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
I’ve started to document the interesting part of my new woodworking shop, check them out here.
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
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
Gouges on the left, scrapers on the right, with skews, parting tools, and a drill on back. It’s nice being able to put my grinder and tools right where I want them while turning and then tuck them away when doing something else. However the lower shelves are only moderately useful because they’re short and… Continue reading Lathe Sharpening and Tool Cart
The thin profile of Veritas’ Striking Knife makes it pretty versatile but at the same time hard to sharpen. It’s very small so there’s little bevel to “feel” for and the blade material is bendy so it’s hard to keep in the exact same orientation while sharpening. Consequently over time mine will loose its nice pointed… Continue reading Veritas Strking Knife Sharpening Jig
Using a cheap USB microscope I took some closeup shots of the scratch pattern and burr on a HSS bowl gouge through three sharpening methods. Here’s the full album of images For the purpose of woodturning it seems like the fineness of the edge doesn’t matter a whole lot. While the burr looks very nasty, and… Continue reading Gouge Sharpening Through a Microscope
Introduction Over time the outfeed table on my Rikon 25-210H worked its way out of adjustment, gradually creeping its way close to the cutterhead. I found out about this one day by the one cutter slamming into the table when I turned on the machine. So I was able to move the table back out of… Continue reading Hitting the Reset Button on my Jointer/Planer
