Which gauge? 15, 16, 18, 23? Battery? Pneumatic? There are so many choices to picking a nail gun! This video explain it all and shows you several tips to get better performance out of them!
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This video is full of tips to speed up your builds! I highlight time saving tips to woodwork faster while I built a triangular olive slab table at Lakeside Woodwork's shop. This was a collab with Bruce Ulrich and he built another table from the same slab with different features and even more tips on how to woodwork faster!
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Here's how I made 100 beer flight boxes for Cartridge Brewing! These are solid walnut and feature rabbet joinery reinforced with once fired 9mm casings, branded leather badges that are brass tacked on, and a chalkboard to label the libations that Catridge Brewing will serve in the boxes! I mean, how could I make beer flight boxes for a brew pub called Catridge Brewing that's going in an old ammunition factory and NOT use brass casings in it somewhere? If you're in the Cincinnati area or just love great beer, be sure to follow instagram.com/cartridgebrewing or https://cartridgebrewing.com to visit them as soon as they open in 2020!
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If you dislike painting, like I do, you'll appreciate these tips to make it easy and fast! Nothing speeds it up like a good brush, the right paint, a nifty ladder, and a few gadgets.
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Want to know your circular saw blades better to buy the right ones and get better cuts? This is for you. This cover circular saw blades in depth. Not just those for "circular saws" but all tools that use round cutting blades. This applies to miter saws, circular saws, track saws.. the principles are all the same!
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Wood turning at the lathe is a very satisfying craft where you can make cool stuff FAST! But like all crafts and skills, there are quite a few common mistakes to fall into that can make the experience frustrating. Here I cover the main ones I know!
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Installing a byrd shelix cutterhead in my vintage jointer was an upgraded I've been planning to do eventually. But after throwing a knife from the old clamshell, I decided it was a sooner rather than later kind of upgrade! Then I realized I'd also need to install a new motor, new mount.. this project kept growing. But man, does my jointer cut nice now!
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Wooden spoons are a quick and great gift to make and give! I mean, who doesn't use wooden spoons? Only people who don't have them, so a perfect gift for them would be to carve a spoon! If you have any tools, you can probably find a way to make a spoon. In this video I make a handful of spoons using a hodgepodge of tools, feel free to mix and match based on what you have to see what you can come up with!
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Wine is a classic holiday gift and this is a pretty easy way to class it up with a hand made touch! The beauty of working with leather is it doesn't require many tools to get started and if you can follow lines and handle a needle, that's about all the skill needed to get started!
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I wanted a dog treat to keep treats handy for working my new pup, going on walks, or when we're out at the dog park.. so I made these two leather pouches! One has an open slot so there's no fasteners or pulls to mess with to get treats out. The other leather pouch is more typical with two snap fasteners and a fold over flap. Don't need a treat bag? No problem! Just size the pieces for whatever you want to put in a pouch and make one that fits perfectly.
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Not sure what gift to get for that person you know that spends all their free time in their shop? This gift guide will have some gift ideas that they'll sure to love, that will be easy to find, that you'll both be glad you gifted this Christmas!
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This Epoxy Beach Wall Art with LED Sunset was a lot of fun to make! The sunset colors came out great with just painting tinted epoxy onto a piece of acrylic, but individually programmable LEDs could be used instead. Also, I made the maple panel, but you can buy ready to use panels at most big box stores!
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How to sharpen a card scraper and even make one. Why make one when they’re so cheap? Well, sometimes you’ve got a piece that a typical card scraper just won’t get, or you have a batch project and a made to fit would really speed things up! In that case, making one is the way to go.
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Don’t know which saw to get first or next? Here I compare the features, difference and similarities of the track saw, circular saw, table saw, and miter saw! Which saw is the best first or next purchase for you depends on what kind of work you do and how much you want to spend. After watching this video, you’ll know which will be the best fit for your work until you can acquire all four!
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Every woodworking task can be done lots of ways. Which means almost every woodworking project can be done with just a few tools. I go over the 5 tools needed to make almost any woodworking project. I also mention a few non-woodworking tools that I use a LOT in my woodworking.
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I bought a 1965 Avion T-27! Getting it home and somewhere I could work on it was quite the adventure and required a LOT of work! But, I’m super excited about getting this thing back into useable shape for my family to enjoy.
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This is about how to make live edge boards into epoxy resin cutting boards! But really, any boards will do. I'm using some air dried walnut and total boat epoxy with black diamond pigments to make these live edge epoxy cutting boards.
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