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Not every idea in the workshop is a good idea, some are even dangerous but fortunately, most of us can recognize the really bad ones before we do them. It's often the ideas that "seem to be good" that turn out not to be so great, I know, I have tried MANY of them and found out the hard way why they aren't so great.
Bad Ideas In Woodworking You Should NEVER Try: Episode 8
But even more, I always want to dig into the reasons WHY they sounded good but turns out not to be such a good idea after all, and often I uncover things I had not thought of in the past that I can then apply to other woodworking tasks ...
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I often wonder how many other people spend the same amount of time that I do in making "things" in my workshop work better. I see SO MANY things that could have been easily made better or more convenient at the factory where they were made, or at the very least, made less frustrating to use ...
Workshop Tips and Tricks #34
but now I am tasked with making those alterations and adjustments myself. And in some rare cases, other manufacturers that make the SAME tool of the appliance, see the same things and remake the new tools better ... I love that !!
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Bad ideas in the workshop are not just about things that don't work ... or things that are a waste of time, they also include things that are potentially dangerous or can cause injury, and often, it can be a combination of bad things.
Bad Ideas In the Workshop Episode 7 / Workshop Fails
I'm going to start off with something that I have rarely seen, but it does seem to happen with a few new woodworkers ...
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Many more cool tips today and the one I especially liked was Eric's idea of extending the cross-cut capacity of my table saw cross-cut sled, but you will see that further on down the article ...
Innovative Workshop Tips - Subscriber Tips #33
Today I am going to start off with Brian's idea of using a sheetrock or gypsum sheet sander as a bush block ...