Jays Custom Creations
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Blog by Jay Bates covering all about Carpentry including Indoor & Outdoor Projects, Woodworking Projects, how-tos, and Custom DIYs.
Jays Custom Creations
23h ago
Small milestone for us. We start clearing trees to uncover the front gate. Small step for mankind, one giant leap for the Bates family. We have someone lined up to put in a driveway and clear a few acres for the shop pad, but that has been delayed due to the weather. In the meantime ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
23h ago
This video is more for me than it is for you. I want to be able to look back, years from now, and see the condition of the property on Day 1 with nothing cut or cleaned ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
1w ago
In this video I covered our 101 acre plan. This is a 5-10 year plan that will obviously change. As things progress, perspectives and priorities evolve. Being able to look back onto this initial plan will be fun in the next few years ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
2w ago
Anyone who moves from one house to another understands how much work and stress is involved in moving. Moving from one shop to another shop is a bit challenging as well. I did just that in 2019 and covered the experience in my 30×40 shop series. In this video I’m sharing my high points involved ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
3w ago
We sold our house and shop, so it’s time to move my Avid CNC machine. If you’re not familiar with the machine, it has a horizontal capacity of a smidgen more than 4′ in the X direction and 10′ in the Y direction. I added a vertical table to the front, which takes up some ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
3w ago
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go… We’re moving. Well, we’ve already moved since recording this video. I’ve got my office setup in the garage of our bumper pull toy hauler, rocking two out of five bars of LTE cell phone mobile hotspot internet. Life is good :) Phase-1 is complete. Phase-1 is ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
1M ago
In my last video I designed storage crates to efficiently stack into a shipping container. If you’d like to build your own and are interested in the SketchUp and vector files, you can find them HERE. In this video, we get to make them. I say we because my neighbor Jack helped me out for ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
1M ago
The plan for the shop move is to downsize as much as I can and store everything into a shipping container until the new shop is built. The last time I moved my shop I used 55 gallon barrels for storage. This was convenient because it allowed me to pack as much as I possibly ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
2M ago
In May 2023, I purchased two Oliver woodworking machines: a 15″ helical head planer and a 12″ helical head jointer. After nine months of use, I figured it would be a good time to talk about my experience with the jointer. I’ve put a lot of material through this machine over the past nine months ..read more
Jays Custom Creations
2M ago
This is a problem/solution project. My daughter needs a storage shelf to keep some of her belongings off the floor. The solution is to make this shelving unit. For this build, I’m using box store lumber—southern yellow pine 2x10s. I live in a very humid climate, so the fact that these aren’t kiln-dried to “furniture-grade ..read more