How to Build a Storage Cabinet with Doors - Plans Included

Download my Sketch-up Make Plans here: Storage Cabinet with Doors
My CutList file is here.

How to Make Vertical Bike Hangers

Our bikes were always in the way taking up too much floor space.  I show you how to build vertical bike hooks so you can hang your bike on the wall. This is a great bike storage solution for your garage. I included both metric and imperial measurements.

How to: PAW Patrol Birthday Party Carnival Game -Bean Bag Fire Targets

I ripped my leather tool belt.  This is how I fixed it with the tools and materials I already had in my shop.

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How to Build a Privacy Fence -Part 2

Tips and tricks on installing the boards on a privacy fence.

A tool belt is a must have when building a fence.  Here are two low cost options:
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How to Build a Fence - Part 1

Learn the tip & tricks that helped me build a privacy fence.

A tool belt is a must have when building a fence.  Here are two low cost options:
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Craft for Kids - Introduction to Woodworking

Kids love using the hammer and a nail, punch or screw driver to emboss a design into a scrap piece of wood.

This craft is good for a range of ages from little preschool kids to big children. 3 years old and up.

Download a simple outline drawing of a flag. Search for "flag coloring image" and tons of images should appear. Size it to the width of your board keeping the correct proportions. We used an old piece of 3 inch baseboard trim so I resized the image width to 3 inches and printed the template.

I cut the wood to the correct length, sanded the edges and taped the pattern to the wood. I then let the kids hammer away.

The project can be finished with paint, markers, color pencils, or crayons. 

This design works great any time of the year. But is extra special as a Canada Day project. Happy Canada Day to all our fellow Canadian Makers.

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Easy Fix for Sticky Drawers

Cheap and easy fix for wood drawers that are sticky or hard to open and close. Lubricate the wood runners and drawers with wax. No sanding required. Works great for old wooded kitchen cabinets and drawers and antique wood dresser drawers. This is how I fixed my drawers.

Google Map Marker Birdhouse Template

Here's my video for a super easy to build, super awesome birdhouse.

Download: Google Map Marker Birdhouse Template

A few years ago I wrote a blog entry on this birdhouse.

Optimize Layout of Parts on Sheet Materials

Want an easy way to layout your parts to optimize the use and expense of sheet materials?  In this video: I show you how to add parts, add supply materials, easily create a cutting diagram using free easy to use software.  Print out your shopping list of materials, parts list, and cutting diagram.  The program works both metric and imperial units.

Download the free software called Cut List here.

Make Airplane Birthday Party Favors

Party favors for a planes themed birthday party.  Have the kids paint their airplane at the party.

Custom Carnival Game

This video shows the design details my my custom made carnival game.  I made this game for a local Dentist who sponsored our school.

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How to Build a Strength Tester Carnival Game

Building a strength test carnival game.

Garden Tool Storage

French cleats bolted to the wall to hang garden tools.  Used 3/4 plywood for the cleats and pallet wood for the tool hangers.  Drying the garlic harvest (above photo)

Bentwood Rings

I made two bentwood rings after watching this Drunken Woodworker video. I don't have a lathe to make a wooden template so I had to think about what I could use instead.  My solution was to use sockets.  I have one of those big socket kits that has every size socket that you'd never use.  I think I've only ever used about five sockets since I got the thing.  I usually spend more time organizing them in the case then using the sockets.  I usually forget to lock the one flap that holds half the sockets in the case then when I go to close the case I dump them out everywhere.  Anyway, turns out I have sockets that fit mine and my Wife's ring sizes.

The light wood is maple (on one...I believe) and the dark wood is of an unknown species, to me anyway.  I ran out of maple as I glued the wood to the socket template one too many times. So the light wood on my Wife's ring might be Birch--I don't know yet.  I'm still learning.  I bought a mixed bag of veneer wood from Lee Valley and the wood wasn't labelled.

Proof the rings were made with love.

The rings were cut from these veneer sheets:
1)                  2) Maple?           3)

Pirate Sailboats

 Made nine sailboats for a child's pirate themed birthday party.  The sailboats were a big hit.  I've since made a tenth sailboat for a guest's sibling (to keep the peace).

3/4" pine cut on the bandsaw and shaped on the disc sander.  Mast is a 3/8 dowel 8" in length set a third, the length (8") of the boat, from the bow.  The sail has a pocket for the dowel and a pipe cleaner sewn to make the boom.  The kids had fun painting their pirate ships.

Book Ends

I made 4 of these pine book ends.  I used the book end template from the Woodworking for mere mortals site (I chose not to make the sides for the pictures).  This was my first project using my new air compressor and nail gun.  To save time I didn't bother to fill the nail holes--the books cover the ends anyway.  Used wood glue and 2" nails (Hey, no clamps were used on this project--score 1 for the nail gun.) I worked the aluminum with a hacksaw and 36 grit on the disc sander.  I used some automotive adhesive to glue the aluminum to the wood.  Used spray glue to glue on the felt on the base.  Finished with spray lacquer.

Hallway Art Display

 Took these photos the day I installed the kids art hanger boards.  This gives the kids their own space, in our main hallway, to display their works of art, drawings, paintings, colourings, etc.

Cut boards to length, rounded edges, counter sunk screws holes, painted white, and hot glued some painted clothes pins.

Potato Bin

I finished this project several months ago.  I'm calling this my first project woodworking project.  Although I've made things out of wood in the past (like this tie rack) woodworking hasn't been a consistent hobby.  My old house kept me busy with renovation projects and it didn't have a space for my tools.  I now have a space to work inside this was the project I started first in my woodshop. 

I started this project then finished some other projects along the way such as a cross cut sled so I could cut the 12” wide pine boards for the front and the back. I made a mistake and cut the back the same size as the front oops! (my little helper was busy colouring on the parts list so I was just cutting away.) I was told the potatoes would be left in the bag anyway so now it’s just a big “vent hole” in the back (saved me from drilling a bunch of smaller holes or using peg board like the plan called for.)

Based on these plans: http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/potatobin.php

Aromatic Cedar Tie Rack

It has been a while since my last post.  I've been busy this past summer.  I built a shed, closet shelves, french cleats in the workshop, to name a few projects.  I just acquired some used kitchen cabinets to further organize the shop and finally have a place for easy access to my tools.

I recently hung up my tie rack --getting my ties back to their rightful place in the closet.

I had made this rack several years ago from a piece of Aromatic Cedar.  I love the cedar smell and I've never had moths in my closet.  At the time owning a drill press was still a dream.  I had a table saw, a router, and a regular drill (no press -just freehand).  I remember when I finished drilling the holes and gluing the pegs in place I thought WOW! I actually got the holes straight....until I picked up the tie rack, looked at it from the side, and noticed that all the pegs were slanted to one side.  I think it looks good with all the ties.  My favorite tie is currently the all purple tie 5th from the right.

Note: Yes I leave my ties tied--saves time in the morning.