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Whenever I am sanding a project down, just before applying a finish, I often use my random orbital sander, but the final sanding job I do is to hand sand - with the grain - every part of the project, and finally, remove all the sanding dust. I ran out of 220 sheet sandpaper on my last project, which prompted me to use a disc pad as a hand sander. This gave me the idea to make a hand sander that uses the same discs as my random orbital sander.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/yZBtvbYNc8A

And by using the same hook and loop material I can even quickly change discs or grits when I need ...

Read more: How to Build a Hand Sanding Block for Sanding Discs

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This episode is themed around woodworking drilling, whether you use a drill press or corded or cordless drills, there are a variety of tips and techniques, some of which I have used for so many years I have forgotten that they are even tips any more because I just use them so often ... 

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/96EVoEWmR-M

... and one of the most important items for me in the workshop is drill bit storage because I use my drill press and cordless drills so often, I want to make sure the bits are easy to identify and easy to access ... 

Read more: Workshop Hacks Episode 12 - Woodworking Tips and Tricks

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Drill Presses are handy, accurate woodworking machinery tools, but drilling holes in vertical pieces of wood can be a real headache without some sort of a jig, because it often means re-setting your drill press table (which will have to be re-aligned back later on) and setting up, often, multiple clamps to hold your workpieces.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/96EVoEWmR-M

There are a few solutions to this, and one of them is making this simple vertical drilling jig that clamps to your drill press table ...

Read more: Drill Press Vertical Hole Drilling Jig

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In this episode I have 4 main sections, but within each section there are some mini hints and tips that some will find useful as well, but before I get into the details and the links, I want to thank all those who have submitted their ideas and encourage others, if you have an idea, email it to me, with pictures if possible, because that helps me a lot, and if I haven't already covered the topic, and it's feasible for me to do, I will put it on a future video.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/E4Ygcs6SfrI

For some of you who have submitted ideas and I have not done a video on them .. they are likely still in the queue ... but for a few, that are still good ideas, they are just not something I can feasibly do, so what I hope to do with those is create an article, with your pictures and your great ideas so we can still share them with others who may be able to use them in their shops. 

Read more: Subscriber Submitted Woodworking Tips and Tricks - Episode 4

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I'm often making "slots" in wood, sometimes it is for jigs, but other times it is in the construction of a piece of furniture or some other woodworking accessory. I can often cut these on my router, but it requires a bit more work because I often need to set up a temporary fence either on my existing router table, of a temporary fence that consists of a straight board clamped to the wood I am cutting. For me, it's almost always faster to cut slots in wood using my table saw, and simply make 2 cuts the remove the inner core and now I have a perfectly straight slot.

Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dA7d-X_hKRU

I find that many times I need to make more than one slot, especially if I am making jigs so it's pretty common for me to need to move the table saw fence back and forth, depending on the cuts ...

Read more: Make Table Saw Fence Clamps / Saddle Clamps Table Saw Jig

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