Springtime and the birds need a place to nest… Previously there were three houses on a pressure treated post, that configuration lasted about 9 years before the post rotted through and toppled over destroying the rotted houses. Those houses were…
Last summer I acquired a Sears Craftsman dust collector (113.299780) at auction for $50. It had been stored in a barn for quite some time (and it showed). Lots of rust, dust and other debris and possibly some animals living…
About a year and a half ago I created a Smartphone Tripod Adapter for the Samsung Galaxy S3, it has worked really well. Now a modification to the original design is required to accommodate the slightly smaller Moto X that…
This is the latest in a series of projects for the simple desks I build a couple years ago. The previous projects are located here: Simple Desk Simple Desk Drawers Simple Desk Cable Management The goal is to get the…
Last fall I made a feed and a couple bird houses with my son. The feeder was not a great design, and so when it was blown over a couple times last winter and spring, I wasn’t too upset. This…
This completes the project started here. The difference between this rack and the pipe clamp rack is the top, the back remains the same. Initially I designed the slot depth 3 7/8″, but since the table saw blade height is…
A recently completed project, The Miniature Dresser, used several dados. All dado operations are performed using a Freud stacked dado set, which produces very nice flat bottomed dados. The only issue is the setup. Especially when setting up dados for…
In an ongoing effort to get organized, this is the second project this year to address that need in the garage shop. Earlier in the summer, shelves were added below the cabinets allowing for quick access to screws, bolts and…
The miter gauge that comes with the Porter-Cable PCB270TS is typical in that it comes with a small protractor head to push the work piece with (there is a bit of side-to-side “slop” that needs to be adjusted out, more…
I recently purchased some Harbor Freight clamps that are still on sale, 12″ clamps, 18″ clamps and 36″ clamps (the picture shows the 36″ as yellow, but they are blue in the store). Decided to go with these because, quite…