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Screen door knob in red tip photinia

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I have a wood screen door and it has a spring so it closes automatically so don't need a latch, but it has a large hole for mounting a knob. I made this knob to fill in the hole.

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Pistol Rack

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Nothing special here just a simple 1/4 inch pine cut to fit my safe and hold a few things. Magazines on the bottom. Stained in Walnut. simple green felt and foam as padding. Literally cost me 20.00 dollars to build. Better than buying it from China. No offense meant, but it's a sin that we do not make much of anything in the USA. Corporate greed… I will leave it at that. OH I did have piece of inlay laying around from a previous project so, yeah I added that to give it a touch of refinement.

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Use Shrink Wrap as a Clamp for Veneer

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While trying to attach a carved 18“-thick mahogany veneer to the edge of a curved shelf, an idea came to me as a last moment glue-up solution. Initially I thought I could make it easier to …Source

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Misc Trays

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Maple and Mahogany trays. About 5.25×5.75”This was an exercise to become comfortable cutting a mitered rabbet joint. I am planning to move away from a lock miter joint in my boxes and I think this is the winner. I cut this joint all on the router table. More setups and little bit more time than the lock miter but MUCH more control over the fit.

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11 (or so) Basic Woodworking Tools - A List for New Furniture Makers

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Basic woodworking tools are different from beginner woodworking tools. For one thing, I don't like to use the word beginner unless I am using it accurately. It's not a very useful label, in my opinion, because it implies that there …Source

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