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Upgrade your clamps, the simple way
Often, when you need to clamp two pieces of wood, you need to put the clamps next to a surface, where you cannot easily turn the handle and put the pressure on the clamp. I made a small...
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Offerman's slab flattening jig
Here are some pictures of my attempt at the Offerman designed flattening jig. Many thanks to Mr. Offerman, as this beats the heck out of a hand planer and belt sander.
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Bernoulli Spiral Cam Clamps
Bernoulli Spiral Cam Clamps. Will transform how you use your workbench. Video of them in action here. Plans available with the template.
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"Lazy Stephen" Tool Turntable
6 commentsI call this the "Lazy Stephen". It's a modified version of a turntable plan I came across. I don't think I have followed ANY plan to the exact "jot or tittle". I tend to find ways to wrest the...
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Champfer / Bevel Adjustable Planer Jig
I needed away to put a slight bevel on a wide board to taper from 3/4" thickness to 1/4" or anywhere between. I came up with this solution for about $30. I wanted to be able to adjust the...
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Corner Spine Jig
Corner Spine jig for cutting for spines for strong glue joints on thinner wood. ON the 5/8 wood you need the extra glue surface of a spine to give it strenth. The one that is hard to do is cut all...
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Router Circle Cutting Jig
I built this jig based on two designs I found on the internet with some of my own modifications thrown in too. It will be used to cut out the rosette, make the channel to inlay the rosette in the...
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Planer/Jointer knife sharpening jig
I made this jig to sharpen planer and jointer knives (improved version). Jig has an adjustment for different bevel angles. Glides on a bearing. Watch a video of the build...
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Fantasy Shop
I try to line my equipment up so it can be used as an out feed table if necessary, Planer being the same height as the workbenchs etc. I have to raise the heights of some of the equipment to...
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Simple tip for precise glue-ups
1 commentHeres' a great way to dial in perfect glue-ups when accuracy is a necessity.
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Poor man's jointer
This is just a long shooting board. The 48" jig can be used to joint parts down their length instead of just the ends. It can also be used to square up and taper table legs...
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Greg Stewart's unorthodox Scottish shop.
A very unorthodox setup for a shop none the less apart from hand tools its kind of workable in a h&s contravening haphazard way!A place to escape and create.
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Honing jig
2 commentsI wanted a honing guide for the blade in my new kanna (Japanese plane) but couldn't find one that would accommodate the 60mm blade, so this is what I came up with. The bottom wheel was...
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Shane's Backyard Workshop
This blueprint consists of a overall close to perfect workshop. As you can see I laid out all of my machines and materials in a orderly fashion in a letter C shape. Starting at the bottom you pick...
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D and D WoodWork
A shop for my son and myself to do our hobby, which is woodworking. We love it.
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Robbie's Woodshop
I would start off by saying that this shop would be my dream work shop because I would use every tool listed on my plan to make varios projects.
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Workbench clamp for perfect dovetails
15 commentsA simple shop-made clamp makes it easy to hold work in place for chopping dovetails.
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Shopmade 12" Disk Sander
4 commentsBest, http://atelierdubricoleur.wordpress.com My disk sander is completed and ready to use. That's a great tool. All I needed was scraps, a 1/4 HP electric motor, a pulley, an...
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