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Cutting Board #5
Make 22, Week 13 Yet another cutting board. This one turned out pretty well although a perfect pattern is still elusive. I actually meant this to be a checkerboard but did an odd number of edge grain...
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First Box
Make 23, Week 13 I’ve been working on cutting boards for learning projects, now I’m planning to do some boxes. Boxes seems a good way to try new joinery. Also, I can experiment with different ideas for...
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Box/Finger Joint Jig
Make 24, Week 14 My first try at a box I did 45-degree miter joints for the edges. For the next box, I want to try using box joints. I made this sled and jig to make these on the table saw. I also...
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Cutting Board #6
Make 25, Week 14 My second try with this board design. I’m happy with this one. It turned out well. The patterned lined up well and turned out pretty flat. This one was a birthday gift. Cutting Board #6
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Cross Cut Sled #2
Make 26, Week 15 This is a new crosscut sled for my new saw. The old sled didn’t fit the new miter slots. This time around I made a few changes. First, I use 1/2-inch birch plywood rather than particle...
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Coasters
Make 27 This started out as a cutting board, but had a bunch of problems. I ended up just makign coaster instead. The plan was to cut thin strips of walnut and maple and then glue together one of each....
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Box Joint Jig #2
Make 28 Remaking a box/finger joint jig. This fits my new saw. Similar to the remade cross cut sled, I left this open on the top and also using 1/2″ plywood. This is lighter and gives more flexibility....
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Box #2
Make #29 Here’s my second box. I used the new jig. Something that works well is placing a small strip scrap hardwood behind the workpiece. I was getting tearout without, but this seems to give clean...
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Cutting Board #7
Make #30 Another try at this design. This turned out well althouhg longer than planned. Apparently I’m getting better at this and seeing less wood loss.
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Cyclone Dust Collector – Harbor Freight and Super Dusty Buddy
Make #31 For dust control, I’ve been using an old shop vac and Dust Deputy. It worked well enough, but then the vacuum died spectacularly. It stopped running with a column of thick smoke and then...
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Tuning my Porter Cable jointer
I have a little Porter Cable (PC160JT) bench-top jointer for economies of space and cost. I was having some issues getting good square sides, so I spent some time tuning it up. I wanted to document...
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Box #3 – Dovetails
Make 32 This is getting practice using the Porter Cable Dovetail jig. I got the bottom right this time around. I remembered and correctly did a partial dado on the router table. One side starts inside...
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End Grain Coasters #2
Make 33 I had a failed cutting board that I turned into coasters. I got a request to make a set for a Christmas present. So, here’s an intentional version of a same thing. Maple and walnut. The maple...
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Coaster Holders
Make 34 I made this holder for the coasters project. I made two actually, one for the coasters gift and second for my set. I thought about a few different ways of doing this. I ended up doing...
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Dresser Velet
Make 35 I made this dresser organizer out of cherry. For the joints, I used the Porter Cable dovetail jig again, but I tried doing the mini version of the jig since it was a smaller project. This is a...
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Miter Spline Jig
Make 36 I made one box using simple miter joints wanted to try doing miter joints with splines. The idea is miter joints glue end grain to end grain, which is a relatively weak joint. The joint can be...
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Gift Box
Make 37 This is a little box I made reclaimed barn wood and using the spline jig. I made it as a gift box for the coasters. The barn wood has a cool look to it. I finished it with boiled linseed oil...
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Clamp Storage
Make 38 I sort of slapped this together to wrangle my clamps. This storage system was inspired by Jay Bates’ clamp system. I’ve got some shop reorganizing planned and dealing with my clamps is kind of...
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Electrical Upgrade
Make 39 I finished a needed shop electrical upgrade. I was running everything off of a single 15 amp circuit that was shared with a weird assortment of outlets/lights in the house. Not only did the...
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Cutting Board #8
Make 40 Another cutting board. This was another try of gluing strips of walnut and maple together and then gluing those strips together. Last time I did this didn’t work out so well, so giving it...
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