Month: February 2011

Skill Set: Table Saw Safety

Skill Set: Table Saw Safety

In response to our post Woodworking Tips from Laura’s Dad, there were several comments about author Craig Cochrane’s table saw not having a splitter on it to help prevent kickbacks, which can be dangerous. One reader, Mark Harrison, recommended a couple of table saw basics and safety articles on Popular Woodworking’s website. Here’s a link […]

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Easy File Handles From Corks

Easy File Handles From Corks

This trick might have been around forever, but it was new to me: using wine and champagne corks for file handles. Ray Connors, a new member of the Hack Factory, was showing me his handcrafted lockpicks when I spotted his files. A very clever alternative to buying handles, plus you can use different corks for […]

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Skill Builder: Making A Butterfly Spline (Or “Arikata”)

Skill Builder: Making A Butterfly Spline (Or “Arikata”)

Japanese-style woodworker, Len Cullum, shows us how to create a butterfly spline.

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25 People, 25 Bucks, 25 Pieces of Art

I really like these reuse art pieces by Liz Noonan; she created a Kickstarter project called “25 People, 25 Bucks, 25 Pieces of Art” and writes about it on Whip Up. She received 25 collections from people and turned each one into a work of art commemorating the collection, like the dog collars transformed into […]

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