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…
Understated Desk – Rails Again
Author: Dave
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…
Review – Porter Cable Table Saw Model PCB270TS
Recently, I had ran into a problem with my old Craftsman table saw. I decided to replace it instead of repairing it and talked about the recent purchase of the PCB270TS here. Having used it for a couple weekends and…
Review – Leecraft HT-1 Zero Clearance Insert
I’ve always made my own zero clearance inserts, and on the old Craftsman table I used previously, it was a pain to make them correctly. With my new Porter-Cable saw, it looked to be even more painful. This time around,…
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…
Review: Woodstock International D4241 12″ Cyclone Separator
A couple weeks ago I purchased the Porter Cable table saw. One of the features is the dust port sized for a shop vac, and it works really well with my Ridged vacuum. Time for a cyclone separator, since all…
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…