Category Archive: Red Oak

Oct 17 2011

Crossover Track (Straight)

Categories:

Hard board, Miter Saw, Red Oak, Router Table, Table Saw, Wooden Train

October 17, 2011

Click picture to see slideshow After my son got his wooden train set for Christmas his birthday, I started building track for him, but my interested waned during the spring and summer. This fall I’ve started building some more wooden train accessories. As I’ve been documenting that process, I realized that …

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Sep 29 2011

Making Wooden T-Knobs

Categories:

Drill Press, Red Oak, Shop, Table Saw

by benjamen

September 29, 2011

Click picture to see slideshow Sometimes you start a project because you wonder, can I make that? I made these wooden T-knobs because I was frustrated that one day when I needed some knobs, I couldn’t buy any locally. My goal was to make them as cheaply and as quickly as …

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Jul 28 2011

Thip-Rip Jig

Categories:

Cordless Drill, Plywood, Red Oak, Router Table, Shop, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig

by benjamen

July 28, 2011

As I mentioned in my ladder toy post, I needed to rip a bunch of thin strips to the same width, so I made a quick thin-rip jig. The problem with the jig in that post was that to hold the dimension I used an expanding miter slot …

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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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