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Inspiration and Ideas I inadvertently have found myself in a position where there is an expectation of woodworking gifts for the holidays this year. I guess that's what I get for posting all my little projects on Facebook where my family can see them. So, for my father I am going to be making...

Green Woodworking....looking for my peeps ;) Hi; not so much an update. but putting something here hoping it helps my search. I am looking for Green Woodworking people, amateurs, pro's, wannabees, aficionados,... you know people who like to start with trees and make things out of them! I am...

Thoughts on an Adjustable Standing Desk I've got a challenging project coming up for my church. The new preschool director has asked for a stand up computer desk. I was going to build something similar to the one I built previously for the church secretary [link], but more square instead of...

Square tray and rectangular tray Working on a a couple quality dice trays for those hardcore gamers out there. They still need a few more coats of Danish oil and a felt or fabric to line the interior base. Comments and suggestions welcome. Both have dice storage areas and personal dice...

Brainstorming Stage So I have all of this old barn siding. The barn in my estimate was 100+ years old (Wish i would have taken a picture of it). I managed to pull some of the more useable planks off of it, and here's what I have: The box is made from this wood and stained with watco...

Structural Crack Filling Ancientwood has developed a technique for filling large, structural cracks, sometimes found in Ancient Kauri slabs. This is a step-by-step approach for creating a flat surface with beautiful patterns and design. 1. The slab must first be flattened. This can be done...

Things I Didn't Know I Had - Stack of Woodworking Magazines My DH has decided to give me a better space in the garage to keep my tools and things. So right now while everything is getting rearranged it's hard to get at all my stuff. So I've been planning out some projects I'd like to make...

Looking for someone to increase my skills in woodworking Hello, Viewers (First few paragraphs are a short story of who I am and a little bit about me. Not interested totally understandable!! skip down to where it says BARTER About a 7 or so months ago I came across a video on you tube not...

Design v1: Walled Sides - Feedback welcome (weight bearing, cross bracing, design) I'm awaiting a benchtop milling machine which weighs about 500lbs, and with the expense of the machine + additional tooling that would probably follow (vises, cutters, tool holders, etc) I wanted to be able to...

LumberJocks is Depressing Me... But that's a good thing! You see, I'm a rather tech-savvy woodworker. A few months ago, I was surfing looking for woodworking community-type sites. Well, I was rather disappointed, could only find sites that specialized in forums, or products, or were somehow...

A new and interesting way to buy and sell woodworking plans. A new and interesting way to buy and sell woodworking plans has just come to the woodworking world. Its called Saw Tooth Ideas and it is a website where woodworkers can buy plans for projects or sell plans they made. Read more about...

Pinterest on my board in the shop I don't often find myself in the shop twiddling my thumbs on what to make next, but sometimes I need a little inspiration, a quick gift, or a time filler while I'm waiting for a finish to dry. I have a great Pinterest board for woodworking ideas, but I don't...

Polyurethane fix, ideas, suggestions hello everyone, I am new to woodworking. I am building a table, one like I saw in apple store. after a month of long struggle I finally got to the finishing stage. I am not a big fan of oil polyurethane because of its shine and non-woody feel of it. but I...

I'm just wondering what everyone else out there does with their loads of sawdust and wood chips leftover from their projects? I live in an extremely rural area so I have no problem with finding places to dump it, but it's always bothered me because it seems like there should be some kind of use...

Video Review Of Dust Deputy I posted this in the review section as well. But I felt the video offers a lot of context on how I use the Dust Deputy as a professional, what tools I use it with, and how I have it set up. This is a lot of good information to consider if you are thinking of getting...

I am planning to go to a few small local art festivals this year. I do mostly woodturning and was trying to get some advice on what people have had luck selling. I will be taking all the bowls and pens that I have turned at the time. A few ideas for simple low cost projects would be nice...

A Day in my Summer woodworking class A Day in my Summer Shop Class Below are three pictures of the shop I used for 20 years. The first is on the left of the shop as you are looking into the garage/shop, then center, and right. I liked having the space open to the outdoors. You may notice the...

"HOT" Summer Ideas Hope everyone is having a great summer or holidays. Here is been too hot and a fan is not enough to keep you cool for woodworking in my shop, so it's been a while to build anything or even finish my Box (finger) Joint Jig I was working on. Anyway the other day I was looking...

Anyone out there has any suggestion for dust collection for a contractor style table saw? I recently have purchased a used TS and is in the process of getting it tuned. It will sit in my garage. I figured controlling the dust will be easier on me, health wise and will also reduce my clean up...

So this summer I am going to be the Woodcraft Director at a summer camp in Medford, NJ. It's the first year the program is running and I'm looking for project idea. Right now I have benches, picnic tables, carpet-ball tables, birdhouses, the typical camp stuff. Any suggestions at all would be...