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... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...