Occasionally it is handy to have some really deep reaching clamps. I’ve always managed to get the job done, all my life, without them....

This is one of those tools that you can easily live without, but it sure is a time saver when laying out a bunch of center points. I...

There are many different methods that woodworkers use to sharpen their blades. I happen to like the use of sandpaper with a jig, which...

Sometimes it’s helpful to have a second hand to guide your boards through a saw or router. I’ve made two featherboards that solve this...

I have a 2’ wide glue-up table that I made. I made these clamping cauls specifically for this table. Unfortunately, my table top is a 1...

I make some of my own boards from logs. After cutting the rough boards, it’s necessary to get one straight edge to start with. These...

To take my blades in to get sharpened, I have to drive about 15 miles. So if I can do any of the sharpening by myself, it saves a lot of...

This vertical cutting jig idea, I got from a Woodsmith magazine (Issue #209). It’s great for cutting slots the full length of a board, or...

I’m always willing to make some of my own tools in order to save a little money. Fortunately I am retired, so I have the time to do this....

I made this simple version of a downdraft table with ¼” pegboard. I can hook it up to my 4” hose on my dust collection system. Because of...

When using dowels to join wood you want a tight fit in the hole. But if you’ve ever tried to pound a dowel in with glue in the hole, I’m...

There are a lot of ideas out there for buying or making mortising jigs. One time when I was down for a long time due to a bad back, I did...

I got the idea for this from a YouTube video by Ronald Walters. It works extremely well, keeping 99% of the dust out of the canister...

I cut this out of 5/16” plywood, which is plenty stable, so that it can be used with thin rips. Since I spent an hour shaping, sanding...

I made this one day when I wanted it right away for a project I was working on. I used standard paper backed 9×11 sheets of 180 grit that...