Turn Wood Scraps into Expensive Test Tube Planters?
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The whole theme of this video and project came though another woodworking buddy, but when I first saw his version my brain flood with other ideas I wanted to try. In this video I stopped at only 3, but I have many other "collected" pieces of driftwood, old firewood chunks, galls and figured wood that I would like to try.
My first version happened when I drove by and area near me where there was some road allowance clearing and I instantly spotted some smaller trees or brush that when inverted would super cool wooden stands.
Can These Quick Woodworking Tips Save You Hours of Time?
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Saving wasted time, working safely and having fun are probably my 3 main goals in woodworking. I love to figure out little short cuts of woodworking and evidently, so do many other people and often there are multitudes of people who submit near identical ideas. I love them all.
Here are a few that I use, some submitted and some I learned myself through trial and error ....
DIY Woodworking Trestle Sawhorses That Actually Last
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Saw horses are of those little thought about items that you don't seem to miss until you need one. I have an old pair of the "A" frame type sitting in my stoop for almost 20 years now, I didn't make them but they sure come in handy from time to time, despite all the room they take up, because they don't "stack".
They are well worn, paint splattered, wobbly and not all that well made, but they have lasted a long time despite all that, but time to upgrade them ...
DIY Magswitch Jigs So Clever You'll Regret Not Building Them Sooner
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I was an "early adopter" to the whole world of magnetic switches, the first pair of switches I purchased came with a silver body, not the yellow version like we see today, and that was well over 20 years ago. Since that time I have made many, many jigs and appliances for use in the woodwork shop.
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Having magswitches around, in many instnaces, is like having another set of hands. They are so handy, and it seems like I just keep coming up with more and more uses ... here are some of my most used items.
This DIY Plane Scraper Changed My Woodworking
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Something NEW crossed my path a couple of weeks ago while I was visiting a my friend Paul's shop. He showed me a new sort of scraper / plane he had just made that lies flat on the project surface. It was one of those tools that as soon as you see it you think, WOW, what a great idea, I need to make one of those for myself. Paul told me he had seen it somewhere else before and was not his idea or design, but there's no reaon people cannot make their own versions of this idea, and so I did.
I started off with an old block plane I no longer use, but was once my go-to plane. The blade was still sharp, but would need a tiny bit of stropping to get it super sharp, but that would come later ....
Is Your Table Saw Dangerous Without This ?
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For reasons unknown, "Riving Knives" have real fascination with woodworkers that "Splitters" never enjoyed, although they do nearly identical functions, but the new versions of splitters, easily have the upper hand the more recent Riving Knife adaption.
I se this happening all the time, someone acquires a new table saw and the first thing they do is remove the Splitter with the protective cowling and anti-kickback Pawls, then proceed to install a Riving Knife.
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