I do not own a lathe, but after watching many videos on YouTube about beautiful turnings by skilled turners that made everything look easy, I wanted to try my hand at lathework myself. I came across this jig from Wolfcraft that turns a drill into a lathe, and here is… Continue Reading Adventures with the Minilathe 1 – the Roughing Gouge
Seeing David Picciuto talking about the Birdmouth Joint I remembered seeing one in an image on Pinterest a while back, and I thought while it might be a good idea to get a dedicated router bit if you plan on making many of them, the table saw should work just… Continue Reading Easy Birdmouth Joint on the Table Saw
You have probably seen this piece of shop hardware in my Conch Shell video, but as I promised, here is a dedicated video about the sled and another way to use it. Enjoy, and remember to be inspired!
I am working on the promised video about my first Whirligig build, and this came out as a by-product, based on Adam Roman’s video about his bandsaw dust extraction. Enjoy, and remember to be inspired!
We have all been there – the sandpaper on one of our sanders looks still good, but it is clogged with sawdust to the extend that it won’t sand anymore. There are ways to get a little more use out of it before you need to change it, especially if… Continue Reading Sandpaper Cleaner – Quick & Dirty
Repurpose the paper tray of an old printer to make a cheap center finder for your drill press. It does not take much – apart from the paper tray, of course – to turn this into a simple center finding jig for your drill press. Combined with a piece of… Continue Reading Quick & Dirty Center Finder for the drill press
I give you my drill press dust solution. In my opinion, dust extraction for the drill press is a tricky thing, even though it is usually not as cirtical as for, say, a sander or a circular saw. Still, it is a simple design and I like how it turned… Continue Reading Drill Press Dust Solution – dust extraction for the drill press
This old, first shop tour is probably as far removed from my current shop setup as it could be. Well, since this is the first shop tour I published, that is pretty much a given. I will leave it here for nostalgia, but there are newer shop tours around and… Continue Reading First Shop Tour (Nostalgia, this is how I started out)