Pallet Coasters
I saw this idea on Woodworking for Mere Mortals, so thanks Steve, these are great. He posted a video on how he made his versions from real pallets. Mine are made from maple off-cuts from making the doors on my recent little shop cabinets. My approach to this was to get a little crazy with …
Little Shop Cabinets
I originally started this project with the intention of building a single small cabinet for my router bits. Having found some inspiration at Wood Magazine, I sat down with Sketchup and worked out a design. The Wood Magazine plan is free. I decided I wanted two smaller doors, and I didn’t want to go to …
Cleaning my Dust Collector’s Canister Filter
The first sign that there was a problem was that my jointer kept clogging up my pipes. Chips started ejecting from the cutter head instead of disappearing neatly into the plumbing. Planing a stack of maple boards for some cabinet doors was becoming an exercise in frustration. Plane a board, unclog the dust collector. Plane …