A very simple 3-piece pyramid burr puzzle that is surprisingly counter intuitive to reassemble. Making this puzzles so it fits properly requires precision. First just gluing it straight up, then another reinforced with dowels, with the dowel holes precision drilled on my homemade milling machine. Drawings of the puzzle here: https://woodgears.ca/puzzles/pyramid.html

I needed a short brad point drill bit, so I started with a regular drill bit and ground a brad point on it with a dremel tool and jig to guide the cutting disk precisely.

Testing how well the glue sticks to wood that's been lying around for a while vs. freshly sanded or planed down a bit. I expected this to make much more difference than it did, even with some non-ideal surfaces. Lots more glue testing related work at the bottom of this page: https://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/index.html

A presentation I gave at "Holzwerken live" in Hamm, Germany on November 9 2024, about why I don't use a CNC. This is the english version. German version https://youtu.be/e0-Xc-B2mkU

German language video. English version: https://youtu.be/TwZNbXG_0fE A presentation I gave at "Holzwerken live" in Hamm, Germany on November 9 2024, about why I don't use a CNC.

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Making another rack to hold cardboard boxes, but not having enough boxes, I also made some drawers to go on it. These looked so nice, I ended up gluing drawer fronts onto the cardboard boxes to make them look like drawers and easier to pull out.

Experimenting with how well drywall screws screwed straight into steel hold. It turns out, surprisingly well, even if the pilot hole is large enough that there is only minimal thread penetration into the steel

Using the cheapest linear sensor I could find, using them as a DRO, connected to a raspberry pi computer, which can graphically show me the locations I need to crank towards for precisely drilling holes

Building a workbench for the kids. I started wanting to build something quick and rough, but then it turned out much nicer than I had planned on, almost too good for banging on. The structure of this one is inspired by my kids craft table build: https://youtu.be/xT1mRvHZlQ8

Using a router mounted on my metal lathe, and working out a gear combination to make a big wooden screw with an 8 mm thread pitch. My lathe thread gear calculator: https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/lathe-thread-gears

Making a tray to go to the left of the slide on my lathe to catch chips and shavings, so they don't end up on the ways or the lead screw. This involved a bit of sheet metal work, using a vise instead of a metal brake to make the bends.

Making a dresser is a lot of work. But if you buy a nice one instead, you spend a lot of money and get something that might only be able to store half as much for the same size dresser. The other dresser on my website: https://woodgears.ca/dresser/7-drawer.html

An update on Amogla camp, and various patch jobs, as there is too little time to do a proper repair for most of these. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JydDsMPn-9E&list=PLSnvVtM4lBIWYpkAqQ2qvydElONC3NIwu More about the camp on my website: http://woodgears.ca/amogla

Experimenting with end to end wood joinery to make boards longer. I tried a 15 degree V-joint. Though not nearly as strong as solid material without a joint, it does much better than a finger joint I can make. Tapered finger joints would probably do better but I don’t have the tooltip g to make these.

Rachel wanted to build a bookcase, so we built one together. Nice to have help. Filming with help doesn't quite go as planned as filming alone. The design of this one is very similar to one I built two years earlier: https://youtu.be/88XLFQYnIik

Attempting to make end to end finger joint with a finger joint router bit. But the design of these layered bits is inherently flawed. It also doesn't help that I bought the cheapest one.

I always wondered how strong various finger jointed lumber is that you can buy, so took a few samples and broke them on my joint strength tester to find out.

Fixing a trash picked Ikea chair. Its an Ikea FANBYN chair frame. There are different plastic shells to go on top of it. The chair was relatively new but the legs splintered because it was assembled all wrong.

Making some stepped pulleys for the drill speeds I use the most, an improved belt tensioner, and making height adjustments more convenient

After several inflatable wading pools got shredded by animals in the night, I built one out of wood. This was a very quick and simple project for its size.

Milling a metal block in to a dowel jig for 3/8-inch dowels. Essentially a 3/8-inch drill guide with four holes, to be screwed to a block of wood which is then clamped to the workpiece. This will simplify some of the dowel joinery I often make. This is my first project using my homemade milling machine contraption. Far from perfect, but much better than trying to do this with a drill press.

