Cutting miters can be a pain in the neck if you don't have an effective and accurate way to make them. In my opinion, using hand tools is the most precise way to achieve perfect miters but since I don't have the required tools to do it that way I decided to make a miter sled for my table saw.
Harbor Freight dust collectors are a great value and relatively decent quality, but you do get what you pay for. This is an inexpensive alternative to the more expensive dust collectors offered by Powermatic, Laguna, or Grizzly but something is better than nothing when it comes to dust collection.
In honor of valentines day I made this scarf rack for my girlfriend. I had made her one previously but she had so many scarves that she quickly out grew it. I thought that since she needed another one I would take the chance to improve on a past project and make the once you see above in the embedded video.
Making circles is almost impossible to do freehand using a router. No matter how hard you try your radius's will never be 100% without the use of some kind of jig or guide to restrict your router from straying off course. This router circle cutting jig is exactly the solution you need for this problem and I am positive you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Buying a new Powermatic 54HH Jointer had been something I was working towards for a long time. My previous jointer was an old Delta 6" and I constantly fought the fence, trying to keep it at 90-degrees. It had been damaged before I acquired it and my attempts at fixing it proved unfruitful.
Clamp racks are a feature in virtually every woodworkers shop because the alternative is to simply lay them on the ground or under a workbench where they take up valuable shop space. This tutorial is nothing new and I use designs you have probably seen many times before.
Saw horses are an essential fixture in every workshop whether you’re a woodworker, blacksmith, or mechanic. When I decided to build a set of my own I didn’t want to go the traditional route and make fixed leg saw horses, so I came up with a design that was a little different.
Cutting down large sheets of plywood without a track saw or straight edge clamp can be difficult to accomplish. On top of that no matter how great you are with using a circular saw it is damn near impossible to cut a perfectly straight line without using some kind of an aid to ride your saw against. In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a zero clearance circular saw guide for your circular saw that is both fast to setup and accurate.
Prior to building this project my air compressor sat in a bin that it was too large to fit in. The pressure the air compressor exerted on the bins lid and sides caused it to slowly fracture at various points.
A tool organizer is something that every shop owner makes for themselves at some point or another. For my tool wall, I decided to utilize pegboard to hang up the squares and miscellaneous tools that I had in my shop.
I shot this video shortly after I moved into my first legitimate house, my previous one was technically a duplex. The potential for this garage was limitless and I took this chance to film myself putting it into a format that looked more like a workshop rather than the pile of tools it was when I began.
Something I have been lacking for a long time is my shop is lumber storage. Being that my space is very limited I opted to come up with a configurable storage solution that can be redesigned based on my needs. When contemplating my options, I learned about a method of hanging shop organizers using the french cleat method.
In my very first YouTube video I introduce myself and talk a little bit about what I intend to do with my channel. This channel introduction video provides a preface for what my subscribers can expect from me as a content creator.
Installing a piano hinge can be a daunting procedure but this tutorial will teach you an easy but effective way to accomplish this task. I walk you through the process that worked best for me while installing the hinge on a gift box I made for my parents vowel renewal ceremony. This box was a chore for me to build and the one you see above is the result my journey into the art of box making.