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I needed a woodworking mallet for the shop. I decided on the basic wedged mortise and tenon design. In the head of the mallet, I bore two holes and filled them with lead shot....
In part three of the series on Calvin's desk, I concentrate on the desk top, the back and putting it all together. In making the top, I glue two pieces of 5/8 inch Russian birch plywood...
In this second part of a longer series of shop tour videos, I go over the dust collection in the shop. The dust collector is a 5 hp Clear Vue Cyclone. It is in a sound...
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Garage Storage Drawers
I am building a storage system for our basement. We are thinking of this as our garage - all the things that...
Snow Bell
The pattern in this segmented wood turned bell is an abstraction of snow falling on hills. The snow and hills are made...
Studio Jelly: Part 1: The Railing
I have a paying wood working job to help my friend, Jelly Helm, move his studio to a more retail type of...
Let’s Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit
The model is talking about booking her latest gig, modeling WordPress underwear in the brand latest Perfectly Fit campaign, which was shot by Lachian...
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Transforming a Pressure Pot for Resin Casting
I attended a seminar last spring at the Oregon Wood Turning
Symposium about casting resin. One of the takeaways I got was that...
Making A New Mallet
I have been experimenting with a new mallet idea. The idea
is to glue up a mallet from smaller pieces of wood and...
Delicate Demolition
We have started working on the central room in our basement.
We would like to transform this room into a comfortable family room....
Woodturning A Spalted Maple Bowl
I have made a wood turned bowl for a charity auction for Camp More. Camp More is a week long summer camp...
Garage Storage Drawers Part 2
I have completed the 2nd half to the basement storage system. This part of the project entailed bringing
the structure into the house...
Making A Kiwi Trellis
I have been working on a trellis for my parents. It is a Mother's Day gift. I just got the trellis put...
Making the Steel Bridge
We built my son's 3rd grade Steel Bridge project on the CNC router. First we made drawings of the Steel Bridge...
Making A Woodturning Steady Rest
I have made a steady rest for my lathe to help in finishing both ends of the mallets I have been working...
Workholding Devices on the CNC
In this project, I made two workholding devices for the CNC wood router table. The first workholding device is a clamp...
Motor Mount and Belt Cover for the Surface Sanding Machine
In this project, I lift the drum sander’s motor up and move it closer to the shaft of the drum. In...











































