CNC steps aside for some good ol' sawdust making.

I'm currently working on a corner bench for our dining room. There's a lot of plywood to cut, so I temporarily removed the cnc stuff so I could use my radial arm saw. I made this video to show it still works as a saw and comes in handy when I need to crosscut a bunch of boards between 12 and 17 inches wide.

Shopsmith Hack #1: Tapping Straight Holes

Today I posted the first of a series of videos on getting more out of your Shopsmith:




I love my early 80's vintage Mark V Shopsmith. I bought it on Craig's List years ago, and it has made woodworking in my small space possible ever since.  This is a trick I use to make sure I'm tapping straight into holes.  This time, I'm not actually working with wood, but threaded holes are elements of all sorts of custom tools and fixtures, which I use for woodwork.
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December 12 update: I posted these instructions to instructables.com.

Round Up Those TV Trays!

The latest project from Chip's Wood Shop featured on instructables.com is a storage caddy for folding TV trays.

Years ago I got these trays on Fathers Day, but until last year, they were stacked against things in the garage, which was not convenient for retrieving them, or for using the garage.

This project used a lot of different tools, but wasn't very hard to make from old oak floor boards and wood screws.

The nice people at instructables.com have yet again featured my post on their workshop page.

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Kid-Safe Wall-Mounted Hooks

Chip's Wood Shop's latest project is featured on instructables.com.

This week I posted a design for a wall hanger with kid-friendly hooks for baskets to hold shoes, etc.

The nice people at instructables.com have yet again featured my post on their workshop page.

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