Simple Builds

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...

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...

The table saw sled is one of the most useful jigs you can make for your shop.  The sled I designed last year has served me really well for getting accurate and repeatable cuts.  Not to mention it doubles as...

Get all the cabinets and drawers you want in the world, but if each is a catch-all or "junk drawer", you are not officially organized.  Hanging out in my friend Jay's shop I see everything having a home and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...