Having a few different brands of parallel clamps I needed to figure out a generic way to store them all: Jorgensen Cabinet Masters Dubuque bar clamps Bessey UniKlamps Irwin Quick Grips Harbor Freight bar clamps I had two other design goals: Sideways facing clamps to allow stacking Held securely so they won’t pivot and flop… Continue reading Shop Made Parallel Clamp Racks
My bathroom has a model 816 Corian sink whose overflow has been smelly since the day I moved into this house. This model of sink, instead of having the overflow hose molded into the body like most ceramic sinks, instead uses an external hose to do the job. A plastic donut surrounds the popup’s overflow… Continue reading Corian Vanity Overflow Replacement
I needed a means to store full sheets (4′ x 8′) of plywood that wasn’t up against a wall. In my shop I have a lot more floor space than wall area so I made a mobile plywood cart in order to be able to keep those sheets on the floor, so to speak. And… Continue reading Mobile, Vertical Plywood Storage Rack
I’ve started to document the interesting part of my new woodworking shop, check them out here.
The newest version of my turbo oven-powered drum roaster has had a few batches under its shiny aluminum belt and has been working pretty great! My goal with this version was to make inserting/removing the drum as easy as possible. The previous one had me skewering the roaster and drum with the 1/4″ rod which… Continue reading Turbo Oven Drum Roaster.. Quick Release Edition
I own this cheap dial indicator set, and while it is indeed cheap it works fine for calibrating my table saw. My only complaint is that its versatile base and arm system just doesn’t work that well for this purpose, especially for setting up the fence where sliding the indicator causes the small base to… Continue reading Dial Indicator Sled for Calibrating Table Saw
I’m writing this short post not to brag about my toaster oven repair skills but to hopefully help out someone else looking to fix their appliance. I have had this stupid toaster oven since college (18 years as of this writing), and still use it every day. I even built a custom under-counter mount for… Continue reading Black & Decker Easy Clean Toaster Oven Repair
After having done four batches on my SS Brewtech mash tun I can give it a fair review. I had been using the same 10 gallon orange cooler for a hell of a long time, over ten years! I had the bulkhead super solid and leak free, and a hard-piped false bottom to avoid suction collapse,… Continue reading SS Brewtech 10 Gallon InfuSsion Mash Tun Review
Who doesn’t enjoy simple geometry and spreadsheets? I made my own segment calculation spreadsheet just to get a better understanding of segmented turning. I’m not doing anything particularly complex so it was a fun little undertaking. Here’s a link to the spreadsheet with some inner and outer radii already filled in. Feel free to make… Continue reading Segment Calculation Google Sheet Document
Jerry Bennett’s Wedgie Sled is a wonderfully simple and elegant solution to the problem of cranking out trapezoids for segmented turning. If you’re not familiar with his idea, visit his site and watch his video series. The only hard part is what to do about setting the angle between the two fences; here are a few… Continue reading Angle Setup Blocks for Making Wedgie Setup Templates
