Make Straight Cuts Every Time With A Door Board (ep60) Projects, Shop Projects, Simple Builds Cutting down paneling & plywood sheets can often times be a chore. Not only that but trying to get accurate & reliable cuts is another obstacle all together. Making a quick and easy guide to give...
How To Make A Shadow Box (ep59) Projects, Simple Builds 6 Comments Achievements & milestones can be a funny thing. They can mean different things to different age brackets. My boys tried their hand at organized sports for the first time this year by joining soccer...
Table Saw Cross-Cut & Miter Sled In One (ep58) Projects, Shop Projects 71 Comments I have gone without a table saw sled for a few years now. It seems as though I was between table saws for just as long. I suppose that would be the major reason I haven't had one in so long. I needed to...
Ⓕ How To Make A Dog Bowl Holder (ep55) Projects, Simple Builds My mother recently got a golden retriever puppy. She asked me if I could make a dog bowl holder for the puppy's food and water. How do you say no to your mother. I had some oak left over from when I was...
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...
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....
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...
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...
How To Restore A Hand Plane (ep49) Projects, Shop Projects 14 Comments I was at my plywood supplier when walking through their used tool section when I saw a gorgeous vintage hand plane. It had years of shop time atop its cast iron and brass surfaces. I tried to recall a time...