Category Archive: Drill Press

Jul 26 2012

Wooden Engine Garage (Sodor Steamworks)

Categories:

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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Jul 10 2012

Heart Shaped Necklace Holder

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Drill Press, Jewelry, Orbital Sander, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Paste Wax, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Urethane

by benjamen

July 10, 2012

Sick of my daughter asking me to unsnarl her tangle of necklaces, I decided to build her a necklace tree. After some thought, I figured the tree would be a bad idea because it would be just one more thing to clutter up the horizontal space in her room. So I changed …

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Jun 19 2012

Drill Press Work Holder

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Drill Press, Phenolic Coated Plywood

by benjamen

June 19, 2012

I saw this idea for a work holder by +Christopher Landy over on Google+ — it’s not the first time I’ve seen something like it, but it kicked me in the butt to make one for my drill press table. Rather than a clamping the work piece to the table like …

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Jun 12 2012

If At First You Do Suceed, Fail, Fail Again

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Bloodwood, Drill Press, Jewelry, Lathe, Padauk, Peruvian Walnut, Table Saw

by benjamen

June 12, 2012

I thought making bracelets was easy, I guess I just got lucky the first time. I made my first bracelet out of Peruvian walnut. I started from a 1/2″ thick square blank, cut out the hole in the middle with a 2-1/2″ hole saw, and cut off the corners to make …

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Apr 25 2012

Toy Car 3: Sports Theme

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Drill Press, Purple Heartwood, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Table Saw, Toy Cars, Urethane, Yellow Heartwood

by benjamen

April 25, 2012

I planned on making another toy car for my nephew and I wanted it to be different. My brother-in-law loves the Vikings, so by default his children do too, and the Vikings colors are purple and gold. I figured I’d make a car out of yellow and purple heartwood. Purple heartwood is a favorite contrast …

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Apr 10 2012

Homemade Dowel Cutter

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Cordless Drill, Dremel, Drill Press, Maple, Miter Sled, Purple Heartwood, Steel, Yellow Heartwood

by benjamen

April 10, 2012

A few weeks ago, over on G+ Matt Ricketts posted a dowel cutter he made. This was a timely post for me because I was looking to make a few purple heartwood dowels for a toy car I’m in the process of finishing. His dowel cutter was a series of holes drilled …

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Apr 04 2012

Finishing Turntable

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Drill Press, MDF, Oscillating Sander, Scroll Saw

by benjamen

April 4, 2012

In a recent issue of the Highland Woodturner, Curtis Turner (what are the odds?) showed how to make a simple spray painting turntable out of MDF and some dowels. I thought, “hmm, that would beat the heck out of some nails pounded into a board that I usually end …

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Mar 08 2012

Magnetic Saw Guide

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Drill Press, Magnets, MDF, Miter Saw

by benjamen

March 8, 2012

Last month, I watched an excellent video by David Barron called “Hand cut dovetails made easy.” His whole technique was excellent and it was easily the best demonstration for cutting dovetails I’ve seen yet — it made me feel like a hack for posting my dovetail …

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Jan 03 2012

Homemade End Vise

Categories:

Circular Saw, Drill Press, Pine, Quick Clamp, Router Table, Shop, Table Saw

by benjamen

January 3, 2012

Click picture to view album* This past year it seemed like everybody was making a Moxon vise, a vise that you clamp to the top of your workbench to raise your workpiece up to a more comfortable sawing level. After seeing how simple they were to make, I got the idea to …

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Dec 20 2011

Making a Wooden Ball Joint

Categories:

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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