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Signature Wedding Gift
These cherry serving trays are straight from a design by Norm Abrams, and an item my wife picked out as our signature gift for family members when they get married. I took the basic pattern and...
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Blade, Bit & Insert Cabinet
While I’m working on some new projects I thought I’d share some of my older, pre-LJ ones. This is a multi-solution project I designed to fit in an unusual space by a floor/ceiling beam. It offers a...
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Sled Storage Solution
Sooner or later most of us build a crosscut sled for our TS. (Photo 2) But, the sled is not exactly compact or petite, so how to store it becomes THE question. My solution was to design a holder...
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Measure 2x, Cut 1x & Still PUNT!
After investing time to design, construct, finish and finally assemble a cabinet for my tools, imagine the surprise to find out that the carefully designed and crafted dovetail drawers I had built to...
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3-Projects With One From My “Bucket List”
With temperatures steaming in the low 100s, I’ve hibernated to my shop lately since it’s too hot to shoot at the gun club, and the trout aren’t really biting in this weather. However, it is summer. My...
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Even a Hillbilly Couldn’t Use Just String, Plus a Jig
After 15 plus years of use it occurred to me that it was probably time to get some of my carbide blades sharpened by my local buddies at Ballew Saw & Tool. However, I had long ago thrown away the...
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SACRIFICIAL (NOT) FORMICA TOP FOR SCROLL SAW
This is a fairly simple top I came up with to protect the surface of my scroll saw table when cutting brass (or any other metal). Picture 1 is the Formica top offset on the metal scroll saw table....
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Slanted Scroll Saw Cabinet
This project started in late 2011 when I got a new scroll saw and decided to learn the computer software program “SketchUp” about the same time. The idea was to create a functional cabinet made of...
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The “Little Voice” Jig
We all hear little warnings that tell us not to do something in a certain way because it’s dangerous. And, whenever I’ve failed to listen, I usually regret it. So after 60+ years I’ve learned to pay...
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Hillbilly Aims for the Heart
The creative seed for this project was planted by LJ Todd2010’s post entitled My first bandsaw box (c.f., http://lumberjocks.com/projects/75068 ). I commented that I thought my wife would like one and...
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Hull & Wad Hoppers: Another Reloading Project
Last summer I posted the “shell catcher tote” constructed from my “bucket list” of “someday projects” I dreamed up while reloading shotgun shells. (C.f., http://lumberjocks.com/projects/69322 ) This...
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Shop Cabinets
This design evolved from an article in the November 1984 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. However, I decided to enlarge the tool units and use glass doors instead of solid plywood as shown in that...
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Hollow Mortise Chisels Organizer
In finishing up the slant cabinet for the stand to my bench top mortiser, I decided to try my hand at a drawer organizer for the chisels. This is the result. This project turned out okay, with only one...
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Hillbilly’s Ultimate ZCI
The recent acquisition of a Magic Molder head and some cutters ( www.magicmolder.com ) from my buddies at Ballew Saw & Tool here in Springfield ( www.ballewsawandtool.com ), prompted me to move...
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Hillbilly Introduces Thein to Tyvekboy
This is a project that has been on my “to do” list for several years. I finally got around to it this past winter. The construction details for the Thein came from a December 3, 2010 post on Charles...
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Tweaking Pitbull’s Router Trammel
Before I could build the Thein Dust Separator I recently posted, I needed to come up with a router trammel. But, I couldn’t just leave the basic design alone. The original trammel was posted by Pitbull...
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An Articulated Dragon, With Thanks to LJs John Hutchinson and Owlcroft
Right off the bat let me acknowledge that this project has been posted several times already. However, the main reason I’m posting it is I wanted my fellow LJs to know I could build something other...
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Horizontal Storage in a Vertically Challenged Basement
This project is thanks to a post back in March by LJ bluekingfisher about tract saws. This tweaked my interest, and I ended up getting one and three different lengths of track. However, my shop...
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Auxiliary TS/Router Fence and FB Rail
The subject of an auxiliary fence and safety came up in response to my recent Magic Molder product review ( http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/3999 ) and I indicated I would share mine. So here is my...
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Articulated Dragon for Charity and Weyr, With Special Thanks to LJ John...
The main photograph is of a very special dragon that I built for a charity auction that the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri held back in March (yes, I know I’m late, but better late than never,...
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