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Looking for a wear-resistant, carefree surface that offers limitless design options?
Easy-to-use and readily available plastic laminates are a great option for the home shop. You may have a plastic laminate dealer in your area with samples to see, but if not, shopping online lets you explore hundreds of patterns. When you have made your selection, the laminate is tight...
One of the most important aspects of a chisel is the edge. While we often mention how important it is to keep a good edge on your hand tools, it’s not often we stop to focus on the tools needed to get that job done. Here we’ll explore the specifics of keeping a chisel in shape.
![3 chisels: yellow lime bargain butt chisel, blue medium quality bench chisel, wood handle h...A set of sawhorses I made from a design in ShopNotes 108 has been sitting around my shop for some time. I recently decided to make an addition to them. The unique parts of these sawhorses are their thick stretchers.
The cleats of the shelf fit around the l...
Great ideas happen all the time in the shop. Unfortunately, sometimes those ideas come after I’ve already glued a project up. After I put together a new cart for my shop (pictured here), I suddenly realized I would rather have dividers to section off one of the cubbies. Rather than attempting to rout dadoes for the dividers into an already-assembled project, I decided to cr...
Marking gauges are useful layout tools, and there’s plenty available on the market. However, if you need a marking gauge on the fly, or if you’re looking for an easy, shop-made option, there’s a simple way to make a rudimentary marking gauge in no time.
The gauge I made begins with a dowel rod. In this case, I went with one inch diameter, but any size larger than 3⁄4" s...