| This blog is written by Madmark2 | 36 entries so far |
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Small Projects #31: Rolling Printer Stand
Most of the “stands” I create are simple 2X4 & ply creations and this is no excep...
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Small Projects #30: Oak Tablet Case
I made this last summer when I got the new Galaxy Tab. Up to now I hadn’t thought of takin...
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Small Projects #29: Insulating the Garage Door
Just insulated the garage door. Cost me $80 for four 4×8×2” foam panels. Very thinly foil sk...
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Small Projects #28: Dual Bowl Twin Screw II
The prototype being successful I made five more pipes, one with a special dual bowl design. Fi...
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Small Projects #27: Twin Screw Lidded Purpleheart Pipe Design
My head shop customer asked me for some smaller lidded pipes. The pipes suffer from ng the same i...
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Small Projects #26: Purpleheart Leftovers Box
Made the better half a 6×6 purpleheart box the other day out of 1/4” resawn 1×6. ...
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Small Projects #25: Purpleheart Gift Box
Had purpleheart left over from the gun box and made this for the better half.Closed Open
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Small Projects #24: Purpleheart "no leaks" Dugout
My smoke shop client commissioned some “non swivel” dugouts last week. The problem, ...
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Small Projects #23: Purpleheart Gun Box
Been burning thru my purpleheart inventory making pipes. So I just ordered more from Craftsmen Su...
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Small Projects #22: *4* Black Limba Dugouts *4*
For those following this blog you know I have a Smoke Shop for a client. Last time I was there sh...
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Small Projects #21: No Ruler Hexagonal Door Knob Stop
Roscoe, our English bulldog, decided that the spring doorstop was something good to chew on. In f...
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Small Projects #20: Jigsaw Stand
Bought a jigsaw to cut out for a dog bowl five or six years ago. Have only used it once since (in...
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Small Projects #19: Dog Platforms
Have too many dogs running around. We have drafty tile floors throughout and mostly Shih-Tzu̵...
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Small Projects #18: Devlin's First Tool Box
Devlin is a young man that lives nearby that has shown an interest in woodworking. Here is one of...
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Small Projects #17: Glass Pipe Accessory Stand
My customer sells a variety of pipes and smoking accessories and needs various display stands for...
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Small Projects #16: Jatoba stash box
Made this box to hold a pipe, lighter, and sealed stash container out of some scrap 1/4” x ...
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Pipes #2: Eight Purpleheart Pipes
Another week, another batch of pipes. Took 5-1/4” of purpleheart 1×12 and cut 9, 1-1/8...
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Small Projects #15: Model Paint Organizer
To make the wonderbread pipes I needed small volumes of several different colors. A trip to the h...
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Small Projects #14: Child Proof Puzzle Pipe
I had a wild idea hit me the other day, a pipe that won’t light unless you know the secret....
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Small Projects #13: Covered Pipe
In an ongoing effort to come up with new pipe ideas (and because the customer specifically asked)...
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Small Projects #12: Wonderbread Pipe
Trying to get creative with a new prototype pipe: Started with a chunk of 5/4 jatoba, cut squ...
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Small Projects #11: Sofa stops
We have blinds on the front window with a sofa backing onto them. The better half was forever pul...
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Small Projects #10: Lathe practice - Dog bone
Roscoe, our English Bulldog: Has a fondness for chewing. I had recently remade the post caps f...
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Small Projects #9: Purpleheart Burial Flag Box
A veteran friend of mine, Bert, recently passed and I’m making a flag box for his burial fl...
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Small Projects #8: Jatoba and Marble Plant Stand
This is a project I made about 20 years ago. It’s out of jatoba with a “Tito’s ...
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Small Projects #7: Clamp Stand
A clamp rack was about the first thing I put up. Nine months later I’ve got more clamps and...
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Pipes #1: Six new pipes
Been selling pipes to the local head shop. Just cut out six blanks from a foot long chunk of jato...
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Small Projects #6: Dog Feeder
Dogs! We have two sizes, small and bigger. Roscoe is an English bulldog who doesn’t like to...
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Small Projects #5: Tall Dog Gate
While I love dogs, they need to be kept out of the kitchen. The opening to the kitchen is over 4&...
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Small Projects #4: Short Dog Gate
The better half grooms our seven (7!) dogs and this often requires keeping one or more dogs in or...
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Small Projects #3: Cherry Insulin box
As I diabetic I need vials of insulin, needles and alcohol pads to be handy at all times especial...
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Small Projects #2: Small Oak Tool Tray
The better half doesn’t always say anything but I know my leaving small hand tools on her c...
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Small Projects #1: Vape pen stand
As an amputee I have intense phantom pain that only a relief vape can stop. If you lay them on th...
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100 foot cabinet shop #3: Dust collection!? We don't need no steenkin' dust collection!
Was cleaning out the saw and was impressed with how much dust accumulated even with a 4” li...
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100 foot cabinet shop #2: Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy . . .
Wood has three dimensions and the table saw cuts both X (length) and Y (width) The Z (thicknes...
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100 foot cabinet shop #1: Thoughts behind the shop and working standards
Used to have a shop, X got in the divorce. :( Fast forward 15 years & I have 2/3 of 1/2 of a...
