work bench top finish

I have used a bowling alley 7' length made of maple and pine for my bench top.  I have it sanded and planed to new wood as level as I can get it.  There a few cracks ~1/16" [...]

Twin Kitchen Hutches #56

I roughly cut the top shelves of the hutches.       I’m ripping strips to make the moldings to fill the underside of the top shelves. To stay on the safe side for the router [...]

Tall Case Clock Design

I’ve been researching tall case clocks with an eye on building one for my home. but I’m troubled by the general lack of good proportioning in most if not all the design , the clocks [...]

MAGIC MATCH BOX

IF YOU HAVE A SPARE MATCH BOX,MAKE THIS ?EASY TO DO COST NOTHING AND WILL AMAZE KIDS AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES.? SIMILAR TO THE CUBE PUZZLE. YOU NEED A MATCH BOX–A PIECE OF STRING– [...]

UNION JACK PHONE BOX

WHY HAVE A BASIC RED PHONE BOX? ONE OF THESE CONVERTED TO A SHOWER?DRINKS CABINET? EVEN A SAUNA/STEAM ROOM??OR YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIBRARY?? A GENUINE BRITISH RED PHONE BOX .THE TRUE BRITISH [...]

A Sneak Peek at two Arts & Crafts Books

Popular Woodworking Books has two related books publishing later this year, and we thought it would be fun to share a little advance information with you. In the author’s own words, [...]

GUITAR PLECTRUM

CD DISK GUITAR PLECTRUM . CUT TO SIZE AND SHAPE THEN PAINT  ONE SIDE AND LAMINATE 2 TOGETHER .THEN FINE SAND IT NOW YOU HAVE GUITAR PLECTRUMS.  ALL FROM RECYCLED CD DISKS.…

Where to Get Horse Stall Mats?

We’ve had several readers ask where we got our horse stall mats featured in the Feb. 3, 2010, newsletter. Reader Ken Zeiszler offer this advice: I have my entire shop cover with these mats. [...]

INLAID BIRCH BOWL

AS BY LUCK SAW THIS AT A TREE FELLERS YARD. GOT IT FOR FREE,A SILVER BIRCH LOG.AS HAD SOME COPPER STRIPS SPARE,TURNED THIS AND INLAID IT WITH COPPER STRIP.. NEEDS TO BE NOW VARNISHED. A [...]

CD CLOCK

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CD CLOCKS PLUS AD YOUR OWN PHOTOGRAPH TO THEM.CHEAP AND EASY TO MAKE""AS YOU SEE I MAKE USE OF EVERYTHING. THIS MAKES A CHANGE FROM MAKING FURNITURE.PLUS I NEED TO GET [...]