5 Essential Woodworking Tips Today
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One of my biggest challenges in woodworking is not doing things that I have to go back later and FIX ... I hate having to re-do things because "something" went wrong ... and that something is ME ... nobody else to blame, so how can I do better??
The first thing is having equipment that works the best it can. I often don't have expense equipment and some of my limitations are the tools, but it's up to me to get them working the best they can ...
Are You Keeping Up? How Technology is Changing Woodworking
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One of the things repeating to myself (and others), over and over is ... Everything Changes, NOTHING stays the same forever, learn to adapt. This is one of the reasons I am often a bit of a pioneer in working with new technologies. For example, I made a video of using a laser for woodworking way back in March of 2016, 8 years ago when they were still in their infancy for home use, but these machines have skyrocketed in their abilities.
I toured the Frank Lloyd Wright "Allen" house in Wichita in the spring of 2024, and one of the tour guides items of note was a wooden ceiling lampshade in the living room which she described as "having been made with a jigsaw"....
DIY Chainsaw Case: Build Your Own Ultimate Case
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One the best things about being a woodworker is that if there is something you need and you either can't find it to purchase for a reasonable amount (or any amount for that matter) or can't even find what you are looking for .. you make it!
DIY Chainsaw Case: Build Your Own Ultimate Case
Such is what I did recently with my chainsaw, that is terrible for weeping chain oil, even after I drain it, and 5 months later it is STILL weeping a small amount of chain oil ...
Simple Jig for DIY Veneers Anyone Can Make!
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Since purchasing my 14" bandsaw a few years ago, I have had little occasion to use it for cutting thin slices of wood, or "veneers" as they are referred to, but this requirement has changed.
Simple Jig for DIY Veneers Anyone Can Make!
Now that I have the XTool Laser Etcher, and having sampled some of it's capabilities, a whole new world of woodworking ideas have taken hold ... many or which require thin pieces of wood between 1/8th to 1/4 inch or 3 to 6mm.
Thin Strip Jig Upgrade You Can’t Ignore
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One of the many benefits of YouTube is that sharing ideas with others often helps all of us improve what we do. Such is the case with this Thin Strip Ripping Jig I made a few years ago. My buddy Bill, from the Sunflower Woodworkers Guild near Wichita, came up with cool safety adaptation for this and today I am going to make re-make this very popular jig ...
Simple Jig for DIY Veneers Anyone Can Make!
One of my concerns with this style of jig, especially when ripping very small pieces of wood, the blade "could" flip a small piece of wood upward toward the operator ...
My Favorite NEW Shop Made Planer Stand
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I seem to have spent a lifetime creating and re-creating shop made stands, work benches and cabinets. After purchasing a new tool, I often need to make some sort of a stand for it, which usually means something "quick and dirty" with the idea I will make a better one later or ... which I do, but sometime MUCH later ...
My Favorite NEW Shop Made Planer Stand
Such is the case with my Planer Stand. I love my little 13" (thirteen inch) helical head planer. With my other tools, it is perfect for my shop saves me tons of time and works like a gem, but the stand has always been an issue for me ...
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