A catapult without springs or weights, powered by kids stomping on it. Have been able to shoot small potatoes over 45 meters or 150 feet with it. Much further than a comparable size trebuchet ever would! Safe? Well, without springs or weights to power it, it can never go off by accident. But any contraption that throws something has some inherent risk to it.

Testing some scale model sawhorses for strength using my strength testing machine. Craftwrigth's workshop https://youtube.com/@Craftswright Sawhorse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJucrdhjIZk My sawhorses woodgears.ca/sawhorse Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtizUSUgUG4

Finally got a collet holder and collets to try milling some steel with my wooden milling machine contraption

Building something between a drill press and milling machine, using lots of Chinese parts of various quality bought online. Gear program: https://woodgears.ca/gear BigPrint program https://woodgears.ca/bigprint

Taking a Flexispot E2 standing desk and modifying it to be less wide and less deep to fit a small desk top in a tight space. Sponsored by FlexiSpot FlexiSpot C7 Premium Ergonomic Chair Use code ‘C730’ for $30 off on $400+ purchase on C7 Chair USA: https://bit.ly/3R1cZky Canada: https://bit.ly/3tkFodx

The threading table for my Vevor metal lathe was very inaccurate, so I set about to come up with a much more accurate thread cutting table. With five gears that can be swapped out, It's possible to approximate any arbitrary thread pitch with surprising accuracy. I also tried making some wooden gears to explore the possibility of just making custom gears for it. My gear program: https://woodgears.ca/gear Vevor mini lathe: https://s.vevor.com/bfQKTC I have uploaded my Python script to github: https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/lathe-thread-gears

Wanting to measure the index of refraction of a lens, I made a curvature gauge. Making this required drilling some holes very precisely, and an X-Y table was very handy for this task.

Making some shelves for over my desk, attached to my desk, to get some of the clutter off the desk. Lots more shelf build projects on my website: https://woodgears.ca/shelves

How I accidentally compromised my computer as a result of a social engineering attach, resulting in a session hijack attack on my main YouTube channel, timing of it, analysis, and recovery. My initial very short video about the hack: https://youtu.be/Bzys4SSNqhU

We have a lot of these identical cardboard boxes from buying blueberries over the years. They are very handy for storing stuff in, so I made a rack to hold 24 of those. More storage solutions: http://woodgears.ca/storage

Building a table for the kids to do their crafts on, and a different way of attaching the table legs, without an "apron" around it. Simpler and leaves more room under the table, but makes it less stiff. But the hardwood trim helps to stiffen up the table top. More table builds: http://woodgears.ca/table/

Reflecting on my experience with Vevor, and how they are quite ok with honest reviews pointing out some of their flaws, and how that, surprisingly, may be a good marketing strategy. So far have two Vevor produgts. The lathe -- which after some tweaking, I'm happy with, and the milling table, which I bought. The lead screws on it are crap, but I'm actually thinking about buying a second one.

Trying to get the wobble out of the lead screw advance on my Vevor milling table. This milling table doesn't cost a lot, but if you buy one, you are buying a project giving it the care and attention to detail that is lacking in the design and manufacture of this product.

Adding a drawer to the stand for my mini lathe so I can put it away easily together with the tools. I have already accumulated a few extra bits for the lathe, but hopefully I will be able to keep the accessories to a quantity that fits in the drawer.

An experiment that had to be done -- how far will a chuck key fly if left in the metal lathe chuck. Reminds me of my unsuccessful experiment of getting a shirt sucked into the table saw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQzIzj3j_Q More about the metal lathe: https://youtu.be/oxQTtV91KIw Leaving the chuck key makes for more viewer enagement: https://youtu.be/goD9NTTflpI

I finally got myself a metal lathe, making some parts for my strength testing machine with it, and going over issues with it. Metal lathe in this video: https://s.vevor.com/bfQKTC Discount Code VVSALE5 (5% off)

Testing right angle joints using screws into the end grain, pocket holes, and different size of dowels.

