Sorry for an overly brief blog post, Save Our Skills will be back to full swing in a few weeks.
This site is a gold mine of wood working and DIY information.
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Excellent collection of free shop jigs and other woodworking plans
Check out this great resource for some free woodworking plans.
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=479
I was wanting to make a quick and dirty cross cut sled for my table saw and ran across this.
Circular Saw Basics
I was going to make a cool video showing you Circular Saw basics but after I did the first cut I did a google search and I thought this video form “extreme how to” was just about as good as it gets. I’ve included the beginning of my own video below, showing you how to do a rip cut on a piece of plywood.
My own video:
Update
Simple Reusable Rip Jigs
Working with Pallet Wood: Breaking them down and project ideas
I recently used pallets to sheet some cheap shelves I made in my attic. I was riding over to Lowes to pick up some OSB when I saw the pallets and thought to myself “Hey, those are free, I bet I could use those for the shelves I’m making”
It turned out to be quite a bit more work than I anticipated to break down those pallets. I first tried banging the boards out with a hammer, and those nails really don’t want to budge without seriously damaging the wood. I ended up cutting them a bit short with my circular saw and removing them that way.
This past weekend I went and bought a bunch of 2x4s and put them up into the attic last night. I plan to build another set of shelves up in my attic and I’m going to use pallet wood again to sheet the shelves, however this time I’m going to use a sheet metal drill bit to drill out the screws with my corded hammer drill.
I found this great article about using pallet wood from toolcrib.com that advised that technique:
Woodworking with Pallets: A guide to Finding, Breaking Down, and Building with Pallets
If you really want to get inspired to do something cool with pallets checkout this guys page:
On that page you can see various structures built from Pallets, including a wood shed and a chicken coop. If you scroll all the way to the bottom you can see how one guy’s pallet wood shed doubles as a rain water harvesting system with the addition of a bit of PVC pipe gutters.
How about a Root Cellar made from Pallets?
How about decking with Pallet wood? I question the long term durability of this approach, however it’s worth a look.
What have you built with pallets? Add your own idea in the comments.
Here is one method using just a few hand tools. I might make my own video this week when I dismantle my current batch of pallets
Build your own table saw and more!
The Weekend Warrior’s Workshop
Chris AKA CycleSurgeon is the man! He has put out my new favorite YouTube channel which is “The Weekend Warrior’s Workshop”.
You can get all of this guys plans at the Weekend Warrior’s Workshop website.
This guy will show those on a budget how you can assemble a fully outfitted wood shop with a minimal investment. I stumbled across this while looking on YouTube for a low budget way to replace the rip fence on my 1970′s era craftsman table saw. Not only did this guy have a simple design for a homemade rip fence, but he built the entire table saw! I’m definitely going to add a nice cross cut sled and new rip fence to my saw.
I hope everyone enjoys this find as much as I do. I can’t believe how few views these videos have gotten, this is truly a hidden gem!
I’ve embedded his current videos below or click here to go to his YouTube channel.
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