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Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
Make this Quarto game in an afternoon with scrap wood. This is a small kind of travel-sized version of the classic game, Quarto! You’ll need some scrap wood and a 3/4″ dowel. I had a piece of leftover mahogany from the Snowflakes I made and will use that for the base of the game. I’m ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I got this idea from a viewer in my Woodworking for Mere Mortals Gifts Series for Christmas. I’m using two naturally contrasting colored woods to make the candy cane, but you can also stain on any kind of wood to get the desired effect or paint! I made up a cutting template that you can ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I received this idea from a fellow woodworker and wanted to try to make it myself. Download the cutting template I made for it here: https://bit.ly/WWMMnapkinholder. This is part of my Woodworking for Mere Mortals Gifts Series for this Christmas. Check out and submit your own woodworking project gifts here: https://bit.ly/WWMMgifts I started by using ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
Often when we think of productivity improvements in the workshop our minds go right to a new tool or item to purchase to save time, space, etc. However, this blog is going to focus on things you can do to improve without spending a dime! 1. Have More than 1 Trash Can This one is ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
When we last left off I asked for your suggestions on who to do with this drawer: do I make a new drawer? Cut off the faces? Then I got a really creative solution from a viewer named “Joep” suggesting I make a small drawer to fit inside this own. A hidden drawer. So that’s ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
We’re building a shoeshine box and to do this we need to make some rabbet (not rabbit) joints using a dado blade. There are 2 types of cuts that make grooves in a board Dado – go across the grain of the board. Rabbet – the same thing but has a shoulder. From your boards ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I’ve seen a number of serious injuries to people from kickback most commonly to the stomache, chest or straight to the head. Another good reason to always wear safety glasses. Essentially when a piece of wood touches the blade on an angle or gets bumped out of alignment it catches the blade in the teeth ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I received an awesome picture in the mail from a fan of mine and figured it would create a great opportunity for me to show you guys some simple frames that look really fancy. One of the biggest challenges of making a custom frame is trying to size your frame exactly to the size of ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I made one of these wooden, floating magic wands about 10 years ago and wanted to remake the video with better quality and music that wasn’t copyrighted. Hey, we didn’t know any better back then! I’m using a 5/8″ diameter wooden dowel and am going to cut it to 27 5/16″ :). Then at the ..read more
Woodworking for Mere Mortals | Free Woodworking Plans and Videos
3y ago
I have a record player and records that I haven’t given much attention over the last couple of years and that gave me an idea to build a custom stand for it to give it a place of meaning and use in my home. I ordered some hair pin legs and designed a stand with ..read more