$2.15 iPad stand
If you search on the Internet for a $5 iPad stand, you’ll find several variations of a block of wood with a slot cut into it. I had some scraps… Read more »
Not your grandmother’s blog!
If you search on the Internet for a $5 iPad stand, you’ll find several variations of a block of wood with a slot cut into it. I had some scraps… Read more »
After learning how to turn pens from blocks of wood at a local show, my friend invested in the tools to make them at his house and has invited me… Read more »
This year I went to the local woodworking show, where tool manufacturers, local wood clubs and a woodworking magazine take over an expo center for the weekend to talk about… Read more »
When you’re building a model of something, not everything will have squared edges… the top of a table for instance might be rounded off edges, or a picture frame would… Read more »
Just a handy chart showing common fractions used in woodworking, and their decimal equivalents. There is also a downloadable version available if you prefer.
In SketchUp 101, I suggested that every item (board, plank, box, etc) you create be turned into a Group so that you didn’t mistakenly edit it while trying to edit… Read more »
Okay… slow going in the woodworking department at my house. I built the basement workbench a while back, then realized that if I was going to be working with tools… Read more »
It seems like a vast majority of the woodworking blogs I read make their plans available by PDF and SKP files. Most people know what a PDF is these days,… Read more »
When we lived in a townhouse, there was no place to really garden effectively. Once we moved to a real house, I discovered a whole new side of my wife… Read more »
A beginner woodworker would (rationally) assume that a 2×4 board is 2 inches by 4 inches, and base resulting plans or measurements on that. As much sense as it might… Read more »