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Router table

garyhugo, member | February 1st, 20123 comments

Oak router table with box-jointed drawers & raised panel drawer fronts.

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My Garage in a perfect world

DozersWorkshop, member | January 23rd, 2012

This would be the layout of my shop, if I were to miraculously win the lottery...and if we decided not to move afterward. :-) The Shop Planner is a pretty neat tool to help you visualize how...

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Scrub Plane, Wooden Bodied

retired08, member | January 5th, 20121 comment

For Christmas I had a scrub plane blade on my list from Ron Hock. Santa gave me the 1 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" long, radiused blade that Ron sells on his website. I used parts of his...

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Shop-made Combo Drum Sander

plcon, member | December 31st, 2011

What more can you ask from an home-made drum sander that reduces stock very fast, sands surfaces and edges very flat and smooth with little dust problems. Full details, lots of photos, some...

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Garage Shop

Chill1_mn, member | December 17th, 2011

A great shop layout for a double car garage

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2B or not 2B

fidgen, member | November 28th, 20119 comments

Furniture maker Tom Fidgen shares some thoughts about this all to often, overlooked tool in the wood shop. Good design starts right here.

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Saw Horses

John_Schaalje, member | November 8th, 2011

I stopped by a local saw mill and saw a bunch of these short thick blocks of pine. I knew right when I saw them what they were for: saw horses. I tried a tusked tenon on the first and then...

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Fantasy Shop

Cirick, member | October 9th, 2011

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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My Little Dream Shop

jasonmullenix, member | September 17th, 2011

I am limited on space so the tools here are the ideal ones I would put to the most use. I have only be doing wood working seriously for about 10 months but the addiction is increasing.

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Tool-shopping tips for flea market fanatics

kenstonge, member | September 16th, 20112 comments

Here's a few quick tips on shopping for chisels and other hand tools at flea markets and garage sales.

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Simple tip for precise glue-ups

MPekovich, member | September 15th, 20111 comment

Heres' a great way to dial in perfect glue-ups when accuracy is a necessity.

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Dave's Workshop

dave100, member | September 8th, 2011

After I retired I moved to Muskoka and built my 28 x 40 dream shop. It has hydronic radiant floor heating that keeps me warm in the winter and a 10 foot ceiling that allows for larger...

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The Perfect Marking Knife, at Last!

MPekovich, member | August 25th, 201111 comments

Collaboration with a blacksmith yields a beautiful, functional marking knife

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tool chest

cerbere, member | August 15th, 20112 comments

tool chest

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Handmade A13 Infill Plane

paulrtools, member | July 29th, 20115 comments

I started collecting hand planes years ago and fell in love with the infill planes of the past. I also could not believe the beauty of some of the new planes on the market such as the Hotley...

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Shane's Backyard Workshop

shanekelvey, member | July 14th, 2011

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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My latest Frankenfill

Lazarus13, member | June 27th, 20118 comments

I call these "hybrid" infills. The essential design element is an infill block that presses against a fixed, metal frog. I welcome any thoughts, ideas, and -yes- criticisms.

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Tilt router # 2

oakleafjoe, member | June 25th, 20112 comments

This is the second router insert I made. I made this one to fit into my regular router table. It has a lead screw and chain lift and it tilts. This only took me a year on and off at lunch to make...

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Tilt router and mortiser

oakleafjoe, member | June 25th, 2011

This is a angle router I made about 15 years ago to make straight complex cabinet trim.I almost sold it on Ebay twice but decided to keep it the second time because I needed to do some mortisingIt...

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Shopmade 12" Disk Sander

bricofleur, member | May 19th, 20114 comments

Best, 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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