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I often seem to get stuck with how to solve small details in the workshop. Things like trying to drill a hole into end grain on a dowel with my drill press, sounds easy, but how do you get a nice vertical hole and hold the dowel without spinning?
Fussing around with these kinds of things can use up a lot a valuable time in the shop while accomplishing little, except learning ... which is super valuable.
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In many workshops, the table saw is the most used machine and for all it's use, there are not many things we can do to make it much easier or or more precise, but there are still a few things ....
One of the things I have learned the hard way over the years is that the more precise I can make my cuts and joints, the easier it is to put wood projects together simply because the fit better.
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One of my biggest challenges in woodworking is not doing things that I have to go back later and FIX ... I hate having to re-do things because "something" went wrong ... and that something is ME ... nobody else to blame, so how can I do better??
5 Essential Woodworking Tips Today
The first thing is having equipment that works the best it can. I often don't have expense equipment and some of my limitations are the tools, but it's up to me to get them working the best they can ...
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I have always loved learning new things from other people ... I still love this and I am still learning new things every day, but now I find myself wanting to give back to others what I have learned along the way, and this video is a quick synopsis of things that I wish I had learned much earlier in my wood working adventures ...
5 Rookie Mistakes in Woodworking to Avoid
The video is only 14 minutes long, not long enough to describe some of the details so I will share what's NOT in the video here ...