How To Remove Dings & Dents From WOOD – FerryQuickTips FerryQuickTips 2 Comments Getting a piece of wood close to finished only to have a ding put in it frustrating. Okay frustrating may be putting it lightly. Dings, dents and minor scrapes to near finished wood can be a huge pain. A...
FerryTalk – Scattered & Shattered FerryTalk & Who Are You? (FT29) Ferry Talk Apparently I have found a way to ramble on for well over ten minutes now. I suppose it has been a few weeks since the last FerryTalk. I appreciate all of my viewers especially viewers of my talks. I...
How To Make Apple Boxes (ep54) Projects, Shop Projects, Simple Builds, Theater Builds 28 Comments Apple boxes get tons of use in all sorts of fields relating to camera work. These are great for having talent sit on, stand on, setting props on or secure lighting fixtures or tri-pods. They also work...
FerryTalk – Balloon Heat Sink Experiment & Freebooting (FT28) Ferry Talk I answer a few questions people had from last weeks project Making A Bowie Knife. One of the common question I received was why I didn't lower the tang of the knife in the vise to prevent it from bending....
FerryQuickBuild – Making A Mapp Gas Torch Holder FerryQuickBuild, Get Organized, Projects, Simple Builds 2 Comments In my shop I get more use from my Mapp gas torch than I ever give thought to. From heating up seized fasteners and melting frayed ends of rope to antiquing metal and molding plastics, I never seem to have a...
How To Make A Bowie Knife (ep52) Projects I had a few old table saw insert lying around from a saw I longer have. I had thought about throwing them away when I remembered a friend of mine was getting married and recently started a knife collection....
FerryTalk – Cutco Scissors & Small Projects From Scrap (FT27) Ferry Talk 2 Comments Having some good scissors in the shop is often overlooked. Cutco make a kitchen shears called their super shears, found here that are amazing. Not only do they cut paper and your standard everyday fair, but...
Tooth Fairy Box Build (ep51) Projects, Simple Builds My oldest child had lost his first tooth. Therefore we need a proper container in which to put the tooth in so the Tooth Fairy (no relation to me) could find it when he put it under his pillow. To say he...
FerryTalk – Can you teach Creativity & Interesting Tools (FT26) Ferry Talk Can you teach creativity? Post a picture of your most unique or interesting tools on Instagram and hashtag #uniquehandtool and/or tag me in it @nickferrybuilds - My...
Faux Stained Glass Experiment (ep50) Projects, Simple Builds I came across a product made by Rust-Oleum called rippled finish. It got me thinking that it does a good job making clear glass look rippled, but wouldn't it be cool to use some color. If I were able to...