I have a 4-foot wide strip of dirt on the side of my house. It collects weeds. I decided to turn it into a for long-handled tools (rakes, shovels, ladders). "Lean-To" means it has a single-slope roof...
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Matches my Patio Couch (Project 166). I wanted a coffee table that could survive a hurricane. --- Part 1: The Concrete Top Making a concrete tabletop is like baking a cake, if the cake weighed 150 lbs...
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We wanted a nice L-shaped sectional for our patio. We looked at West Elm. $2,500. We looked at Wayfair. $1,200 (for flimsy metal). I said, "I can build that." --- Design Strategy The expensive couches...
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We gutted the master bathroom. I refused to put a particle-board vanity from Home Depot in there. I wanted a . Floating vanities make a small bathroom look huge because you can see the floor underneat...
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My Genmitsu CNC is great, but the stock spindle motor is... cute. It's a small DC motor. It struggles with deep cuts in Oak. It stalls if you look at it wrong. : Replace the toy motor with a . The Mak...
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If you walk into a professional kitchen, you won't see plastic boards (which harbor bacteria) or glass boards (which destroy knives). You will see massive, heavy, wooden butcher blocks. Why? : The...
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If you have a toddler, you know two things: 1. They love sand. 2. Neighborhood cats loves sand (for... other reasons). You need a cover. A tarp is ugly and collects rain water. A heavy plywood lid i...
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If you are reading this, you are probably like me: you love billiards, you have a garage (or a very understanding spouse who will let you take over the living room), and you refuse to pay $3,000 for a...
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"Dad, can I have an airplane?" When your 3-year-old asks for an airplane, you have two choices: 1. Buy a small plastic toy. 2. Go to the garage and build a 5-foot wingspan biplane that he can sit in...
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And what I do... is make sawdust. The is a classic woodworking project. It looks magical—a seamless wooden block with a drawer cut out of the center. There is no traditional joinery. No screws. No na...
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I am a woodworker, but I'm also a nerd who loves gadgets. I camp a lot, and I wanted a way to charge my drone, camera, and laptop while I'm in the middle of nowhere. Sure, you can buy a Jackery or an ...
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Let's be honest. Sometimes you just want to build a piece of furniture in a weekend, spend $50 on lumber, and have it look like you bought it at Restoration Hardware for $800. This is that project. I...
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If you have ever tried to glue up a project on a bumpy workbench or, worse, the floor, you know the struggle. You need a surface that is , , and . Enter . Melamine is particle board covered in a hard,...
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My nightstand was a disaster zone. Phone, watch, wallet, keys, glasses, loose change. I wanted a single station to hold my "Every Day Carry" (EDC). I designed a . It features a wireless charger, a wat...
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It is February. The pressure is on. You could buy chocolates (gone in 10 minutes) or flowers (dead in 3 days). OR... you could spend 40 hours in the garage building something that will last 100 years....
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I resisted CNC (Computer Numerical Control) for a long time. "It's not real woodworking!" I said, while using my electric table saw and digital calipers. But curiosity got the best of me. I wanted to ...
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You have mastered the straight cutting board. You are bored with straight lines. You want to make something that makes people say, "Wait... how did you do that?" Enter the . It looks like the wood has...
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For my other side yard, I needed cheap storage for the lawnmower. I didn't want to pour concrete or frame a roof. I saw a 6x4 Metal Shed Kit on Amazon for $300. "Easy Assembly," it claimed. : It was t...
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I needed Christmas gifts. I had a pile of Hard Maple scraps. What do you give the person who has everything? The wooden Meat Mallet is a great kitchen tool. It flattens chicken breasts for schnitzel. ...
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My garage is full. I need an overflow space for gardening tools, lawn mowers, and potentially wood storage. I decided to build an . But a shed is only as good as its foundation. If you put it on dirt,...
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