Dowels – round, long pieces – are a very versatile administration form of wood. They have their use in fine woodworking as well as crafting. And the best part? You can easily make your own! What are Wood Dowels good for? Since the grain runs along their axis they are… Continue Reading How to Make Your own Wood Dowels
Space is at a premium in most shops. Having things that fold down to store flat are a great way to make the best of it. In this video I show you how I used duct tape hinges to make a simple and effective fold flat spray booth from foam… Continue Reading Duct Tape Hinges – Make a Spray Booth
My new free shop storage solution is bades off of Laura Kampf’s new approach (see below). The advantage? The crates I am using are free! I get them from local grocery stores where they are used to ship and to display produce. And while they are made from cardboard, they… Continue Reading Shop Storage Solution based on free Crates!
This boom arm is a great addition to any shop! It is easy to make from scrap pieces, preferably plywood (but you can get away with virtually any kind of wood if you adapt the dimensions a little). Have things within reach without cluttering up your workspace with stands or such.… Continue Reading Simple Boom Arm for your Equipment
Today I share with you a technique to make multi-compartment trays or even shadow boxes from scrap pieces. With a slight modification, you can also make single storage boxes in large numbers for all your shop organization needs. And if you go that extra mile, you can turn what starts… Continue Reading Storage Boxes from scraps – Quick & Dirty
In a project, I was working on (the tintin rocket) I had to flatten some segmented rings. I ended up using the thickness sander method I am showing you here, using a spindle sander or a sanding drum. I hope you find it useful and share it with your friends!… Continue Reading Improvised Thickness Sander – Quick & Dirty
The table saw is one of the most versatile tools in a woodshop, but also the creator of a good amount of dust. In this video, I make some improvements to better catch that table saw dust, and you can use these ideas to improve dust collection on other tools… Continue Reading Table Saw Dust Collection Improvements you can use!
It is my experience that a bandsaw blade is meant to break – and like any other consumable they most definitely will. Here I use some old blades to make a device that will hopefully help me remove the dirt and crud that gathers at the bottom of beeswax in order to… Continue Reading Reuse a Bandsaw Blade – Clean Dirt off Wax
Dust collection is a big topic in the shop these days, and so it should be. But some tools do not play well with a dust collector, and the lathe is on the top of that list with all those pesky shavings flying this way and that. So I came… Continue Reading Lathe Shavings – Gotta Catch Them All! (Fail?)
An air blow gun paired with a compressor in your shop is a great way to remove dust and debris, be it from a workpiece or a workbench. But while the looped hoses that are available offer some advantages, mostly in terms of reach, tidiness is not one of them.… Continue Reading Air Blow Gun Holder – Quick & Dirty