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 At least that’s the way I do them.     I cut the tenons first, and then use them to layout the locations on the mortises.   Once I’ve mark where they will be,  I use a Marking guage [...]

BALSA WOOD. CHEAP AND EASY TO WORK WITH.MAKE THESE CARDS.BASIC CRAFT KNIFE / RULER / PENCIL / COPYDEX GLUE IS ALL THAT YOU NEED .PLUS YOUR IMAGINATION?!!  SHOW OFF YOUR HIDDEN TALENT.GIVE [...]

 Another table style i like to make, this one a Shaker Style table.    About 24"x 24" top, a small, simple drawer, and some hand tapered legs.  The drawer does [...]

At least it looka like it is floating.    Just some pine for this little table.    The front apron has a drawer front that matches the grain of the apron.  [...]

Yep.   I had three pieces from an old water bed frame out in the garage.    Since i rent the place, I have no idea how old this bed was.    It wasthere in [...]

THIS IS A PHOTO FROM LONDON ENGLANDS CAPITAL A XMAS TREE.??TRAFALGAR SQUARE.!! IF IT WERE MINE IT??!!! WOULD OF BEEN RECYCLED.BUT AS YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR NORWAY DONATES THIS TREE TO TO [...]

SNOW HERE IN ENGLAND.WHY NOT MAKE A SLEIGH FROM PALLET TIMBER.OR EVEN PINE TIMBER .ALL OFF CUTS.DO COME IN HANDY.…

I’ve never felt the pull toward wood turning. In general, most woodworkers tend to fit into either the “flat” or “round” category. I guess I’m a flat [...]

When I need tapered legs for the tables I make, I don't set up the tablesaw.     All I have to do is mark the lay-out lines on the leg blank, clamp the blank in a vise, [...]

Every now and then, I get a board or two.     No real project for just a single board.     I usuallyjust make a shelf , fancy or not, depending on both the [...]

I had a small. portable 10" tablesaw. like you might see at a job-site.     During one of several moves from place to place, it's "stock" fence was [...]

I had some of that old floor board pine left over, plus some 2×6 stock from a beam.    Neighbor wanted a bench for his porch.   Hmm..    Happened to [...]