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THE PRITT STICK? ADHESIVE IN A TUBE.LIKE LIPSTICK TWIST TO RAISE UP,TWIST TO RAISE DOWN. WHAT DO WE DO WITH EMPTY ONE? THROW AWAY? NO WRONG?  ONCE EMPTY LOWER INSERT...

  To proceed gluing the face frames, I raise the casings on these shopmade I-beams. Doing so, I’ll be able to slip the clamps under the casings.     I...

THE HAZEL NUT ,ALMOND AND WALNUT BOX. HAZEL NUT AND ALMOND TOOK SOME TIME TO DO AS I USED  MINITURE  PIN HINGES AND A LARGE MAGNIFY GLASS. WALNUTS WERE A...

      Bar clamps are great tools, but sometimes it’s tough to get a good grip on the small wood handle. To get extra torque, I drilled a hole...

            Recently I was routing a decorative edge on a large round tabletop. About halfway around, my router started to vibrate and I noticed (with...

          I discovered the hard way that sanding on a lathe can be hard on the fingers. Now, to protect my fingers, I cut the fingertips...

THIS IS MADE FROM A PINE PALLET. THE DOWELS WERE MADE WITH A ROUTER ATTACHED TO MY LATHE..HAD TO MAKE A JIG UP TO FIX TO THE LATHE BEFORE I...

NOW AND AGAIN I GET THE ODD FEW CD DISCS THAT ARE THROWN IN THE RECYCLE BINS ,I HAVE ABOUT 160 SO FAR. SEE WHAT I MADE FROM THEM NEXT...

A great value in premium hand tools   by Tom Caspar         “I’m really getting the itch to use good hand tools, so what kind of plane...

Better filtration for single-stage collectors by Dave Munkittrick The cartridge filter is the first significant improvement in single-stage dust collection in more than 30 years. Cartridge [...]

MADE FROM A PALLET AND PUSH CHAIR WHEELS. PALLET COST £1   WHEELS FREE FROM THE DUMP. A GOCART FROM DAYS GONE BY. THE 4 WHEELS HAVE AXEL BEARINGS FITTED FOR...

THIS IS WHAT I USE MY DOG TEETH FOR. QUICK AND EASY PLUS HOLDS TIMBER BETTER AND MORE SECURE FOR TURNING.I CENTRED THE DOG TEETH AND FIX WITH 2 SCREWS...