Category Archive: Posts by Material

Jul 06 2011

New Router Table Fence: The Face

Categories:

Cordless Drill, Phenolic Coated Plywood, Router Table, Router Table Build

July 6, 2011

With the carcass completed, I turned to working on the phenolic coated plywood face. On the top part of the fence, I have one stationary 32″ piece with a T-slot for attaching featherboards, guards, and stops. Below this stationary piece are two 21″ pieces that slide on t-bolts which can be …

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Jun 28 2011

New Router Table Fence: The Frame

Categories:

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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Jun 15 2011

Bird Feeder

Categories:

Air Compressor, Bird house, Cedar, Finish Nailer, Miter Saw, Plexiglas, Table Saw

by benjamen

June 15, 2011

* I’m experimenting with different ways of presenting projects, so if the flickr slideshow doesn’t show up on the feed, you’ll have to click through to the website. Last year, I had to throw away one of our little plastic bird feeders; it just couldn’t stand the test of time and weather. I figured rather …

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May 31 2011

Cube within a Cube

Categories:

Drill Press, Misc. Toys, Red Oak

by benjamen

May 31, 2011

The other day I found a cool Instructable written by sabladask describing how to make a cube within a cube within a cube. I’ve seen wooden object inside on an object pieces carved before, but this concept was so simple I had to try it …

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May 07 2011

Small Parts Storage

Categories:

Miter Saw, Pine, Table Saw

by benjamen

May 7, 2011

Hanging on the pegboard, you can see two of the systems I use for storing screws, nails, and other miscellaneous fasteners. The first is the plastic bin. In the above picture, you can see several red bins I’ve hung on the pegboard. The second is the Plano compartment style boxes. I’ve …

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Apr 26 2011

Putting The Router Table Top Together

Categories:

Dado Stack, Jig Saw, MDF, Router Table Build, T-Track, Table Saw

by benjamen

April 26, 2011

When I left off last time, I had finished cutting the holes for the router plate. In this installment I’ll round the corners of the table, mount the T-track, and screw the two halves of the router table top together. Rounding the Corners I chose to round the …

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Apr 21 2011

Keyboard Riser

Categories:

Pin Nailer, Pine, Plywood, Table Saw

by benjamen

April 21, 2011

After rearranging our computer desk and getting rid of the keyboard drawer, I discovered that the feet on the keyboard that make it tilt towards you were broken. The keyboard itself slants backwards, so with the keyboard on the desk rather than under it, it’s really hard to type. To solve …

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Apr 20 2011

Cutting The Opening For The Router Plate.

Categories:

Jig Saw, MDF, Router Table Build

by benjamen

April 20, 2011

After cutting the two sheets of MDF to 36″by 24″, I found the best surface and made that the top. Then I made a registration mark in the lower left hand corner of each sheet so that I started measuring from the same point on both sheets and hopefully the cuts I …

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Apr 07 2011

Planning A New Router Table

Categories:

Bench Dog, MDF, Rockler, Router Table Build

by benjamen

April 7, 2011

My cheap Wolfcraft router table has served me well, but it’s time to upgrade to something a little larger that can accommodate my new Rockler Router Lift FX. Rather than buy one of the pre-made router table tops, I decided that I would build a new router table …

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Mar 13 2011

Notes from the Workshop: 20110313

Categories:

Table Saw, Zebra Wood

by benjamen

March 13, 2011

On the Fragility of Ball Plungers I was cutting dadoes in some Baltic birch plywood and I noticed that my miter gauge seemed a little sloppy. So I pulled it out of the slot for a closer look. I was surprised to find that one of the balls in the ball …

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