Testing how much weight a FlexiSpot E8 standing desk can lift. Surprisingly much, it turns out, and I used it as a gantry crane too! Not a recommended use of standing desk frames. FlexiSpot Amazon Black Friday Deals, up to 70% off For Black Friday and Cyber Monday (Nov 24 and 27), FlexiSpot will randomly select some customer orders and give full refunds (free product) USA: https://amzn.to/3QszqPi Canada: https://amzn.to/47ny6UB #blackfriday #amazon #standingdesk #flexispot

A very simple platform that allows for easy aiming of a camera or phone, based on the idea of a ball and socket joint. If you want plans, see the dimensions for it near the end of the video.

Modifying my strength testing machine for pull (tensile) tests. Then using the machine to test how well wood screws hold in wood against pull out. Also testing head pull through force and effect of pilot hole size on how well the screw holds.

Building a wooden enclosure for a simple micro controller project. The project just changes the color of the built in light as a subtle reminder of time for counseling sessions for my brother in law. This is inspired by https://timeqube.com (no affiliation). My other YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ

More testing on Marius's edge clamps vs. the expensive Bessey edge clamps. Testing force applied with a jig and a load cell, friction limits of the cams, and practicality of edge clamps for some applications.

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Marius Hornberger wanted to know what type of joinery was best for his edge clamps, so he sent some samples for me to test on my joint strength tester. But it wasn't as straightforward as we had anticipated.

I bought one of those expensive Bessey edge clamps. A very solidly built clamp, but just as awkward to use as my f-clamp and wedge type hack. But in a pull off test in my strength testing machine, it held on impressively well.

Investigating how separately motorized standing desk legs stay in sync even with very uneven loads, then dissecting a 3-segment standing desk leg to figure out how it actually works. E7Pro standing desk: https://woodgears.ca/dr/E7Pro More economic standing desks (desks or frame only) for smaller desks: https://woodgears.ca/dr/FlexiSpot Or buy on Amazon. (E7Pro is not currently on Amazon) USA: https://amzn.to/3zfBHoR Canada: https://amzn.to/3lNGvyL

Joining pieces of wood that aren't quite straight, using bamboo skewers to reinforce and force alignment. This to build the top for a standing desk frame. Ordering the frame without the top is usually about $70 USD less. Standing desk frame (affiliate link USA only) https://bit.ly/3zv7ceQ Same frame, with desk top https://amzn.to/3MeADJG More standing desks from Flexispot: USA: https://amzn.to/3zfBHoR Canada: https://amzn.to/3lNGvyL You can also go to flexispot.com if the affiliate links show out of stock.

Fixing broken legs on a pedestal table. This style of table is kind of a faulty design and often breaks, where the legs meet the column, and the curved legs themselves often split apart along the wood grain

Fixing a dresser I picked up off the curb because it was made of solid wood, not particle board. The drawers had mostly come apart, and it was missing one. I also disassembled the carcas so I could glue the joinery, instead of relying just on knock-down fasteners. So much less work to fix this than to make a new one.

Using a swing-arm style architect lamp for a nightstand. The lamp needed to be raised up a bit more, so instead of using the flimsy base it comes with, I made a pedestal base that mounts on the nightstand to bring it to a good height.

I bought an inexpensive motorized standing desk frame and built a standing desk from it.

Making some drawers for a small desk. I figured having keyboard in one of the drawers would be very useful, but I wanted the drawer to also be usable as a drawer, so its a drawer with a keyboard in it.

A contraption Mac Sheldon asked me to come up with to help assemble dust collector hoses for pahtorouters. With thousands of hoses to do, simplifying one step is worth the trouble. This is for the metal pantorouters that Mac Sheldon sells at: https://pantorouter.com

Made 3 of these before with the kids in the shop. These don't take long to make, so I thought I'd make another one to show how it goes together.

Making a replacement broom stick out of hardwood. First making a 7/8" (22 mm)dowel, then a thread on the end. Hand filed the thread, that took 15 minutes, less time than figuring out how to set up a machine to do it.

