Custom Steel Top Upgrade for Wood Router Table
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Here's a project I have had on my mind for a long time. Upgrading my wood router table to some sort of a new flat table. My existing table is one of those that is made from MDF, which when new is flat, but over time many of them develop a bow or dip in the middle. This appears to be partially due to the constant weight of the router on the MDF ...
Custom Steel Top Upgrade for Wood Router Table
but is also likely caused by the fact that the MDF does absorb moisture (like all wood products) and in the process it makes the wood or in this case MDF, expand. Since the MDF cannot expand on the top because of the glues on arborite or plastic laminate, the MDF can only bow upwards on the sides, which is what can cause the center to drop. In my case over a sixteenth of an inch.
5 Quick Subscriber Woodworking Tricks & Tips - Episode 25
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Sometimes it is the simplest ideas that really catch my attention ... one of these you will see later in this article. I am often guilty of making things a bit too complicated and I can take a lesson from those who have easier ideas that are equally effective.
5 Quick Subscriber Woodworking Tricks & Tips - Episode 25
First off is a tip I should be using more often, and now that I have a stronger magnet hook, maybe it will work for me.
MAGNETIC Table Saw Bowl Jig / How to Make a Wooden Bowl Without a Lathe!
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Circling back to the Wobble Blade or Adjustable Dado blade as it is more accurately called, and because of its small diameter or 7 inches, it lends itself to making things that most other blades cannot do ... like coves and bowls, not to mention decent dados.
MAGNETIC Table Saw Bowl Jig / How to Make a Wooden Bowl Without a Lathe!
My attempt at making these bowls, was actually for making concaves for nesting boxes for cavity-nesting birds, and a video that I first made about 12 or so years, then another update a few years after that where I used the fence on the table saw as the anchor ... which worked for that saw, but for my newer saw it was not quite as convenient so I devised a new jig to do the job along with some new techniques for trimming bowls ...
Bad Ideas in Woodworking Episode 6 / Workshop Fails
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Safety in the workshop needs to be priority one! Always. We all try to work as safely as we can, but very often we are trying new things, ideas, and techniques or even new tools and things can go wrong very quickly in the workshop with spinning bits, blades, and machine parts.
Bad Ideas in Woodworking Episode 6 / Workshop Fails
Luckily for most of us, when things have gone wrong, often innocently, we only get a scare and often escape any serious injury, and knowing what went wrong and why and thinking about these things in the future helps us work safer and often create better products.
Starbond CA Glue for Wood Tips & Tricks: Episode 4
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I still get many questions from woodworkers about using CA glue for all sorts of different uses and projects and as we use this versatile glue we learn even more of how to better use it and where it is most suited ..
Starbond CA Glue for Wood Tips & Tricks: Episode 4
You will note that this video has been sponsored by our friends at Starbond who are offering a 25% discount on all their products up until October 20th, 2012 and you MUST use the code - WOODWORKWEB25, and the link to their site is here Starbond Website.
That's a very generous discount .. and for woodworkers in Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia and NZ and more ... I recommend if you can, to link up with other local woodworkers to place an order and share the shipping costs, which I know can be onerous ... just something to consider.
Wobble Blade, Single Adjustable Dado Blade for the Table Saw
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30 years ago I purchased a wobble blade for cutting dados. Back then I didn't have much money to spend on tools, AND I didn't want to invest in much more expensive stacking dado set because I knew I would not be using it that much.
Well, over the years I ended up investing in stacking dado set, which I don't use that much, but it does work well, but I still love my old "Wobble Blade" for doing other things ...
Wobble Blade, Single Adjustable Dado Blade for the Table Saw
It's harder to find wobble blades these days, except at garage sales, swap meets and second-hand stores. Every time I stumble across one, I have a good look at it and most of them are in great shape having had very little or even no use ...
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