my second version of a planer knife sharpener, the first one worked well, but is a bit bulky and had some other problems. ...
Make A Wide Panel Crosscut Jig

Crosscutting wider panels to trim them down to size or to square them up can be a frustrating experience, unless you have somethin...
Norm’s Crosscut Sled

Way back in the late 80’s, one of my favourite things to do was to get up on Saturday morning, make coffee and watch the lat...
Making A Zero Clearance Insert For The Miter Saw

It’s funny how often this happens: I go out to my shop to start one project, and get sidetracked and end up making something...
Making The Advanced Box Joint Jig From MDF

I occasionally get asked if jigs like this can be made with lower cost, easier to find materials. I recommend using the best plywo...
Shop Vacuum Filter Cleaner

For the majority of my shop cleanup, I use my dust collector with a 2-1/2″ hose and wand to vacuum the dust and wood chips o...
Rebuilding My Dust Collector

When I bought my dust collector, I thought it would be perfect for the kind of work I do in my shop. It was portable and I could j...
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...
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...
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....
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...
How to Make Stackable Storage Trays

I’m currently doing a major renovation on my house and, as usual, I’m doing most of the work myself. Managing all of t...
A Plane Christmas Gift for John

by Don Heisz A few months ago, I was in a second-hand shop. On a shelf behind the counter was what looked like an old hand-plane, ...
Old Chisel New Handle

by Don Heisz I had high hopes for this chisel when I saw it. Where did I get such a thing? Well, since I am very rough on my tools...
Fixing Up An Old Handsaw

This project happened spur of the moment as a result of an extended power outage after a storm. The lights were off for a little o...
Reparing my Radial Arm Saw

by Don Heisz As many of you know, I recently purchased a used radial arm saw from a guy named Dan. Dan had everything except one l...