Using some terrible old desk drawers and recycled material to make a rough cabinet for storing miscellaneous junk

Building a contraption to blow air into mittens so they dry faster without having to turn them inside out. The kids get a lot of mittens wet!

Talking about woodworking videos and screwing up. Yes, I screw up more than I used to. But more than that, I show more screw-ups than I used to because I think they make the videos more entertaining. Going over the dresser I built and showing stuff I screwed up. This relating to the dresser I finished recently: https://youtu.be/OE4JhvynKzw

Building a dresser for the 5 drawers that I built in a previous video. Previous dresser build from 2014: http://woodgears.ca/dresser/7-drawer.html

Building a contraption to hook onto the end of a regular F-style bar clamp to give it more reach.

making the drawers for a dresser. I often like to build the drawers first, I find it easier to size the cabinet to the drawers than the drawers to the cabinet.

Building a small desk for our 7-year old, and a worktable for me for electronics, both nearly the same design. But lots of little screw-ups during the build. and a cameo appearance by a real camera man from CBC!

A really quick table build on a Saturday, for my brother in law. I didn't even take the time to set up a camera, so I just used images from timelapses I captured with my imgcomp program. This worked surprisingly well. https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/imgcomp

A simple jig that's easy to make so it lines up miter joints properly with dowels. Another picture frame build: http://woodgears.ca/frame/picture_frame.html More about doweling: http://woodgears.ca/frame/dowel.html

Sponsored by PCBWay.com. $5 off your 1st order with this link: https://www.pcbway.com/setinvite.aspx?inviteid=599997 PCBWay.com does 3d printing, CNC machining and PCBs and PCB assemblies. Iterating through a design for a segmented Knapp-joint template for the pantorouter. This is work I was doing for Mac Sheldon (pantorouter.com). He plans on offering knapp joint templates for sale in a few months time. Getting production tooling made for injection molding these takes time. Previous knapp joint template work: https://woodgears.ca/box/knapp.html

Testing some samples of plywood, Baltic birch (Russian birch), MDF, particle board and OSB. Also testing these against pine and birch. More about my wood strength testing machine at: http://woodgears.ca/wood_strength/

A tray with a flip up handle that has a wooden latch to keep it up. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/ramekin_tray.html I built this in 2014, uploaded the video, but realized too late it was a low res test render, and re-uploading right away jinxes the algorithm. Re-uploaded a full res version in 2016, but some time in late 2021, YoTube managed to screw up the audio sync on it. So this was an opportunity to re-edit it, 8 minutes down to 5, and publish it again.

Looking into using 5 mm thick bamboo shish kabob skewers as dowels, testing strength and how well they hold glued into a hole. These don't cost very much so are a good alternative to using dowels. More about using dowels at: http://woodgears.ca/dowel

Adapting a loft bed to go over another bed at a right angle. This way the lower bed still has room to sit up even if the upper bed is not that high.

Fixing the floor and railing of a kid's wagon. I also made a "trailer hitch" for it so another wagon can be hooked to the back of it to make a train. Previous repair of such a wagon: http://woodgears.ca/toys/wagon.html

I built this air raid siren ten years ago. Looking at the old video, I realized I could edit that much better now. This version is only half as long without skipping much! Article about the siren build: http://woodgears.ca/siren 2012 building the siren: https://youtu.be/XAfvOjdZpkg 2012 testing the siren: https://youtu.be/2Tr6hCZAVhI

Adding a drawer to my little "lab table" that I built recently. I used wooden drawer slides for the simplicity and cost, but with wax and mineral oil was able to make the hardwood on hardwood slide really easily

Using my vacuum patio stone lifter contraption to lift all the patio stones, re-level the sand and gravel, take out weeds and add additional barrier to weeds, then new sand in the cracks. Hopefully this will stay weed free without pesticides for a few years.

