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  • Getting Chamfers Right

    Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 07:53 AM in Router

    Shares my first experiences using a Chamfer bit on my router plus some tricks I learned since then.

  • Making Thinner Slices on the Router Table

    Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 02:24 PM in Router

    Describes a process I use to take thinner slices out of a piece the material on my router table.

  • Storing Rockler Snap-Lock Insert Rings

    Monday, August 3, 2026 at 06:19 PM in Router

    My router table came with a set of the Rockler Snap-Lock Insert Rings and enjoy having a full set of them when I use my router table. I inadvertently damaged one of them a while ago, and I never got around to looking for a replacement.

  • Why I Love McFeely's

    Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 06:04 PM in Supplier

    I purchased a lot of screws (and other stuff) from McFeely's over the years and I was thinking the other day about how great their customer experience is. I decided to write a post about it.

  • Rockler Corner Key Doweling Jig

    Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 05:14 PM in Jigs

    Several years ago, I purchased Rockler's Corner Key Doweling Jig but I never had an opportunity to use it for anything. I recently built a couple of drawers out of 1/2 inch maple plywood using a rabbet joint and I wanted an easy way to reinforce the glued joint. I decided to dig out the corner key doweling jig and give it a whirl. This is my review of the product.

  • Building a Slim Jig Storage Container

    Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 05:37 PM in Projects

    In my Rockler Circle Cutting Jig post, I explained that even through I liked the jig, I was disappointed that Rockler built the packaging in such a way that once you took the jig out of the packaging, you couldn't put any of it back. Customers had no way to store the jig along with its associated parts. This post describes how to make the storage case I created to store everything together.

  • Rockler Circle Cutting Jig

    Friday, April 17, 2026 at 08:48 PM in Jigs

    This post describes my experience using the Rockler Circle Cutting jig. Overall, I really like the product; the only issue I had was figuring out how to store the jig and accessories after I destroyed the packaging to get to the jig.

  • Biscuit Joiner Jig

    Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 08:26 PM in 3D Printing, Assembly Aids

    AI Generated   I recently purchased a new table saw and decided to create a plywood cover for it. To ensure a secure assembly, I used biscuits to connect the legs to the top. Since working with a large piece of plywood posed challenges, I designed a 3D printed jig to help with cutting biscuit slots accurately. The jig has clamping pads and a guide for alignment, making the process easier and more reliable. Overall, the jig provided a solid solution for cutting biscuit slots in the plywood cover for my table saw.

  • Designing a Vertical Slat Positioning Jigs

    Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 05:42 PM in 3D Printing, Assembly Aids

    I recently build a love seat/bench for my driveway using plans I purchased from Rockler. I designed and 3D printed a set of jigs I used to enable me to easily position and attach the vertical slats for the back of the bench.

  • Spacing Slats Evenly

    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 07:24 AM in 3D Printing, Assembly Aids

    When I built the love seat I described in my previous post, one of the assembly tasks for the seat was to screw slats to the frame spaces a quarter inch apart. Since each slat was 46 inches wide, I had to come up with a unique approach to doing this consistently with only a single pair of hands.

  • Drilling Holes Consistently Across Multiple Pieces

    Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 01:46 PM in 3D Printing, Assembly Aids

    For a woodworking project I completed recently, I had to drill 16 countersink holes in the same location across 8 boards. I created a jig to make this easy and consistent.

  • Magnetic Dust Collection Port

    Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 03:19 PM in 3D Printing, Dust Collection

    Dust collection is a pretty big problem in my workshop; I've ignored it for a long time, but I decided I had to do something about it. My router table has built-in dust collection under the table and in the fence, but if I'm not using the fence, I make quite a mess in my workshop.

  • FoxAlien Masuter Pro Spindle

    Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 07:14 AM in CNC

    Recently, I purchased a FoxAlien Masuter Pro CNC Router for my workshop. I assembled all the parts and started testing the unit. Everything seemed to work, except for the spindle. I couldn't get the included software to turn the spindle on.

  • Cloned Tool Shopping

    Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 07:26 PM in Hand Tools

    As you probably know from this site, I'm a geek and a software developer. I'm also a woodworker and it feels like I'm going to pull in more woodworker stories this year - mostly because I've been doing more woodworking than coding lately.

  • Oval Router Template

    Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 08:41 AM in 3D Printing, Templates

    Over the US 4th of July holiday, we were hanging around with family when my sister in law mentioned that she wanted to get an Owl House for her back yard in order to attract an owl to live in her yard. I'd never made an Owl House before, so I quickly volunteered to make one for her.