Installing Campaign chest hardware – part 5: Setting the bracket corner straps
The bracket corner straps that I used were made from a short piece of thin brass that was drilled and bent. In order to install all of them, don’t ask...
Friday’s Tip for July 26th
Double-Duty Sanding Drum I sand a lot of thin wood on my drum sander and as a result, I only wear out the bottom part of the drums. Flipping them...
Installing Campaign chest hardware – part 4: Setting the large handles into the teak drawers.
In order to install the large-sized handles I had to create a bigger template system that, although shared the same principles with the previous template, had one or two new...
The Book of Shaker Furniture by John Kassay A Treasure Trove for SketchUp Generation Woodworkers Part 1
Spend a day in any large city library and look for woodworking books written in the 1990s or earlier and you will find a treasure trove of 2D drawings just...
Q & A: Which Square Should I Buy?
it’s very useful to have one very precise square in your shop. You can rely on this square for machinery setup, such as setting your jointer fence and your tablesaw blade square to the table.
Installing Campaign chest hardware – part 3: Setting in the medium handle in the poplar sample and in the teak drawers.
However good my template was I still had to recruit some hand tools for the task of final fitting it. You see, routing, even with the smallest bit will still...
DOOR STOP WEDGES
Door stop wedges made from various exotic timber off cuts .Waste timber put to good use .These i make as a novelty,from timbers such as oak/beech/elm/pine/mahogany/iroko/yew/ and other timbers which...
Friday’s Tip for July 19th
Zero-Clearance Bandsaw Table I like to cut tenons with my bandsaw, but the little cutoffs tend to fall down in the space by the blade and get in the way...
Installing Campaign chest hardware – part 2: A template for the meduim sized sunken handles
We bought two sizes of sunken handles, medium and large (both from Paxton Hardware). We also purchased round corners, and bracket corner straps (from Rockler). I began by devising a...
Installing Campaign chest hardware – part 1
I am an fan of Campaign furniture. I build them and I teach how to do so. I admire their intelligent designs, their reputable structure, and I am in awe...
Q & A: Whats the Deal with Combination Planer/Molders?
Q & A: What’s the Deal with Combination Planer/Molders? Q: I’m shopping for a planer, and am also planning to do a bunch of trim work in my house: crown...
