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SCAFFOLD PLANKS THAT WERE MACHINED EARLIER,HAVE COME IN HANDY AS STAIR TREADS.RECLAIMED TIMBER ALWAYS COMES IN HANDY FOR ANY JOB IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING TO DO WITH IT..

SLIDING BLOCK ,SAME AS OTHER BUT WITH BLOCK.THIS SLIDES UP AND DOWN THIS CAN BE MADE FROM DIFFERENT WOODS BUT THIS IS JUST A TRIAL PIECE.WELL IT IS FRIDAY .ALL...

THESE ARE FROM THE TIMBER YARD,EVERY OTHER DAY WHATS OVER FROM THE RADIAL SAW THEY THROW AWAY SO HAVE ASKED IF I COULD HAVE ODDS AND ENDS.GOT THESE PINE SLICES...

PINE 4X4 INCH BLOCKS AND A WOOD LATHE..WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH OFF CUTS.OF 4X4 INCH POST.ONCE LATHE IS SET UP AND BLOCKS CUT TO SIZE.TAKES 5 MINUTES .TO MAKE...

Here is a slideshow of the Condor Tails process by Jameel Abraham with additional steps.

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH OLD SKATEBOARDS. A GOOD OLD CLEAN UP TO BARE WOOD THEN .MAYBE  STAIR CASE TREADS…..???? IDEAS FROM AROUND THE WORLD…..SKATE BOARDING IN THE UK IS...

After hours and hours and hours of work (please, some kind soul, send Vodka), I was finally able to get “Handplane Essentials,” by Christopher Schwarz, into a PDF format that...

Rockler Circle Cutting Jig Affordable Rockler Circle Cutting Jig sets up in seconds, no math required. Cut flawless circles up to 52" in diameter. Rockler's new Circle Cutting Jig makes...

Mark Harrell of Bad Axe Tool Works corralled two of his new saws for us to test; he calls them Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, and optional quartersawn mesquite handles...

There are milestones in the life of a magazine, at least for those surviving long enough to have a milestone before a headstone. Popular Woodworking Magazine has reached a new...

The key was put safely in its hole. After the glue dried I planed it flush with the surface. Next, I sawed off and squared the board’s ends. Using a...

I’ve been at our parent company, F+W Media, almost as long as our soon-to-be Editor Emeritus Christopher Schwarz. And even when I didn’t know him very well, I thought he...