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Rick Waters is holding another Build Challenge over at his site, The Sawdust Chronicles. The theme is “Earth Friendly” and there are a number of restrictions and rules (its a challenge after all). You can catch up on the rules here. There are many prizes to be won too. Here’s ...
your tent. You also want to put a test piece of scrap wood in the tent as well. This is your color indicator. Seal everything up and wait about an hour or so. Pull out your test board and see if the color is where you want it. The color change happens gradually and depending on how well sealed...
2450. What’s on the Bench? Marc finally finished up the Hall Frame article and the Barbecue Cart for the Better Homes & Gardens 48-hr Blog Challenge. With an impending move and a new shop build on the horizon, its a busy time in the Spagnuolo house. Matt recently attended a class with ...
p, where the scroll saw is not considered a serious tool. (Its location, by the slop sink, says it all.) Partly in protest, but mostly as a personal challenge, I decided from the outset that I would use only the scroll saw and a variety of sanders. Believing that fine woodworking needn’t be...
rmulated for turnings. The product can be wiped on or sprayed and is supposed to provide a warm oil-like tone. Numerous coats can be applied within an hour and the product can be rubbed out to your desired sheen. Even though I don’t do much turning, I still wanted to try this stuff out. A wat...
in the garage, I still frequently have the urge to go out into the garage and just be around my tools; maybe practice my hand-planing. Well, about an hour after pouring out the oil, I had one of these urges, so I went out. I immediately smelled something burning, but the smell was unfamiliar to me...
l of time! Take a face frame for example. If you cut classic joinery on the frame members and then glue them together, you’ll lose at least an hour just waiting for the glue to dry. Then, of course, you have to glue that face frame to the casework. That’s another hour. With the pock...
system for the very hot Florida summers,Ã? I’ve covered the walls with shelves but I always need more space!” Setting up the shop : 1/2 hour Cleaning the garage and putting the car back : 1h One hour or two of sanding/sawing after work : priceless ...
. I know that this falls more in the carpentry side of things, but I used a lot of my woodworking skills in the process. There were a couple design challenges to start with. First, we didn’t want to remove the existing stoop so it could be used again, sometime down the road. So the struct...
y pass down to my own children. I chose this table design because I very much like mission style furniture, or so I thought at the time! It had enough challenges for a beginner to learn from, but nothing insurmountable considering the limited tools and skills I have. My first shock was the cost of q...
a very good friend who helps out with collecting the admission fees for girls basketball games at our local High School. This project was a bit of a challenge for me since I usually follow plans or a picture to build projects, but since I could not find any plans or designs for a cash drawer…...
. Most times he has a very specific idea of what he wants, but I do have some influence over the design. The coolest part about this process is the challenge that collaboration brings. Making a piece of furniture for myself is rather easy. My personal tastes influence every decision I make and ...