Drilling
My auxiliary drill-press table adds a lot of surface area for better stock support than the small factory-supplied table.
I love using my benchtop mortiser to plow lots of slots quickly, but laying out all of those mortises can be a nuisance.
When drilling holes, the bit suddenly breaking through the workpiece can cause the chuck jaws to bump into the workpiece.
I struggled to find a good way to hold a shop-vacuum hose to capture debris generated by my drill press. So I built this swiveling hose mount, and it does the trick perfectly.
One of my projects required drilling a recess for a magnet on an angled face, so I came up with this little trick to do it without tilting my drill-press table.
Recently, I built a futon using mortise and tenon joinery.
When mounting drawer slides in the cases, you have to be dead-on accurate and able to repeat this accuracy for all the slides.
My large bookcase project would have required drilling dozens of shelf-pin holes and a jig to ensure those holes matched up.
Tip of the Day
May your clamp exceed your grasp
My hand strength is not what it used to be, making it hard to tighten clamps. So I applied the... read more