Woodshop Cowboy Goes to KIDfest on Sept. 24th
I will be bringing the woodworking goodness to KIDFest on Sept. 24th at Veteran’s Plaza in downtown Silver Spring. Look for me there!
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This Week in the Shop: Safety Posters
A number of safety posters for a variety of woodworking tools.
Home #Makerspace: DIY Air Hockey Table for Under $40
This is a scaled down, fun-filled air hockey table is a perfect summer project. Two employees of Brunswick Billiards Co invented Air Hockey in the 1960s. The game field consists of a low-friction… Continue reading
Home #Makerspace: Paper Airplane Launcher
Here’s a quick project to cut out on the scroll saw. Scroll saws are small, cheap, versatile tools that can cut through all sorts of thin materials, such as plastics, wood, plywood and… Continue reading
Home #Makerspace: The DIY Folding Board
Some things are impossible, such as unicorns, bipartisan agreement on the greatness of bacon and getting small boys to fold their clothes. While I didn’t do the impossible this week, I certainly made… Continue reading
Home #Makerspace: A DIY Carrom or Marbles Game Board!
This week, we built a game board which you can customize to play marbles, skittles, carrom, billiards, pool, shuffleboard, crokinole and more! My game board features two games, marbles and carrom. Marbles has… Continue reading
Home #Makerspace: DIY Drain Pipe Regatta (or Rain Gutter Regatta)
On a hot summer day, nothing beats a cool, breezy scientific adventure. The Drain Pipe Regatta is a great investment for a classroom or backyard exploring space, as it helps teach the basics… Continue reading
Tool Primer: Understanding Common Glues for #Maker Project
Sooner or later during a Maker project, you have to stick it together. You need glue. Better yet, you need the right glue. Some glues are formulated to work best porous materials… Continue reading
Home #Makerspace: DIY Knock Hockey Set
When the ice melts from the first burst of spring, the hockey fun doesn’t have to stop. Take hockey inside with DIY Nok Hockey, a wood table-top game which makes for hours and hours of fun.
This Week in the Shop: The 2×6 #Bike Rack
This week I designed and built a quick bike rack to store my young children’s custom bikes from two 2×6’s. You can check out the two bikes in the DIY Bike Build. … Continue reading