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Benchdog with wooden spring
January 28, 2015

When it was time to replace my old benchdogs, I made new ones that use a wooden spring cut from the dog body. It works great, and it’s wood, so…
Fix for vacuum filter clogs
January 28, 2015

I use a shop vacuum for dust control with my router and sanders. But the filter fills up quickly with chips and sawdust, reducing the vac’s performance, and it’s hard…
Protect a biscuit-joiner blade
January 28, 2015

To use a biscuit joiner for building face frames, you need to change the regular 4-in.-dia. blade to a 2-in.-dia. face-frame blade. When I switch out one blade for the…
Ceiling-mounted dust collector saves space
January 20, 2015

My Jet dust extractor was mounted on a castered cart that occupied a lot of floor space, and was a pain to empty. Having the machine near the floor also…
Fix a Broken Plane Tote
December 3, 2014

I collect old hand tools, and it’s really common to find a nice vintage handplane with a broken tote. If the tote is cracked into two pieces it usually can…
Extend the Reach of Your Clamps
December 3, 2014

This simple wooden clamp extension allows you to make clamps of any length from the clamps you already have, and can really save you in a pinch. To make it,…
Quick-to-Make Corner Brace
December 3, 2014

While building a suite of benches for the lobby of a local university, I faced one particularly challenging problem. The bench design called for triangular blocks to stiffen the joints,…
Turn Accurate Tenons with a Modified Wrench
December 3, 2014

A lot of people use open-end wrenches to check the size of turned tenons. I’ve taken the idea a step further. I sharpen one jaw so that it can remove…
Tapers on the Miter Saw
December 3, 2014

The short tapers on the bottom of legs are awkward to cut with a tapering jig on the tablesaw, which is designed for longer, 2° or 3° tapers. I solved…
Folding extension tables for benchtop planer
October 22, 2014

One of the things I read before purchasing my new benchtop thickness planer was that the infeed and outfeed tables were fairly short and probably not worth the extra money.…

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