Background:  A couple of years ago, I found a basic Delta 1 HP dust collector that someone was throwing away.  It was in good condition and had t...

As I mentioned in part 1, I based my cart design around a  a Sketchup model I found on their 3D Marketplace.  Once the Supercell arrived and before...

It has been a while.  Maybe a little off topic for a Supercell titled blog but sort of the next step in improving dust collection in my shop.  The ...

I think that the row of finger joints between the arm and leg is a perfect example of honest design.  The joint provides incredible strength to the...

While I had been thinking about how to make the arms from the time I had started scheming to build this chair, by the time I got to this point, I s...

With the leg finger joints complete, I could trim the legs to their final shape.   This could have been done more quickly on the table saw with a p...

Rare as teeth on a hen. I couldn’t believe my eyes. For $25 … To put it in perspective, if you go on eBay you will find many El Casco  pencil shar...

These are stone carver’s rifflers, but unlike any that I have ever seen. Instead of having stitched teeth they have cut recesses along an edge. The...

Japanese veneer cutter / marking gauge [IMG_8468.jpeg][IMG_8469.jpeg][IMG_8470.jpeg][IMG_8471.jpeg][IMG_8472.jpeg] A Kebiki is a Japanese marking ...

Found this at Urban Ore for $5 — I bought it because I needed a scale to weigh various wood working projects. For no other reason than to be able t...

Purchased from eBay for $35.71 (broken down as $26.99 + tax & shipping), a 1950’s sliding bevel gauge (T-bevel) made by Millers Falls, tool No 98. ...

I have decided that this stone carving riffler is for carving eyes. The two ends combined, one effectively cuts the upper eyelid shape and the othe...

 [IMG_0720.png]     Boy and Girls,   I primarily use these type of clamps with my tracksaw, however, before yazall mutiny and accuse me of Fe$too...

 [Untitled-1.png]      Boy and Girls,   I’m quickly running out of clamps (that I own), however, while many may refer to this as a vise, I often ...

  [IMG_2099.png]   Boy and Girls,   (Consider this as a 2* review.) When I posted my Auto Adjust Clamps, I deliberately avoided mentioning this pa...

 The first strip to install is the center ash trim. A dab of hot melt glue is put onto the green tape between the pencil marks for the center trim....

 There has been an aspect of the panel layout that has been bugging me. Now seems as good of a time as any to see if there is anything I can do abo...

The ash trim needs to wrap around the entire panel. I’ve got the top and bottom done and now I need to add trim at the front and back ends. I’ll st...

There are two ways of making dowel on the router.  Using a fence and round over bit or a jig /die setup similar to the Table Saw method. USING A ...

My current method is using my Dowel Maker . Please follow this link and feel free to make comments. Stock is cut just slightly larger than what y...

Here are the methods of making dowel 1. Drill and push through steel flat bar 2. Hammering through a holed plate 3. The Chisel Method 4. able saw ...

I'm making the body out of an ash 2x4. so cut to size and square up. [20230915_162313.jpg] [20230915_163836.jpg] Drill and tap the main hole [20230...

Make the handles for the fixing screws.  [20231001_160522.jpg] [20231001_161419.jpg] Just rasp into shape and add a bit of walnut to the end to hi...

  Well, the mini vice mount Hi-Vice gets pretty much constant use, so it’s time to make a nicer one based on the prototype.  Pretty happy with the ...

While working on the Altai Project Logo carving, I discovered I needed a narrow skew in order to get down into some of the corners. I have a handfu...

I bought a Lost Art Press engraving tool a while back. The short metal handle works fine for putting it into a compass, but for freehand use, it’s ...

A while ago, I read Dave Fisher’s post on his Souped-up Sharpening Shelf and thought that sounded like a great idea to get some consistency in my g...

My sister asked me if I would be interested in repairing the back of a barstool.  The stool is metal but has (had) a piece of wood molding on the b...

A couple of years before my sister asked me to make a new chairback molding.  I had collected the trunk of a dead redbud tree from her yard with th...