I've got young kids, and we're constantly looking for fun things for them to do, and ways to keep them active (and burn off a crazy amount of energy). Our…
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I've seen these types of clocks before, but never really thought about how they were made. Recently, it hit me.. VENEER! I spent quite a while trying to find a…
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Since I recently set up my new shop, I've wanted to add dust collection. I tried running the wet/dry vac directly to the tools, but the filter got clogged VERY…
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I got the chance to visit Inventables, maker of the ShapeOko 2 CNC milling machine, and talk with CEO, Zach Kaplan. They showed me the office, workshop, warehouse and told…
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A few months back, I made the leap into the world of CNC machines. I spent a lot of time looking at different options beforehand and comparing costs. The ShapeOko…
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I've made a bench from pallets before, but this time, I was commissioned to make four of them, so I thought I'd make them differently and more refined. I wanted…
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Not too long ago, I finally decided it was time to build a dedicated shop. For the past six years, my converted two car garage was one big space that…
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On July 12-13. 2014, I'll be a part of a "pop-up" shop at West Elm in Atlanta, GA. This will give me a chance to sell some of the stuff that…
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As I built out my new shop, I needed a new way to store my ever growing collection of clamps. Of course, clamps are all different shapes and sizes, so…
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I’ve been wanting to make a clock for quite a while. I bought a simple clock kit almost a year ago, and it’s been setting on my workbench ever since. Recently, I…
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