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A friend of mine recently remodeled an in-law apartment above his house into a master bedroom suite. Part of the plan was to turn the former bedroom into a walk in closet. He got a bunch of quotes from some closet companies, and after looking at those he asked me if I could come up with a couple...

Hi guys, here's my finished angle gauge. The LED in the top is red and the one side comes off to change the batteries. Additionally the top threaded contact point is adjustable; it work's great. Also, I thought that I'd mention that I have a gear motor on the way from Florida to make a powered...

Like many of my fellow jocks, I've been fascinated by these things since I first saw them on LJ. Good wood is kind of scarce around my parts without driving a couple hours so I didn't really know where I was going to get a 2" square chunk of whatever wood I wanted to use. It hit me when I was...

In an attempt to clear my other workbench for more space I built this table. The top is 2 pieces are 1/2 in red oak plywood with other scraps of 1/2 in plywood sandwiched in between then trimmed with more oak. I inserted a 1/2" steel rod for the axle. If you look at the map in the background...

Trammel / Beam Compass So following my Telescopic Stop Block I did the other day, this Trammel / Beam Compass came out of it also. In my old telescopic stop block I used this 6mm MDF piece with the slot as a stop block, but was not as good as the new one I made. When I dismantle the old stop...

Well I finally got around to making some coffee scoops. Currently I have 4 completed but as the pictures show, more are on the way. Two of the completed ones are butternut from a fallen tree on my land, the other two are from an apple branch I got from a friend several years ago. The two that...

Up until a week ago I had never built anything in my life…but I've always wanted to. Finally, I decided to give it a shot. I went and bought a table saw from a local classified ad for $30 and spent another $30 on wood and supplies and started cutting. I didn't have any plans to work off of and...

The top that came with this table was only 42×31. Not big enough for full use of the PMP arm. So the new version is 48×38 and lots prettier than the old white! Also integrated a piece of 3/8" glass for transfers. Flowed epoxy across the glass for the seemlessness required. Pencil track...

This is a two shelf credenza that I built for my wife, it is in our dining room and it complements our decor by adding a bit of informal flavor to the room. My wife is very happy and I am happy to be complete with this project, I try and explore new methods every time I build something, in this...

Paying homage to the old way of doing things. My college education had me starting as an architecture major. In the end I didn't enjoy the teaching methods as much as a did the hand drafting. I absolutely loved doing ink on mylar! Many of my boxes still begin life on an old drafting table or...

Here is the completed drafting desk project. It was a fun project to make. I wanted a clean desk to write on but still wanted some elegance and think the end result was what I wanted. The legs are slightly tapperd and curved, there are a lot of way I could have went about this but I had just...