Tent for Spray Painting Outdoors
My entertainment centre is coated with General Finishes Enduro White Poly. Â I really liked the results I got with this finish, but I found it a bit messy to work with. Â In particular, it seems to travel further through the air without drying than some of the clear coats I use and it left a …
Hammer A3-26 Shop Made Extension Tables
I have a Hammer A3-26 jointer-planer, and it’s a great, compact machine (I reviewed it shortly after getting it). It can joint and plane wood up to 10″ wide, but packing a 10″ jointer into the space normally consumed by a 6″ jointer does make handling long boards more difficult.  The longest board I’ve jointed with this …
Bench Dogs with Teeth
My workbench has 3/4″ round dog holes for surface clamping with my Veritas Twin Screw end vise. Most of the time, I use short lengths of store-bought hard wood dowel as dogs. This approach has been a little frustrating because with no spring to hold the dowels at a particular height before clamping pressure is …
Shop-made Bandsaw Fence
I really like using my bandsaw for ripping. Whenever I can get away with the slight reduction of precision and the inferior surface that it produces in comparison with my tablesaw, I prefer the bandsaw because it just doesn’t seem as dangerous to me. I bought mine without a fence and for a while, I …