I have an old RCA SA-155 in the garage that drives four speakers removed from a Ford Explorer. It has worked well enough, but at 1.8w per channel, it doesn’t really get too loud. And lately, it has been less…
Amplifier Project
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Bird Feeder Again
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…
Clamp Rack – Part 2: F Style Bar Clamps
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…
Stacked Dado Jig
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…
Clamp Rack – Part 1: Pipe Clamps
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…
Wilton Shop King Vise Restoration – Completed
The paint had all week to dry, I expected the gloss to fade a bit over the week. It did not, and still looks wet. Not the exact look I was going for, but it’ll be fine. removing the painter’s…
Wilton Shop King Vise Restoration – Part 1
A couple years ago, I received a vise from my wife’s grandfather. They moved out of their house and he said I could take whatever tools I wanted. Unfortunately, there was not much, but I did take his old Wilton…
Miniature Dresser – Completed
Here are the previous parts of this project: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The case and drawers have been fully assembled using glue, and only a few nailed for the drawer bottoms. With completed, it was time…
Miniature Dresser – Part 4
Not too much progress today, started the process of gluing the edge banding on the drawer tops to hide the plywood edge. Using regular yellow glue to attach and a small edge band trim…
Miniature Dresser – Part 3
Finally back in the shop. And perfect weather too. The goal for the project today is to get the drawers designed, blanks cut out and at least some of it glued up. The drawer will be constructed of 1/2″ birch…