Category Archive: Posts by Tool

Sep 29 2011

Making Wooden T-Knobs

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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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Sep 22 2011

Making Another Toy Car

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Cordless Drill, Maple, Oscillating Sander, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Toy Cars, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

September 22, 2011

I’m taking a step back and showing how I made the wooden car I recently posted here. I first got the idea for this particualr design by looking at some of the wooden cars on the Arizona Wooden Toys website. I liked the design of their “Zoom Racer;” I thought the …

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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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Sep 13 2011

Finishing Another Toy Car

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Cordless Drill, Drill Press, Maple, Toy Cars, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

September 13, 2011

I swear I already wrote about my newest toy car design, but I can’t find an article on my site. I realize that if I can’t find what I’m looking for on my own site, you poor readers that have to dig through my ramblings are screwed if you need to find an article. I’m …

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Aug 26 2011

Wacky Track or Shake Shake Bridge

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Drill Press, Maple, Miter Saw, Pull Saw, Router Table, Table Saw, Wooden Train

by benjamen

August 26, 2011

In Misty Island Rescue, Thomas must cross the Shake Shake Bridge, a bridge that shakes violently when an engine crosses it. I didn’t intend on making a replica of the Shake Shake Bridge, I actually meant to make an imitation of Wacky Track, bendable wooden …

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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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Aug 16 2011

Yo-Yo Fail-Fail

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Drill Press, Leopard Wood, Misc. Toys, Router Table, Table Saw

by benjamen

August 16, 2011

When I was a kid my dad made me a yo-yo out of oak. It was a simple toy. It had a dowel for the spindle and two oak disks with rounded edges. We didn’t know where to find a proper yo-yo string, so I made my own out of …

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Aug 10 2011

Repairing a Recalled Step Stool

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Block Plane, Cordless Drill, Quick Clamp

by benjamen

August 10, 2011

I read a few days ago over at ToolGuyd that all of the wooden step stools sold by Target were being recalled. According to the article there have been 26 reports of the stools collapsing, which didn’t surprise me since I own one that has been falling apart for years. The only reason we …

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Jul 28 2011

Thip-Rip Jig

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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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Jul 13 2011

Ladder Toy

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Drill Press, Maple, Misc. Toys, Purple Heartwood, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Walnut, Woodworking for Mere Mortals

by benjamen

July 13, 2011

I bought a wooden ladder toy in Mexico when I was young, in fact I have always — incorrectly — called them Mexican ladders. The toy had about 8-10 flat rungs over which a wooden peg would “climb” down. I have no clue where my old toy went, but I …

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