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Quick Workshop Hacks Part 5: Woodworking Tips and Tricks

Read Time: 2 mins

Sometimes it's a good thing that I never seem to throw anything away, other times ... well. But for now, salvaging an old plastic spring clamp that didn't work as a clamp anymore and re-purpose it to make it into a hose clamp for my dust collection system that works like a speed clamp now and makes moving 4-inch hoses from one machine to another a quick and easy task.

Quick Workshop Hacks Part 5: Woodworking Tips and Tricks

I did take a small bit of ingenuity to take specialty dust collection hose clamp and adapt it to a spring clamp ... a broken spring clamp, but the finished product works like a charm ...

Table Saw Jointer Jig / Router Jointer Jig: How to Joint Wood Without a Jointer

Read Time: 3 mins

Jointing wood edges are probably one of the most common tasks we do in woodworking and one of the reasons that jointers are such a common tool, but there are other ways fo jointing wood. Two of the methods I still use from time to time are using the table saw with a special sled, and using my wood router.

Table Saw Jointer Jig / Router Jointer Jig: How to Joint Wood Without a Jointer

Both of the methods shown here can give excellent results and provide perfectly straight and even joints ...

Make a Edge Jointing Sled Jig / Edge Jointer Safety Push Block

Read Time: 4 mins

One of the frustrating things when working with wood that is warped is trying to get at least one edge flat and straight without taking off too much wood, and of course, doing it all safely. Many years ago I made a kind of long push block for the jointer, but it never really worked as I had hoped so I abandoned it ... now years later I am remaking a newer version with some upgraded features.

Make a Edge Jointing Sled Jig / Edge Jointer Safety Push Block

The purpose of the block is to be able to safely handle smaller pieces of wood that are warped, and run them through the jointer until I can get an edge to them that is stable enough to use my hand paddles to continue to work the wood as needed.

AntiSkid / Anti Slip Workshop Life Hacks - Woodworking Tips and Tricks

Read Time: 5 mins

Anti Skid and Anti Slip materials have been around for many many years now and in some areas, they are finding new uses and certainly in my workshop they are. I love this material, it comes in different "weights" or thicknesses, it's quite inexpensive and it works great. I seem to find a new use for it on a regular basis and it never disappoints me.

AntiSkid / Anti Slip Workshop Life Hacks - Woodworking Tips and Tricks

I was first introduced to this material in the form of "router Mats" that were said, at the time, to be anti-slip so that you could freehand route anything and when you used this anti-slip material between your wood and your workbench, the material would hold it firmly while you routed. And it was true, this stuff worked great. Then I found that you could purchase similar materials in different thicknesses and apply it to many different things to make them much less susceptible to movement.

Tongue and Groove / Rail and Stile Router Bits - Shaker Style Doors Making

Read Time: 8 mins

Like many things in woodworking, there are many different ways of making things and cabinet doors are no different. The nice thing about using the router and router table to make cabinet doors is you can make as many or as few as you like. You can make production runs or just one door. Either way, the setup is identical and the results are consistent. The first time I was shown how to make doors on the router table I couldn't believe it was so easy ...

Tongue and Groove / Rail and Stile Router Bits - Shaker Style Doors Making

Once you understand the process and have made a few doors, it's not only fun ... it's easy to make pretty much any size and any quantity ...

Table Saw Bowl Jig

Read Time: 7 mins

The half round dish is one of those projects that can stymie some woodworkers. Most think it is made on a lathe ... and it could be, but for those who don't have lathes, this handy little dish can actually be made on the table saw with a jig designed to create it, and it's not complicated and once you have made one, you will want to make more because these little items are quite popular because they look great, sit flat on most surfaces and perfect little serving dishes, or they can be used as a catch-all on your entryway table ...

Table Saw Bowl Jig

The jig won't take you that long to make, so if you want a decorative wood to use, even for your first attempt, now would be a great time to cut and glue something up because by time the glue is dry and hard enough to use, you will likely have your jig made and be anxious to use it .