Workshop tip: Acrylic spacer blocks to set joinery machines
These acrylic blocks help center biscuits and Dominoes in common wood thicknesses.
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Customized Clothespin Clamp and Wedge
When working on small projects, I often need to glue odd-shaped mouldings and tiny trim to box sides and other pieces. Not much pressure is required to hold these small pieces in place, and I find that the humble wooden …
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Workshop tip: Quick way to sharpen a wheel-type marking gauge
Use a drill press and a small diamond honing plate.
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My basement shop is quite small and my drill press is right next to my workbench. When I needed to drill a long board, I would stack pieces of wood on top of my workbench to act as a support.…
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Clamping Method for Small Mitered Frames
Although I have several commercially made accessories for clamping mitered frames, they don’t work well on small frames. So, I devised my own small-frame clamping method. First, I made four V-shaped corner blocks out of 3⁄4″ MDF. Along the outsid…
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