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.
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This Week in the Shop: DIY Height Gauge
A quick jig can make the difference in a woodshop. This height gauge helps measure and set cutting tool heights and thicknesses for rabbets, dadoes, chamfers, etc. Since it incorporates a digital caliper, the dial is easy to read, precise and accurate. This tool came in handy building the light box project – I hitContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: DIY Height Gauge”
Home #Makerspace: The Fishing Rod Storage Rack
This week in the Home #Makerspace, I designed and built a fishing rod storage rack. Check it out here!
Tool Primer: How to Select and Use Power Drills
The first power tool I probably ever used (and owned) was a power drill. The lowly power drill can do a whole lot of things if you know how to use it. A power drill can strip paint, drill big holes, little holes, create dowel joints, sand curves and screw stuff together. It makes pocketContinue reading “Tool Primer: How to Select and Use Power Drills”
Woodworking Plans: The Kid’s Bed Frame
Last year, I posted a quick project: The Bed Frame. It has since become the most searched for post on this website, garnering a little over a thousand views with no publicity. People like to build beds. It’s taken a while, but I’ve put together a small PDF which outlines how I make my simpleContinue reading “Woodworking Plans: The Kid’s Bed Frame”