Plywood Storage Boxes
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I wanted to try out my jig making abilities, so I built a 1/2 box joint jig loosely based on William Ng's build video on YouTube. Instead of making my own runners, I mounted the jig to the fence of my Incra 1000SE miter gauge. A little trial and error and I came up with a workable version and bought a new Freud Super Dado stack dado set and went to work cutting lots of box joints. Glue up was a little tricky as the plywood swelled a bit and took some persuasion to assemble. I learned that you really have to get the fingers flush with each other in order for the box to square itself up. Had one of the first ones a little sloppy and the box ended up slightly out of square. Lesson learned. The bottoms of the box are 1/4 ply in 1/4 dados 1/4 from the base of the panels. Some sanding and a little filler to fill the 1/4 square holes left from the dados for the bottom panel, a couple of coats of spray satin poly, mount the hardware and done. I plan on making at least 8 more for my workbench. Nothing fancy but they look great and will last a long time.
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Improved Dust Collection for Belt Sander on Total Shop
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The Total Shop was a short-lived “knock-off” of the well known ShopSmith back in the 1970's. It's a hog for room – a bit over six feet long – but makes a great sanding station with 6” x 48” belt, a 12” disc and good sized cast iron work tables. I also made a drum sander for “thicknessing” instrument wood which replaces the belt sander when needed – see my first project on LumberJocks at https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/291370.The belt sander has a 1.25 inch dust collection port (now plugged) and an open cast-aluminum chute which was marginally effective. This upgrade includes an enclosed shroud for the dust collector, and a 2.5 inch hose connection to move more air. 1/8” underlayment was attached to raise and extend the chute by tapping threaded holes for 10-32 machine screws in the cast aluminum. I can now connect directly to the overhead 4 inch duct with the single 2.5 inch overhead dropped shared by the router table, planer, and jointer in the center of the shop.The table saw, jointer and band saw for the Total Shop have been replaced newer stand alone tools, but the lathe, and horizontal drill are still used on occasion. Just can't get rid of this beast.
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Federal Furniture
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Years ago I discovered Federal furniture and knew that with beautiful veneer, superb inlay and simple carving, this would be my furniture period of choice. Federal furniture has much to offer woodworkers. In addition to the traditional joinery, there is …Source
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Handle a silicone flipper with the aid of a Domino Joiner (DF500)
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The following steps were followed: 1. Pick color-matching wood 2. Cut a mortise 10mm deep on a handle blank with a DF500 (4mm cutter, set at 20mm depth) 3. Drill and chisel the mortise to final depth (about 35mm ) 4. Bandsaw and sand handle to desired shape 5. Sign work 6. Epoxy glue wooden handle to flipper 7. Spray a few coats of polyurethane.(Here's a previous project of handling a frying pan using the lamination method: https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/416139 )
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RYOBI 18V ONE+ HP Brushless Power Tools Review
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Tool: Ryobi One+ HP Brushless Series Shop Now Manufacturer: Ryobi MSRP: $99+ I recently had the chance to sample the new line of ONE+ HP Brushless Power Tools from RYOBI. Like most brushless tools, they are more energy-efficient …Source
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