Weekly Update

Someone I Want You All to Meet
Someone I Want You All to Meet
  I want to share something a little different today. Starting with this post, someone who's been quietly supporting the shop side of things will now be joining me in... 続きを読む...
From an Oval-Cutting Jig to a PVC Ring Hinge — This Week in the Shop, July 25
Oval-Cutting Mechanism A while back, I cut a round offcut from a hole saw in half and accidentally ended up with a strangely shaped dish. I'd been wanting to try that on purpose ever since. This time I used the router table. I cut a cross-shaped slot and guided a base plate along it as I moved it — and just like that, you get a clean oval. Change the distance between the two pivot holes and you can adjust the ratio of the oval however you like. It's surprisingly... 続きを読む...
Happy Accidents, Clever Fixes, and a Few Cheap Wins — This Week in the Shop, July 18
Tin Can + Wood = ?▶ Watch on YouTube ↗I took a thin dollar-store can and wrapped it in thin wood strips, then added evenly spaced legs to turn it into a four-legged planter cover. It's a simple build, which made it a nice one to start with this week.It Was Supposed to Be an Oval▶ Watch on YouTube ↗Using a slide miter saw, I tried a cutting motion that was supposed to trace an oval. I figured I'd end up with an oval bowl-shaped hollow. Instead, moving the blade... 続きを読む...
This Week in the Shop – July 11
Here are four projects I wanted to share from this week's videos.A Tiny Project That Sells▶ Watch on YouTube ↗I started the week with a walnut and ebony charging stand for my Apple Watch. The two pieces come together with a Japanese half-lap joint (aigaki) that lets the whole thing stand on its own. One small detail I paid attention to was cable routing, the cord runs underneath the joint, so the whole thing stays clean-looking. That joint also comes apart by hand, which makes this a nice stand to... 続きを読む...