How to bend wood like this - Outdoor furniture project

Looking for a new project to do. I've been spending a few months upgrading the workshop / fixing minor annoyances, and really need to actually build something. I ran across this in a magazine ad. The furniture is supposedly solid teak, though I don't think that will be in the cards for...

Is there a small, accurate table saw?

I need to downsize my hobby woodworking shop a bit, and would like to have a table saw that is smaller than a cabinet saw with the extension table. Is there a smaller table saw that would still be as accurate as a cabinet saw? Most of the smaller saws are jobsite saws, and they don't seem to have a...

cope and stick micro shaker?

has anyone done a cope and stick micro/skinny shaker setup, or is the consensus that it's always a miter wrap? i talked to Great Lakes a while back, and they hadn't seen it (or at least my rep hadn't), curious what others have done. i would much, much rather make them on the shaper than at the...

AC electrical puzzlement

This morning I plugged in a small electric heater for the bathroom. No sign of life, figured it was either the heater or outlet. I turned off the circuit breaker (after I found it, panel is poorly labeled), removed the outlet and began poking around with a meter. Black to white was 0 volts, I was...

Drill w/guide or router?

Here's one I've been going over for the last 6 months. We have sliding pocket doors that separate our dining room and our family room. There are two of them 30 inches wide and they meet in the middle to form one 60 inch opening when open and a solid "wall" when closed. When they are open,...

Township building codes.

Any one know what the reason why a metal gazebo needs to be at least ten feet from the house? Per township ordnance :confused:

Shop Vac for Table Saw Dust Collection

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I need an industrial vacuum cleaner or a shop vac for a woodworking workshop, wood shavings + dust (sanding). I don't quite understand them.

Outdoor dining table top joinery ideas

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Leave space between tongues and in grooves for thermal expansion. Do not glue the tongues completely, let them “float” in the grooves. the

A Different Perspective on the Moxon Vise

Interesting thought about "hardwoods" and "softwoods" is their designation isn't derived from properties of the wood itself.

Bosch Reaxx table saw - why you cant buy it

I think I may be seeing different ads on that site than you are Sir - I don’t see any half dressed women. But I sure understand your point.

Creeker’s Past Weeks Accomplishments

This is more of this weeks accomplishments, but it will be last week soon...

I've worked on this property since the '80s, and built the garage/guest

SC Pig-Picking