Dealing with a wasp nest that I can't directly get at. This originally shot and published in 2014, but re-edited to be much shorter, like I have done with #shorts, but using regular format, because that appears to work much better for me. Previous video on that topic: https://youtu.be/OM4Nku2qAiI Earlier video on that topic (from 2011) https://youtu.be/Gk52XA4rFpw

Making another table to roll around a computer (or other equipment) on for measuring experiments. more table builds: http://woodgears.ca/table/

Analyzing sources of noise and vibration on my homemade jointer. The shelix head made it much quieter, but without the cutter head dominating the noise, there are a lot of other noises to chase. More about my homemade jointer: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/homemade.html

Upgrading my 12" jointer to a Shelix head and testing it. Cut quality is improved, but there's more to it than that. The carbide shelix head is not a clear win. More about my homemade jointer: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/homemade.html

Building a curvy board toy from some curved scraps of wood from an old table. Previous curvy board build: http://woodgears.ca/toys/curvy_board.html

Building a slinky escalator #shorts Based on a video and article I first published back in 2015 http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky.html Longer build video: https://youtu.be/5UP_njBPpZ4

Nearly all window air conditioners are made for vertically sliding windows. I made a new window panel to fit a window air conditioner into a casement window. Testing the window air conditioner: https://youtu.be/zcxeokD2s6k Amazon purchase link: https://amzn.to/3NnDD3y Discount code: 50AC002 (Valid thu May 22) Also available on Dreo's website: https://dreo.com/products/dreo-arctic-one

Ran out of metal shelf brackets, so instead of going to the store, made some wooden ones.

Demonstrating how I use my BigPrint program to make 1:1 tempaltes. I do this every time I have a CAD model of something and want to build it in the workshop. You can buy BigPrint here: http://woodgears.ca/bigprint

Building a small set of chairs. These are based on my kitchen chair plans but everything shortened and no armrests. Kitchen chairs build: http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/

Testing several different construction adhesives for strength to see how suitable they are for woodworking

Comparing power consumption and speed drops while powering my jointer with an induction motor or a universal motor.

I built a giant wooden suction cup to lift heavy patio stones out of the patio.

Testing different types of woodworking glue on my glue strength testing apparatus.

Building a thin lamp stand to fit behind a bed headboard and hold an articulated arm style lamp #shorts

Upgrading my 10 year old homemade jointer to use a big induction motor. More about the jointer at: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/homemade.html Plans for the jointer: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/plans

Making three simple wooden guitar hangers to get the guitars out of the way.

Using two simple squares as fences to use a handheld circular saw to cut a dado joint in wood. The ends of the fences are pushed against a thickess of thee wood to be fit into the dado, which sets the correct spaces for the skillsaw to cut the dado. #shorts

I have this theory that adding pins across a joint may actually cause it to fail sooner. I made a whole lot of test samples to test this out, but it didn't go as I had expected.

The lengths a mouse will go to to jump for food! This video is a shorts version of a video I made two years ago that never gained much traction. I think the original video was too long for what it is. More about the origin of this mouse video http://woodgears.ca/farm/circus_mouse.html Longer version of the mouse video: https://youtu.be/z4xZpm5n214 #shorts

Building a big bookcase using construction lumber and some oak trim. sides were too long to use on my box joint jig, so I cut the box joints on my slot mortiser.

A 2x8 with a lot of knots in one place. Thought I'd try standing on the flat side. Just one slight bounce and it broke! #shorts

Testing different species of wood for strength against splitting. But after that I found a flaw in my procedure. But the data still reveals some interesting things. Spreadsheet here: http://woodgears.ca/wood_strength

Filmed on a visit to John Heisz shop in 2016, we got to talking about folding and unfolding bandsaw blades. I proceeded to show my way of folding and "unfolding" the blades, much to John's humor! Good times!

