Wish you could just sweep your shavings into a hole in the floor?You can almost do that by installing a vacuum floor head on the wall as in the photo. Then you just turn on the vacuum and sweep into the slot.These are available in the central vacuum section of renovation centres.
We often use miter saws on the ground simply because when we make a cut one end of the board or the other is going to fall down, and falling from a table or a stand makes everything difficult if not dangerous to controll. Many of us carry little blocks just the height of the miter box table to s...
If your good kitchen table is the only work table that you have in the house, how can you protect it and still do craft work or even light renovation?You can purchase from stationary stores or art stores special rubber-like green mats specifically made for cutting paper. You actually cut into th...
Although sliding mitre saws have largely replaced the Radial Arm Saw in many wood working shops, and few people ever even use the radial arm saw for precision work even if they have one, the Radial Arm Saw can do everything that a table saw can do, with even more precision.The primary advantage o...
In my own shop I almost always saw accidents before they happened. I finally learned to respond to those "visions" and avoid the upcoming accident. Trust your instincts, not your desire to push the job through despite all your inner warnings. On this show, Scott Hood from the Ontario Indus...
Generally, it is best to send circular saw blades out to a sharpening company to have them sharpened because these companies have the equipment and ability to sharpen the blades while keeping them perfectly round. If you try to sharpen circular saw blades yourself, you could shorten some of ...
When you are just getting started in any particular field, be it woodworking, mechanics, electrical or just general home improvements, I recommend locating an inexpensive tool kit that has just about all the little tools you think you will ever use. Of course none of them are really good quality...
There are many ways to cut circles, but if the circles you want are larger than you can cut with a hole saw, you need to make other tools either go around a centre point, or make your wood follow a centre point.With a band saw the easiest is to clamp a piece of plywood to the saw table with a...
One of the great power tools for kids to work with are the rotary tools, like Wizard or Dremel. You can get vices that will hold the motor fixed, allowing you to either bring the project to the tool, or attach a flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is even easier for a kid to handle than the tool...
When you need to clamp strange shapes that don't let you use large heavy clamps you need something that you can wrap around and tighten up. Just using tape or string won't put even pressure on the glue joints.The first photo shows a web clamp, made out of canvas with a ratchet mechanism. Cor...
