My youngest granddaughter is a master at this game. For Christmas this year I decided to make a yard size game so she could play this...

I made this sign for some friends of mine that live in an apartment complex. They wanted to display it at their door in the hallway. I...

Three years ago, I had the opportunity to cut a large branch off a walnut tree just before a friend of ours sold the property. I had no...

I first saw a Lichtenberg burner, or also called a fractal burner, at an outdoor woodworkers show. After watching some you tube videos on...

Irwin makes these couplers that you can buy. I just like making my own small tools whenever I feel I have the time. The main reason I...

I made this sleigh 18 years ago after my first grandson was born. I’ve pushed all my grandkids in it every chance I could. Originally I...

My oldest granddaughter loves to dance. So for her birthday I came up with this idea for a real personal gift. I wanted to make the...

I have an old Craftsman 12” band saw that I wanted to try out a Carter stabilizer on. Carter makes stabilizer kits to fit lots of band...

I’ve always thought the stand up desks seemed like a good idea, for someone that has to spend a lot of time in front of a computer. I...

There is no clear cut answer for setting the tension on a bandsaw blade. There are a lot of forums and videos from woodworkers that claim...

I was working on a project that was going to require a lot of repetitive drilling, so I decided to stop that project, and took the time...

At our church, some people like to fill their mugs with coffee. So we needed to raise the coffee pot up higher. Always striving to put my...

I’ve always been intrigued by wooden locks. I found these plans for a little safe, and decided to make it for my grandson, for a...

For years I’ve been wanting to build a bandsaw box. I’ve always been intrigued by all the fancy shapes that people make. I had some cedar...

I found this pattern for a bud vase that really caught my eye. I used walnut to accent the oak. You want to get all the finish sanding...

Every year, at Christmastime, members in our woodworkers guild make presents to donate to needy children. This year I made up eight board...

If you plan on making your own boards out of logs, you will eventually find that you need a kiln to dry the wood. There are many ways to...

When retirement was coming close, I realized I was going to need a heavy duty cart to transport all the new woodworking equipment back to...

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...