Category Archive: Baltic Birch Plywood

Jan 31 2013

New Wooden Wallet

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Router Table, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Urethane, Wooden Wallet

by benjamen

January 31, 2013

As of the last wooden wallet post, I was waiting for inspiration on how to hold the cards and cash at the same time. Last Fall, inspiration finally did come from the weirdest place: window hardware. I had been looking for some spring steel and I found what are called window controls. Window controls are springs …

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Jul 27 2012

Wooden Wallet

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Block Plane, Miter Saw, Miter Sled, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Router Table, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Wooden Wallet

by benjamen

July 27, 2012

About a month ago Stuart over at ToolGuyd posted the Slim Timber Wood Wallet. Since the wallet sold for $45 and it looked like a simple thing to create, he wondered what the best way of making a DIY version would be. I thought about it for a while …

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Jul 26 2012

Wooden Engine Garage (Sodor Steamworks)

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Acrylic Paint, Baltic Birch Plywood, Drill Press, Maple, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Router Table, Table Saw, Wooden Train

by benjamen

July 26, 2012

My son has amassed quite a few engines in the few short years he’s had his wooden train table. The problem is that there just isn’t enough track to play with all of them, so they end up all over the table and floor. He has a garage that is attached to a round house, …

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Apr 16 2012

What To Do With Circle Scraps

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Miter Saw, Scroll Saw

by benjamen

April 16, 2012

I’ve been cutting some circles on the scroll saw for a few other projects and have a bunch of scraps left over. Now I have a hard time throwing away any wood thats larger than a toothpick, but I really couldn’t see that I could do much with these scraps — that …

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Dec 20 2011

Making a Wooden Ball Joint

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Drill Press, Oscillating Sander, Poplar, Rockler, Router Table, Table Saw

by benjamen

December 20, 2011

My wife and bought an Android tablet to replace the small TV in the kitchen that was taking up so much counter space. Of course the space saving part depended on mounting the tablet under the cabinet. While there are several good tablet mounts available for $20 to $40 on …

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Oct 17 2011

Crossover Track (Curved)

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Colt Router, Jig Saw, Maple, Pin Nailer, Router Table, Wooden Train

by benjamen

October 17, 2011

Click picture for slideshow My original idea for a crossover track was to have a connecting track that curved out of one track and into another, but it took me a while to figure out how to make one, so I built the straight crossover track …

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Sep 15 2011

Storage Cubby

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Dado Stack, Miter Saw, Shop, Table Saw

by benjamen

September 15, 2011

Click on Image for Slideshow Several months ago, I wanted to practice making cuts with my dado stack so I built this little cubby to hold some safety equipment like goggles, gloves, respirator, etc…

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Aug 17 2011

A Jig For Routing Round Objects

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Drill Press, Finish Nailer, MDF, Pin Nailer, Router Table, Table Saw

by benjamen

August 17, 2011

I’d left off writing about my yo-yo project, when I ruined the sides trying to rebalance them. To re-true the yo-yo sides I needed to create a jig that would hold one of the sides a set distance away from a router bit and allow me to slowly rotate it into …

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Jun 28 2011

New Router Table Fence: The Frame

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Dado Stack, Drill Press, Miter Saw, Oscillating Tool, Phenolic Coated Plywood, Router Table, Router Table Build, Table Saw

by benjamen

June 28, 2011

Since I gave my old router table fence away, I needed to make a fence for my new router table — the old fence was too small for the larger table I built anyway. I didn’t follow any specific set of plans when I made the fence, rather I used the …

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