While wrapping up my living room built-in cabinets I had to make a few filler strips – narrow strips of wood to fit in between the cabinet and wall. While I eventually figured out how to do it I was surprised to not find any diagram-style pictures of the process. Here goes! Step 1 –… Continue reading How to scribe a cabinet filler strip – with diagrams

I recently flirted with the idea of getting a full-size sliding panel saw (aka sliding table saw) for the shop. While I ultimately decided against it I’m posting my research in case it helps out anyone else. The big names in sliders are well known: Martin, Altendorf, Felder, SCM (Minimax), but there are a lot… Continue reading List of Sliding Panel Saws

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

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