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Jigsaw Template Jig: Make Duplicate & Repeatable Cuts with a Jigsaw.

Read Time: 6 mins

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

Read Time: 6 mins

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

Read Time: 3 mins

Jointing wood edges are probably one of the most common tasks we do in woodworking and one of the reasons that jointers are such a common tool, but there are other ways fo jointing wood. Two of the methods I still use from time to time are using the table saw with a special sled, and using my wood router.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/g8pVGyFu6PQ

Both of the methods shown here can give excellent results and provide perfectly straight and even joints ...

Make a Edge Jointing Sled Jig / Edge Jointer Safety Push Block

Read Time: 4 mins

One of the frustrating things when working with wood that is warped is trying to get at least one edge flat and straight without taking off too much wood, and of course, doing it all safely. Many years ago I made a kind of long push block for the jointer, but it never really worked as I had hoped so I abandoned it ... now years later I am remaking a newer version with some upgraded features.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/meRubSx9mvo<

The purpose of the block is to be able to safely handle smaller pieces of wood that are warped, and run them through the jointer until I can get an edge to them that is stable enough to use my hand paddles to continue to work the wood as needed.

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