Woodgears.ca http://woodgears.ca/ An engineer's woodworking site Reader project: Kitchen chair from my plans http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/ken.html Mon, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST Ken Talbot sent me some photos of a kitchen chair he built with the help of his nice, based on the kitchen chair plans from my website. Clever details http://woodgears.ca/dads_furniture/details.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 7:00:00 EST Some of the clever design details around the house my dad built A reader project: M&M dispenser http://woodgears.ca/gear/mm_dispenser.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 7:00:00 EST A reader sent me some photos of an M&lM dispenser that he built using wooden gears. Measuring seasonal shrinkage for different types of wood http://woodgears.ca/wood_grain/shrinkage.html Mon, 01 Mar 2010 9:00:00 EST Measuring seasonal shrinkage from humidity changes for different species of wood. A reader project: XY table based mortising machine http://woodgears.ca/mortise/thomson.html Mon, 27 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST A reader sent me some nice photos of a mortising machine he built. He found the same X-Y sliding table that I used for my first mortising machine and later for my horizontal boring machine, and used it build a slot mortising machine. Building the marble adding machine http://woodgears.ca/marbleadd/build.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST Back in early 2008, Make Magazine approached me about writing an article about building my marble adding machine. I submitted the article to them in March, and a year and a half later it was published. Here's an article based on what I submitted to them. Microscope photographing wood grains http://woodgears.ca/wood_grain/index.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST Photographing various species of wood grain using a macro and a microscope lens Pen shaking centrifuge http://woodgears.ca/gear/cycloid.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST Another fun but impractical project. A and-cranked centrifuge to help shake pens to get the ink flowing again! Sharpening bandsaw blades http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/sharpening.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST I figured out a good way to resharpen bandsaw blades with a dremel tool Quickie table extension http://woodgears.ca/table/extension.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 9:00:00 EST A quickie temporary one-legged temporary table extension Small house addition http://woodgears.ca/house_addition/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 9:00:00 EST The process of demolishing the old addition and adding a new addition to my old house Six more shop tricks http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 9:00:00 EST Six more shop tricks in the shop-tricks section Making coat hooks http://woodgears.ca/coat_hooks/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 9:00:00 EST Making some coat hooks on the lathe for hanging coats near the back door. Lego domino row building machine http://woodgears.ca/domino/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST A machine for erecting domino rows, out of legos. Not really a woodworking project, but I did make the wooden dominoes! Marble run building blocks http://woodgears.ca/beginner/index.html Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST Getting into woodworking for those new to woodworking 2009 chhronology http://woodgears.ca/2009.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST A choronology of articles added in 2009, by date added Macro photography http://woodgears.ca/macro/index.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST In my quest to take better detail photos of the failed glue joint textures, I came up with a neat macro photographing jig using an old point and shoot camera lens. Examining the surfaces of failed glue joints http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/failures.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST I took some close-up photos of the failed glue joints from my glue tests Wooden keyboard mod http://woodgears.ca/computer_case/keyboard.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST Building a custom wooden keyboard enclousre for a keyboard with the numeric keypad sawed off. Glue strength testing http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST Testing different types of wood glue for strength Mobile planer stand http://woodgears.ca/planer_stand/index.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST Building a low stand with wheels for my little Delta planer Wood joint strength testing http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/index.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST I built numerous test joints out of spruce and maple and measured the force at which each of these joints fails. Making wooden squares http://woodgears.ca/squares/index.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST Making some wooden try squares Knock-down dresser video http://woodgears.ca/dresser/knock-down.html#vid Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST New video showing how my knock-down dresser goes together Making a pirate sword http://woodgears.ca/sword/index.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST Steps for carving a curved pirate sword out of wood, with a steam bent hand-guard. Sorry - a bit late for this year, but I only made it last week. Home made horizontal boring machine http://woodgears.ca/horizontal_boring/index.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST Using a fancy XY table that used to be part of my old slot mortising machine, I built myself a fancy new horizontal boring machine. Home made marble shooting crossbow http://woodgears.ca/crossbow/index.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST Back in the 1980's, I experimented with building crossbow. The final evolution of this was a crossbow that shoots marbles! With a video too. Building storage shelving http://woodgears.ca/storage/shelving.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST Building a simple but large storage shelving unit out of construction lumber Making apple cider http://woodgears.ca/cider/index.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST Some pictures and explanation of the wooden equipment we use to make apple cider in the fall. Includes a video. New 3d plans for the daybed http://woodgears.ca/daybed/plans/index.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:30:00 EST Redid the daybed plans in Google SketchUp. I'm really happy with how the new 3d plans look The inner workings of my pipe organ video http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/organ/organ.html#vid Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EST Added a video showing how my pipe organ works. More photos of Interesting woodworking machines http://woodgears.ca/machinery/index.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:31:00 EST More photos of interesting machines in Kurt's workshop. Interesting woodworking machines http://woodgears.ca/machinery/index.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:31:00 EST On my last trip to Germany, I visited Kurt, who some years ago bought all the equipment of a defunct cabinetmaker shop. Some of his equipment is quite novel and so I thought I'd share some photos of it. Behind couch shelf http://woodgears.ca/shelves/couch_shelf.html Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:31:00 EST A shelf to fit behind a couch Mortise and tenon vs dowel joints http://woodgears.ca/mortise/strong.html Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:31:00 EST Testing a mortise and tenon joint against a dowel joint, to destruction. More on the wooden router lift http://woodgears.ca/router_lift/table.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:31:00 EST Table insert and fence for the wooden router lift, and a video at the bottom of the page. Wooden router lift http://woodgears.ca/router_lift/index.html Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:31:00 EST Home made wooden router lifting mechanism, with gears!