Projects

        Have you ever been merrily driving your router along when suddenly you run out of power? The extension cord gets hung up on something, and suddenly you’re [...]

  I am ready to rip the stiles for the two face frames. Since my boards are long, I’m using a featherboard for uniformity as well as safety. The outfeed table behind the tablesaw is [...]

Solitary Strategies for Three-Handed Tasks by Tim Johnson One of woodworking’s major attractions is being able to say, “I built that myself.” On the surface, this statement is about mastering [...]

      Thanks to my new sanding table, my lathe doubles as a disc sander. I really like this setup, because I can adjust the speed of the disc to the job and the material.   [...]

Mobile Clamp Rack Hold it! Roll it! Hang it! Store it! By Roger Meinen Tired of dragging clamps around my shop, I built this rack that brings them right to the job. It takes up only 21 x 32 in. [...]

The Heritage Traditional Computer Work Station – Desk and Hutch. Have you ever wanted a fashionable computer desk that is reasonable in size and well portioned to place all computer [...]

  Multiple bases make this compact router extremely versatile.   by Randy Johnson           Laminate trim routers are amazing little machines. Their [...]

          My contractor-style tablesaw spewed sawdust everywhere until I enclosed the base by covering all the openings with 1/4-in. MDF panels. First, I added two [...]

          In my small shop, I use a shop vacuum to collect dust from several tools. To cut down on the need to swap hoses, I built this manifold with two blast gates. Now [...]

      Extension wings on the miter saw make cutting long stock a breeze. My shop-made wings install and knock down in seconds and they’re as light as feathers. My secret? The [...]

        Horsing my bandsaw out of the way was a real pain until I installed a pair of large casters (see Source, below). Now my saw has a built-in two-wheel cart. During use, [...]

  The back panels being cut in width and the beads being machined, the next step is cutting them to length.     Because of the size of these panels, my shopmade panel cutter is the [...]