Author: Dave

Understated Desk – Rails Again

Take two… as I previously mentioned, the rails I milled twisted like a curly fries.  Time to try another method, so for each rail, I laminated three pieces of 3/4″ pine and let them dry all week.  Today, I surface…

Quick Project: Speaker Stands

My son received a set of Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers for his birthday.  They sound great, but for the full effect the rear speakers must be used.  I wanted to avoid running wires through the walls and placing the…

Understated Desk – Slow progress

I milled the rails (for lack of a better word) from a 2×10.  Sitting on the bench for a week and they twisted.  Lesson learned there.  So I bought some pine, ripped it into 2 1/8″ wide strips and glued…

Quick Project: Box

To test the mitering capabilities of the new table saw, I decided to make a quick box from some scrap 1/2″ birch plywood.  All the cuts were made at the table saw with the blade tilted at 45°.  The bottom…

Cheney Innovations SuperWoofer Plans

Back in the 80’s or early 90’s I purchased information on how to built a SuperWoofer from Cheney Innovations.  I have no recollection how much this cost, or even where I got it from (but I suspect in was in…

Porter Cable Table Saw

Since the Craftsman table saw gave up the ghost yesterday, I decided to replace instead of repair (which is somewhat unusual for me).  There are enough other shortcomings with that saw that throwing money at it just does not make…

Understated Desk – Legs

Today work continued with the legs:  the goal is to have the legs completed and the frame started.  This is made a bit easier with an updated (but incomplete) drawing that is being updated just ahead of work completed.  The…