1. Make some money!

The holidays are coming!  Take a hint from your local stores, it is never too early to start working towards the holidays!  If you start now you can build an assortment of stuff to sell for the holiday season.  Take a gander at what...

15/09/2008 | 95 Hits | Read more...

2. Advertising by mistake

Every so often I get fired up and make a batch of stuff, sell most of it, and stash the rest.  Sometimes I will give this stuff away to folks I happen to meet or deal with.  A pen that I had made wound up in the hands of a nurse in the...

28/08/2008 | 61 Hits | Read more...

3. Are YOU a woody?

Asking someone if they are a woody could definitely be taken the wrong way but in this instance, it is meant strickly in woody fashion, which basically means do you enjoy the pursuit of building with wood.  OK, stop and think for minute, what...

27/08/2008 | 71 Hits | Read more...

4. Shop dust

My shop has a small dust collection system that covers my lathe. A large (16 gallon) shop vac covers my radial arm saw. A small (2 gal) shop vac covers my plate joiner and other small tools with a dust port and I just added a medium (5 gallon)...

12/06/2008 | 186 Hits | Read more...

5. Router jointing

The router can be one of your most used tools in your shop since it has capability to perform many different task. You can free hand a straight edge on your lumber by using a guide (known straight) and a pattern bit. The roller bearing follows...

03/06/2008 | 207 Hits | Read more...