How to Make a Lazy Susan Turning Table - 2 TIERS!
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Lazy Susan's have got to be the handiest things for serving devices whether stand-alone or on a dining room table, a picnic table or on a snack table. The only real problem is that some of them can take up so much room ... but there is a way to economize on the size without giving up on the amount of serving space and that is my making another level to them.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/YWqEpnE356w
I wasn't sure what kind of center I wanted for the upper level so decided to make a prototype before making a final version. My first version had a round center column which I did not keep on so wanted to try this style of having simple square wood, but with an arc cut into them to accommodate later bowls and serving dishes ...
Stop Slippery Wood Glue Ups: 5 Quick Gluing Hacks
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Wood gets slippery when glue is applied to it and sometimes trying to tame a wet slippery wood glue up can be messy and frustrating. The best way to tackle this problem is to assume every glue up will be slippery ... and almost all of them are, and prepare the wood in advance to prevent it from sliding out of place on you with several techniques.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/AA3TviThJW4
The first thing to think about in helping to prevent slipper glue-ups is ... What is my margin of error? that means, do you have any extra wood on your glue up that is going to need to be cut off later and where exactly is that wood. Once you know this you can use any one of a few different anti-slip ideas ...
Jigsaw Template Jig: Make Duplicate & Repeatable Cuts with a Jigsaw.
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Jigsaws have been around for a long time and most workshops have one but most don't get a lot of use, except those times when you really need something that only a jigsaw can do. I always try to get the most from my tools and when Mark sent me a not about making a patterning jig for a jigsaw, I thought it would be a good idea to see if this would be one way of getting more use from a jigsaw.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZBVm3zzoIE0
Like many jigs, I started off at the table saw after I selected my wood, which in this case was high quality 1/4" plywood that I could use as the base plate and the first thing I needed to cut was some strips that I could use to capture the jigsaw base plate to the 1/4" plywood material ...
Strength Testing Salt and Grit on Glue Joints
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For many years I have heard people using things like Salt and Sand as a medium between 2 boards being glued, to help eliminate the slippage that happens when we try to glue boards together. I have never used the technique but recently I have had a flurry of people asking me if the using Salt as a grit when gluing boards together, does that weaken the joint?
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1Ai-IQvRDo4
It sounds plausible that it might, but it could also strength the joint ... or it might do nothing noticeable, but I will never know if I don't test it, so that's exactly what I set out to do ...
Installing Steel Legs on Live Edge Maple Coffee Table
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Some time ago I joined some cuts from a live edge slab of wood to make a somewhat square, live edge coffee table top, then I finished the top with a special version of teak oil called Teak-Olje and both those articles and videos can be found here: Part 1 & Part 2.
This final video and article are a quick overview of installing some Steel Legs to the coffee table and something I have not worked with in the past, so a whole new experience for me.
Watch this video on YouTube here > https://youtu.be/o8cCQXBZ7d4
I started off by purchasing ready made steel legs from one of the big box hardware stores rather than trying to make my own. There was not many choices of steel legs that I could purchase locally, but did find some inverted "V" shaped legs that I liked and that looked very well made ...
Quick Workshop Hacks Part 5: Woodworking Tips and Tricks
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Sometimes it's a good thing that I never seem to throw anything away, other times ... well. But for now, salvaging an old plastic spring clamp that didn't work as a clamp anymore and re-purpose it to make it into a hose clamp for my dust collection system that works like a speed clamp now and makes moving 4-inch hoses from one machine to another a quick and easy task.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/h3jhXoOtfic
I did take a small bit of ingenuity to take specialty dust collection hose clamp and adapt it to a spring clamp ... a broken spring clamp, but the finished product works like a charm ...
- Table Saw Jointer Jig / Router Jointer Jig: How to Joint Wood Without a Jointer
- Make a Edge Jointing Sled Jig / Edge Jointer Safety Push Block
- AntiSkid / Anti Slip Workshop Life Hacks - Woodworking Tips and Tricks
- Tongue and Groove / Rail and Stile Router Bits - Shaker Style Doors Making
- Table Saw Bowl Jig
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