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I'm no Arnold Schwarzenegger (which in German means 'Black Plowman') but I can still out torque any electrically corded drill with a brace and bit.

Let the sawdust fly. The table looks good and I'm sure that the MDF raised panel won't be the last. The amazing Karnak predicts a few raised panel cherry, no wait, oak, no wait walnut ..... who knows...

Heck of a nice job so far. Can't wait to see the finished interior photos :)

Mike's technique is the way that people have been dealing with that problem for a few thousand years now, so I'm going to give him a "I'll second that".

I'd hunt around for a deal on a place like craigslist or your local buy and sell paper. You won't get a unisaw for a couple of hundred, but it's very possible that you'd get an older model saw that...

I've built and installed a ton of kitchens with both 5/8 and 3/4 mealmine boxes. As much as I hate the stuff, it is a really great material to work with if you want to build quick square and sturdy...

Hey Travis.

Welcome to the Creek. The folks here are so great and I've learned a bunch from everyone here. It's all about making sawdust.

One of the first pic's in Jameel's post was of an inverted plane used to shape the ribs. And Cliff brought up the point about making barrels and I stumbled across this pic today. Notice the guy with...

I used one of the the cyclone lids for a standard garbage pail to suck up the larger bits from the planer and jointer with a larger wet/dry shop vac. The lid keeps most of the shavings out of the ...

I wear clamps. Belt, shoelaces ...

My favorite clamps are the ones you don't have to buy.

I love using wedges when gluing up panels ( a fence on one side and another fixed fence on the other side with enough room to insert a pair...

Personally, I think there are more downsides to an oil-less compressor. Although they might require a little less maintainence, they typically don't last nearly as long. They are usually a LOT...

Wow. That is super nice.

It's strange that your jigsaw isn't doing it for you.
You might want to swap for a more aggressive blade and see if that helps.
The router with either a flush trimming bit and template would work...

The story goes that Canadian inventor P. L. Roberston, who patented the screw in 1907 was approached by Henry Ford to use these screws for his assembly line. Ford wanted exclusive licensing rites and...

The string tension on the lute (and I'm assuming the oud as well) is nowhere near the tension on a steel string guitar.
For example the string tension on a lute would be somewhere between 2-4 KG...

About the *only* good thing about visiting Canada in wintertime is the abundance of square drive (Robertson) screws. Every hardware store has them.
I can't imagine what it would be like driving in a...

There is a neat website at
http://www.geocities.com/gpkillen/ which covers some of the tools, techniques and furniture of the Ancient Egyptians. I'm amazed that they could cut what they could using...

It is pretty easy (and better in most cases) to make your own zero clearance insert which replaces the standard plate on the saw and simply adding in a splitter by gluing it in place. If you do a...

Really nice. I really like the proportions of the interior box and how it fits with the outside box. You must be even more satisfied with the way that it turned out knowing you're helping someone out...

Dad, yelling from upstairs: "What are you doing down there?"
Kid: "Nothing"
Dad: "Well what are you doing it with?"
Kid: "A Hammer"

My earliest memories revolve around an old weeping willow...

Whatever it is, it sure looks like a few board feet more than *scraps* :)

With electrical wiring it is best to follow code for your area/state. Here in Ontario, there's a great book called "Electrical Code Simplified" which gives you all the info for wiring to code. It may...

This is interesting stuff and am looking forward to your updates. I studied lute in university through to a master's programme. I play renaissance and baroque lute, as well as the theorbo, and played...

That looks pretty similiar to the setup that the Bob and Rick from the TV show "The Router Workshop" use.
There a brief video at the following link.
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