Testing Shop Made Wood Fillers!
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As long as I have been involved in woodwork, people have told me "don't worry about a small mistake, you can fix it with wood filler". But my experience with wood filler of any kind has given me poor results. I decided to try a few combinations of shop-made fillers and one version of commercial fillers, just to see how they work and how they compare. Note: Other Links as talked about in the video are below!!
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/KxnO7re7IOU
Remember too, there are other ways of fixing mistakes and defects in wood during the build process, wood fillers are only one way, and may not be the best way, but sometimes they are the only way ...
Quick Build for a Perfect Router Dado Jig to make Dado Joints
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Bookcases and shelving units are super popular items to build, and not complicated but there are a few tricks to getting to look great and to stand up to years of use, and much of that depends on how the shelves are attached, and in this case, I am showing how to make a jig to use with the hand router that will give you perfect fit dados.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CETqGP1vgBM
...oh, and yes, you could use a palm router in place of a full-size router ... just take you time in making the cuts so you don't put unnecessary wear on the router motor ...
Colin Knecht's Quick Woodworking Tips and Tricks - Episode 2
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Even more cool ideas from all sorts of sources, some tips from Subscribers, some of my own that I use ... when I remember to tell everyone about them. Don't forget, if you have some tips, tricks or ideas that you use and you would like to share them with the rest of us, send me an email and if I haven't used the tip, I will try to use it in a future episode and give you a shout out.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2ocSGUM4owQ
This time, starting off with one of my own... frequently used tips ...
Making Live Edge Plywood / Fake Live Edge Slab
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There are many people who enjoy working with wood - sheet goods - like plywoods, medium, and high-density fiberboard, and more. If you select quality products, you get nice flat material, sometimes you can purchase it with already applied veneers such as Oak, Maple, Walnut and so on, and what's nice, you can cut it to whatever size you need, you don't have worry about grain matching during glue-ups, twisting and warping boards, running our of enough material to do the job, knots in the wrong places ... the list is endless.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/3oOsHZMlcX8
Those are just a few of the reasons that some people like working with sheet goods ...
5 Quick Table Saw Tips - Episode 6
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Table saws get used so often in the woodwork shop that it's important to make them convenient to use because when we don't, very often people can take short-cuts, and that when accidents can happen, so I am a big fan of making things safe, easy and convenient.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Jlk_CBfkdvs
Of all the workshop tools, the table saw is one that can do some serious harm in the blink of an eye, so the very, very first safety rule around table saws and most power tools, is to NEVER rush what you are doing and always stop and take a moment to think about what you are going to be doing.
Oscillating Tool Uses in the Woodwork Shop
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I think my Oscillating tool is over 10 years old now, and I bet it doesn't have 3 hours of work on it, but I wouldn't have traded it for the world. I bought at the time I was installing new vinyl windows in my home and embedding them into the old aluminum frames so that I would not have to have the stucco siding re-done. It saved me thousands, the windows went in flawlessly and the whole reno easily passed the energy audit.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/prW2QdElZzg
The oscillating tool was used to cut away the aluminum rails on the old windows so they were flush, right into the corners, so the new windows were a good fit going in and without it, I would have spent countless more hours trying to cut and trim that aluminum away ...
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