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6 Cabinet Building Challenges

If you’ve been following along with out blog lately, you know that we’re knee deep into our home office renovation.  This project has taken us the better part of nine months and we’re finally a couple weeks away from putting it to bed.  I’m in the middle of assembling our new built-in cabinets that we […]

September 11th, 2014
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Introduction to the Thickness Planer

In this post you’ll learn: – How to use a thickness planer – Why you should consider using one – The difference between rough cut lumber and S4S Back in 2005 when I was building my first set of kitchen cabinets, I made an impulsive purchase and bought a used thickness planer I found on […]

August 26th, 2014
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Table Saw Basics

This week I’m back in the shop continuing to make progress on our home office built-ins.  So far I’ve got all the hardwood cut to width and length.  Next up will be a run through the thickness planer and then the router table.  If you recall, these cabinets are going to get a bead detail […]

August 10th, 2014
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An Intro to Routers and Router Tables

Whenever I get a new newsletter subscriber, one of the first emails I send to them asks a basic question.  “What would you like to see”?  Recently, I’ve gotten at least a dozen replies specifically asking for more information on routers.  Most express an interest in simply learning the basics about them. So, I’ve finally […]

July 31st, 2014
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Setting Up Shop: Table Saw Upgrade Part 3

***Plans for this Table Saw Station are now available on our Plans Page.  To get access, simply sign-up for our free newsletter*** This past week the family and I spent a few days vacation in Cape May, NJ.  Been going there since I was a kid.  Great family town.  Lots of beautiful Victorian style homes. […]

July 28th, 2014
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Setting Up Shop: Table Saw Upgrade Part 2

***Plans for this Table Saw Station are now available on our Plans Page.  To get access, simply sign-up for our free newsletter*** “Let’s start over.” That’s what I said to myself a couple of days ago.  In case you missed it, I built the top to my table saw work station out of 2x4s.  I […]

July 21st, 2014
Setting Up Shop: Table Saw Upgrade #1

***Plans for this Table Saw Station are now available on our Plans Page.  To get access, simply sign-up for our free newsletter*** If you’ve been following along lately, you know that we’re knee deep in our home office renovation.  In our last post, we discussed the work we’ve done to date and what work was […]

July 13th, 2014
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5 Tips for Better Crown Molding Results

I’m relieved to finally tell you that all of the crown molding has been installed in our home office.  It was a bear.  Granted, I still have to putty all the nail holes, caulk the joints and paint them.  I’ll save that work for the weekend.  That’s not the end of the molding in the […]

June 26th, 2014
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Home Office Update

Believe it or not, it’s been about seven months since we started our home office remodel and we still have a good amount of work left to do.  While we never intended for it to take this long, life has a way of stretching some things out.  Since we starting our office project back in […]

June 22nd, 2014
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Sliding Kitchen Cabinet Drawer Plans

Happy Monday folks. Today I have just uploaded our latest set of free woodworking plans.  The plans are for the sliding kitchen cabinet drawers. The plans are free to our newsletter subscribers. To get your copy of the plans for this project, simply click the button below.   Click Here to Get the Plans   […]

June 16th, 2014
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