Category Archive: Miter Saw

Apr 16 2012

What To Do With Circle Scraps

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Miter Saw, Scroll Saw

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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Mar 24 2012

My Daughter and I Built Another Birdhouse

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Bird house, Cordless Drill, Daughter, Miter Saw, Plywood, PS20

by benjamen

March 24, 2012

I had some shop time alone with my daughter yesterday and she wanted to build something. I told her she could use any materials I had in my shop, not just the scrap pieces I usually let her use, if she drew up plans for what she wanted to build. She decided …

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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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Mar 06 2012

Adjusting A Miter Saw Vernier Scale

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Miter Saw

by benjamen

March 6, 2012

While making some angled cuts for another project, I noticed that the Vernier scale on my DeWalt 705 miter saw wasn’t reading accurately — it was off by 1/2°. Since I was shooting for a 7.25° angle, I clearly needed to realign the scale before I continued cutting. The first thing I …

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Mar 05 2012

Cherry Coat Rack

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Cherry, Danish Oil, Furniture, Hide Glue, Miter Saw, Router, Router Table, Table Saw

by benjamen

March 5, 2012

Click here if you don’t have flash Rather than put their coats away, my kids usually throw their coats on the floor. I suppose it’s not all their fault after all, since they really can’t reach the hangers in the closet. Getting sick of the mess, I decided to build a coat …

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Feb 09 2012

A Proper Toolbox for My Daughter

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Hide Glue, Miter Saw, Miter Sled, Pine, Table Saw

by benjamen

February 9, 2012

Click here to see the gallery if you don’t have flash With my daughter starting to work in my shop, I needed a good place to put her tools and unfinished projects. Usually I’ve been throwing them into a box and stashing it under my bench, but I figured it was …

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Nov 16 2011

Completed Flat Cars

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Drill Press, Micro-Mill, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Poplar, Red Oak, Router Table, Table Saw, Wooden Train

by benjamen

November 16, 2011

Once I was satisfied with the prototype flat car, I wanted to make a whole mess of them at once — nine in fact. I decided to create a few jigs to make production go more smoothly. I built the first jig for cutting out the wheels. It solved …

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Nov 10 2011

Flat Car Prototype

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Cherry Tree Toys, Drill Press, Magnets, Miter Saw, Red Oak, Router Table, Table Saw, Wooden Train

by benjamen

November 10, 2011

One day, my son told me he didn’t have enough flat cars on his wooden railway. I figured that we could just buy him some more online, but I discovered that you can’t just buy flat cars, they only come in track sets (although I’ve been told by several people that the

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Oct 17 2011

Crossover Track (Straight)

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

by benjamen

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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Oct 10 2011

Big Curve, Little Curve

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Colt Router, Maple, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Router Table, Table Saw, Urethane

by benjamen

October 10, 2011

Click picture to see slideshow My son’s preschool teaches writing with a system called Handwriting Without Tears. It is a much simpler character set to learn and can be represented by four simple shapes: big curve, little curve, big line, and little line. You can buy sets of …

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