Wood Shop tricks
Over the years, I have come up with a few 'tricks' to make a some things easier in the workshop. I figured I'd share some of those with you.
Table saw tricks
Avoiding tearout
on veneered
plywood stock
Using skillsaw blades
in a table saw
Dado blade
substitute
Table saw fence
micro adjusting
Cove cutting
Eliminating
miter gauge play
Bandsaw tricks
Stoning bandsaw
blades
Bandsaw 'zero
clearance insert'
Bandsaw
resaw sled
A
blade guide
for
resawing wide lumber
on a 14" bandsaw
Cutting dovetails
on the bandsaw
Planer tricks
Avoiding snipe on
a cheap planer
Tapering
on the jointer
Flattening wide
boards
Face jointing boards
wider than the jointer
Making cast iron
slippery
Measurement and layout tricks
Measuring holes for
drawer handles
Calipers as
a marking gauge
Spacing spindles
evenly
Marking large arcs
Round objects
to mark arcs
Gluing and Joinery
Spread glue with
a rubber spatula
Cleaning up
glue squeeze-out
Edge clamping
trick
Getting screws to
hold in end grain
Pocket holes
without a jig
Determine drill size
for screw holes
Drilling oversized
stock with a
small drill press
Slitting dowels
Fixing slipping
bar clamps
Inserting
treaded inserts
Mortising on the drill press
Sharpening
Resparpening
drill bits
Chainsaw sharpening
with an angle grinder
Modifying router bits
Sharpening
bandsaw blades
sawblade for cutting
sheet metal roofing
Using more of your
scrollsaw blades
Ron Walter's
Dual grinder mount
Sanding
Avoiding
sanding marks
with a belt sander
Ron Walter's
Circle sanding jig
Dan's
Thickness sander hack
Finishing and varnishing
Scraping varnish
for a smoother finish
Varnishing
supports
Chamfering edges
More miscelaneous tricks
Repairing broken
plastic parts
Ron Walters's
dust extraction
improvmements
Measuring wood
moisture conetnt
with a multimeter
Stiffening a sagging
plywood shelf
Ron Walter's
Floor sweep adapter
Swing arm lamp
extender
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