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Ramblings from the Burbs I wanted to do a special handmade gift for Claire’s upcoming birthday since I was jonesing for a new project now that our kitchen’s mostly finished. Naturally, I went to my pinterest boards for ideas and came across this pin. The rainbow rocker retails for only 139 euro ($188 USD), and that doesn’t even include shipping! Free Woodworking Software See also: Free online ww software, Free trial ww software Here is an assortment of free woodworking programs than can be downloaded and run directly on your computer. Most of these programs have been around for awhile so you can feel reasonably secure that they are virus and spyware free. AnglesawExcel workbook that calculates the angle of a jeweler's saw blade or scroll saw blade if you are inlaying any material into another. Arc Layout Excel spreadsheet to calculate the path of a circular arc in a work piece given the length of the arc bottom and the rise at its midpoint.
DIY Wrap Bracelet You should all know by now that we are all about stacking bracelets on our wrists. The more, the better. In fact . . . the most, the best! With that being said, we’ll show you how to master a version of the ever so popular wrap bracelet. Grampa's Workshop - woodworking, woodworking projects, woodworking plans Easel & Drawing Board The past issues of your favourite woodworking magazines, can yield a virtual library of great projects, when you are looking for just the right project to make for a gift for someone. This was the case when I was looking for a project to build for my granddaughter, Shelby, this last summer. She loves to draw, but her mother didn't think that the kitchen cabinet doors, were the right thing for Shelby to be using as her canvas. I remembered seeing this project in a back issue of Canadian Workshop magazine. So I went through my files and found the article explaining how this easel was made.
53 Free Workbench Plans: The Ultimate Guide for Woodworkers Sign up for the ToolCrib newsletter and get great woodworking resources like this in your inbox! We all know what the most dangerous power tool in your workshop is (it’s you ;)… so what’s the most useful/important tool? No, it’s not your table saw… it’s your WORKBENCH. Woodworkers often look at the workbench as an essential project, a core project that both teaches and creates a highly useful product.
Willow Bark Slip Whistle The Willow Bark Slip Whistle is a nice easy little project requiring only a small knife and a piece of freshly cut willow. The piece of willow should be about thumb width in diameter and about a hand span (150mm) in length (this will be plenty for the whistle and also give you a good length ‘working handle’ to carve with safely). For this example I’m using a piece of Grey Sallow as it is locally abundant in the area, but any willow will work just as well. The $40 Hidden Inside a 12V Battery Wise Bread Picks Hands up who hates buying batteries. (I had both hands up in the air by the way, briefly, but had to put them down to continue writing this article.) Anyway, batteries are the bane of my life. It seems almost every toy we have for our children or gadget for ourselves require batteries. And they need them in all shapes and sizes.
Free SketchUp Drawings of Woodworking Magazine Projects Now you can download six free SketchUp drawings for projects published in Woodworking Magazine during the last four years. These files work with Google’s free drafting program, SketchUp, and allow you to take the projects apart, see the joinery and view the projects at any angle. These files are great for understanding how a project goes together before you start building it. These files were provided by draughtsman Louis Bois, who has been providing technical illustrations for Woodworking Magazine for the last couple issues. Folding Workbench - Step by Step: The Family Handyman Overview Here’s a workspace that’s huge and accessible from all sides yet folds up and stows away easily. If you don’t have room for a full-size permanent workbench but really need space to spread things out, this workbench is it.
How To Turn An Old Pair Of Jeans Into The Perfect Home Concealed Handgun Location If you've ever thought about how to properly hide a home defense handgun in your bedroom, this DIY guide from one of our customers here at LuckyGunner.com is pretty ingenious. He has taken a pair of old blue jeans and sewn them in such a way as to create a closet holster that allows a loaded handgun to be hidden in the middle of the blue jeans while ensuring the blue jeans remain hanging on a hanger. We call it a "Closet Jeans Holster".
Woodworkers Source: Estimate Wood Movement [custom wws] Dimensions: The calculator assumes no specific dimensional units such as inches or centimeters - if your input dimensions represent inches, the output dimensions will also represent inches. Dimensions with a fractional component may be specified as a standard fraction or as a decimal value. Example: 24 3/4 or 24.75. Home Hardware - Kitchen Convertible The beauty of this project is that with just a few modifications, this work table becomes either a kitchen island or workbench for a home office, garage or workshop. The stock you use for constructing the table will depend on its intended use. Solid oak, birch, pine or cedar are better for the kitchen or home office, heavier 2" x 4" lumber for the garage or shop.
Carvings from Poland Carvings from Poland Posted By admin on October 22, 2009 Those little carvings and metal work are made by Wiktor Siwanowicz from Poland . Mantis pendant and box The 30 Day Movie Challenge « Theater Thoughts Here is a fun list that @drmrsthmonarch turned me on to. With the busy lives we lead, it is sometimes tough to work a movie into the schedule each day. Now there is a list that makes it even tougher to select a flick to wind down with. I like that the challenge not only requests that you watch a movie, but a very specialized, sometimes personal movie. It certainly requires some thought.