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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Woodworking for Manly Men making a free floating shelf

Last week was not one of my most popular projects. (Strangely, I gained more subscribers from that video than usual.) Something about it struck a raw nerve with some people, many of whom felt that making a bracelet was not masculine enough. What century is this?

This week I decided to please my hard-core woodworker viewers by making this video and project filled with all sorts of manly goodness. I even used a hand plane, which should excite the hand tool folks.

A viewer gave me a large chunk of curly redwood a few years ago and ever since then I been looking for a suitable project. The grain pattern on it is gorgeous, but so it the bark with its interesting swirls. Sometimes the wood itself is the star of the show, so I decided to showcase this piece mostly as-is, and unadorned.

Figuring our how to mount it to the wall was the trickiest part. It is pretty heavy and needs plenty of support. I decided to carve out a large slot in the back which would be big enough for a long french cleat. To do this, I used my router with a guide bushing and a couple of quick fences taped to the log. Then it was just a matter of hogging out the wood.

The french cleats provide plenty of support and the 45-degree bevels draw the shelf to the wall, making for a tight, flush fit.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Finding Great Router Table Plans Build Easy Making a Router Table

Creating a Router Table

As the woodworking skill increase, the need to router table becomes urgent, because it will help any woodworking hobbyist to do woodworking project. The thing that should be underlined here is you need great router table plans. Regardless your woodworking level now, newbie or intermediate, even an advance woodworker should have woodworking plans on his sleeve.

The question is where to find great woodworking plans? What woodworking plans meet great criteria? First, if they are free, be skeptical. Plans should be not free, simply because someone constructed them, and that expenses money. Charging for the plans is their way of recovering the costs. Following that, it makes sense that paid plans are higher quality (they have been tested and of course it is proven)

3 Important Criteria

Accuracy and Precision - Without This You Will Fail For Sure

Most of us would want accuracy and precision in all that we do, isnt that correct? Look at all those who have excelled in their specific fields, they have done so only because of accuracy and precision. The exact same goes for router tables, it demands accuracy and precision to construct one of these highly useful shop must-haves. An amateur would make an utter mess of it without the use of the good set of woodworking plans.

Step by step To Success - Without This You Will Fail For Sure

There are many router table plans floating around online, some are for sale, while some are for free. Anyone looking to construct a table for their router would require a world of patience as just any plans wont do. Some of the greatest router table plans arrive with detailed step-by-step guidelines which make it relatively easy to follow to.

Detail Is Important - Without This You Will Fail For Sure

No matter what, detail is one of the most important things to look to. Without detail you will definitely get lost in the middle of work, and it can ruin everything. If you want to buy plans, then you should buy product that offers as much detail as possible. These products are available online or within the form of e-books or magazines.

The rest is just a small complement to the criteria above, now enjoy your woodworking project to the fullest. A Good Plan Will Guarantee Your Achievement!