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...

This project evolved from a coffee table. I picked up a 14’ cedar beam from a neighbor that was replacing their deck. I thought that I’d...

I made this for my two year old neighbor’s birthday. I drilled the holes in the trailer for the standard small crayons. It didn’t take...

“Beads of Courage” are beads that children, with a serious illness, collect for every medical treatment that they receive. The...

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...

My wife knits every day. She likes to switch projects constantly, in order to break up the monotony. Because of this, she always has over...

After seeing someone come to our church, eight years ago, with a small harp, I got the idea in my head that I’d like to build one...

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...

There is some equipment in my shop that needs to be moved around at times, in order to accommodate long pieces of wood. This setup allows...

I made this as a retirement gift for a friend of mind that is looking forward to lots of future golf time. This needs to be made with a...

When we went to re-paint the living room walls, we had to decide what to do about a wall decal that we didn’t want to lose. I was leery...

I don’t have any instructions about this project. I made this as a Christmas present for my wife, who does like to play the piano. The...

I made this manometer for a visual monitor to let me know if my dust collector filter needed cleaning. A manometer shows a difference is...

After looking at prices for a 2 H.P. dust collector with a cyclone dust separator included, I decided to make my own cyclone separator. I...

Having back problems now, I realized I needed to stop manhandling full sheets of drywall and plywood. I came up with an easy solution...