Toggle Clamp Upgrade (ep66)

Toggle clamps are essential for woodworking jigs and fixtures.  A lot of times they come with a rather small clamping foot.  If you are using multiple clamps and/or securing the workpiece against a fixed fence, you may have no problem.  It still bugged me that they seemed to let the wood move unless you had […]

Noteworthy Woodworking #15

I spend longer than I should online looking at things being made & created.  These are some things along the way that I find noteworthy and worth a look.  Although not always directly woodworking related, it is still very interesting stuff.  Some of the videos are from newer small channels and some from huge established […]

Making Brick Walls From Styrofoam (ep65)

Making a brick wall from styrofoam is really easy to do.  It is perfect for Halloween displays, haunted houses or movie and theater sets.  Or maybe your son or daughter just wants a medieval themed play area.  It is a really cool and realistic effect.  In the following tutorial I show how to make a cinder block […]

Meet The Maker – Kenbo

Name/Handle: Kenbo / Kennyearrings1 / Acutabove Woodworking Making Since: That’s not a question that is answered by simply stating a year.  I got interested in woodworking at a very young age and starting making projects at the age of 10.  I never really got serious about it until I was much older and it wasn’t […]

Noteworthy Woodworking #14

I spend longer than I should online looking at things being made & created.  These are some things along the way that I find noteworthy and worth a look.  This week we have some cool ones.  I would have to say for simplicity sake, the wheelie loader is my favorite!  Although not always directly woodworking […]

How To Make Hardware Organizer Labels (ep64)

I am in the process of making a Harbor Freight hardware organizer to house their 20 Bin Parts Storage Cases (Item#93928) and the large 8 bin organizers (Item#93927).  I was having trouble finding a good way of labeling the organizers.  I tried riveting material to the handle and have even resorted to using masking tape […]

Making A TV Lift Cabinet – With Secret Compartment (ep63)

A TV lift cabinet is a pretty cool concept to me.  Making this TV cabinet was a fun experience for sure.  It’s mostly solid wood construction aside from the drawer bottoms, back & door panels.  The main wood is cherry, and the secondary wood is aspen.  I used mortise and tenon joinery for the face frame […]

Noteworthy Woodworking #12

I spend longer than I should online looking at things being made & created.  These are some things along the way that I find noteworthy and worth a look.  This week we have a very good friend of mine that got a Wood-Mizer Sawmill, a homemade worm sorting machine, soldering wood & more!  Although not […]

Table Saw Sled Giveaway Winner!

I figured I would have a little fun with announcing the winner for the table saw sled giveaway.  Somehow just reading a name off didn’t seem to have enough “zip” to it.  I want to take a moment to thank Kreg® for sponsoring the giveaway.  I think it says a lot of a company to […]

The Woodworking Shows Milwaukee 2016 | Let’s Meet!

Anyone in the Milwaukee area on Saturday March 12th, 2016?  I will be attending The Woodworking Shows Milwaukee show and would love to meet you and talk shop.  If you live in the area or wanna make a drive it should be a fun show.  Nothing special, I have attended this show a few times […]