Going over the homemade jointer after 10 years of use, making some minor updates. https://woodgears.ca/jointer/homemade.html Plans: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/plans

A quick and simple trick to hide the occasional embarrassing gap in wood joints. This is a re-edit to short from a video I originally shot in 2015, so I figure after 7 years a re-hash is ok. Also formatted to be nearly square instead of mostly vertical, seeing that a lot of folks also watch my shorts on regular YouTube. Not a great thumbail, but uploading thumbnails to YouTube appears broken today. #shorts

Building something for Harriet to do gymnastics on. But these also make very minimalist sawhorses, or table legs. http://woodgears.ca/sawhorse/multi.html

Using my wood strength testing machine to break many different species of wood to figure out which ones are the strongest, stiffest, hardest. There is so much more that could be explored this way! http://woodgears.ca/wood_strength

Making a small weaving frame and experimenting with different ways of lifting alternate threads to make it easier to push the shuttle through.

Using my joint strength tester to break lots of pieces of the same kinds of wood, exploring consistency and how well it bends if heated or soaked in water. No one answer, but steaming wood may not be the best way for bending, depending on species. 1080p version. Accidentally uploaded the 480p version the first time.

Ran out of spots to put chisels, so made this chisel holder to hold the rest, plus some carving knives. More wall tool holders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhC6i-RZ3cg #shorts

Building a computer controlled wood and joint strength testing machine. Sort of like my own Instron tester. Using a stepper motor, wooden gears and a threaded rod for the ram, and bathroom scale load cells to measure the force.

Making a free standing shelf using parts of shipping palletes as decking. This one ended up so stiff it would bounce back and forth on two legs if let go of at an angle. More about shelves: http://woodgears.ca/shelves

Building another box for proping things up from offcuts from the previous box build. No fancy joinery, so it went together 10x faster. #shorts Previous fancy box build: https://youtu.be/Igy7UHrNPho

Inspired by some boxes that I have been using a lot for propping things up here and there, I made some more, sturdier ones of different sizes for that same purpose.

Using roofing sheet metal to clad an outside shed door. Quite a bit of bending, using an improvised sheet metal brakes of 2x4s and clamps. Moe about sheds: http://woodgears.ca/shed

I needed something to hang a picture on a high hook where I couldn't use a ladder. Then realized I had *almost* the perfect gadget already. #shorts This idea made for a very short video and the vertical format worked well for where I filmed it, so might as well try out these dreadful shorts!

A custom sized door for my shed. I neded up cladding it with roofing sheet metal, but that will be a separate video. More about sheds at: http://woodgears.ca/shed

Adding sheet metal roofing to my shed, with a homemade ridge cap, also using the sheet metal as siding, wrapping it around the corners by bending it with an improvised sheet metal brake. http://woodgears.ca/shed

Time to prepare the site for the shed, place the walls and screw them together. The shed is like a plywood box and very rigid against twist and warping. If the foundations give out, it will be easy to straighten it back up. More about sheds: http://woodgears.ca/shed

Reduced my 44 minute build series from 5 years ago into one shorter video. This has most of the info from the longer series. Though if you want to build it, I also recommend watching the longer series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tdSaE663AU&list=PLSnvVtM4lBIUFfaqrjFXs4kxIq8JkWpNI Plans: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans More about this belt sander: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/

I built this belt sander 5 years ago, talking about minor tweaks I have made to it in that time, and checking how it's doing. More about the belt sander: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander Plans for this belt sander: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans

Building a modular shed from a bunch of used plywood and pressure treated lumber. I'm building the pieces in the garage to make it easier to erect where it will go. More shed builds: http://woodgears.ca/shed

I started this out wanting it to be done before I started and not making a video. But being in a hurry I screwed up a lot. When I got back to it a few days later, I thought talking about all the screw-ups might be interesting. More table builds: http://woodgears.ca/table/ More articles where I measure things, often using a raspberry pi: http://woodgears.ca/physics/index.html

Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ This is just a talky vlogy style videos. I usually put videos like that on my second channel, but it appears not everyone knows about my second channel, so I'm putting it on my main channel. A guy stopped on road while I was mowing, didn't know about second channel. So just in case you don't know about my second channel - I have a second channel. I do have a second channel, in case you don't know. It's called "matthias random stuff". Its Random stuff really. Kind of inspired by technology connections. New videos on that have been doing about as well as on my main channel, even though it's only 110k subs vs 1.6 million subs. Of course, my main channel is way down from years ago. Sometimes trivial videos like my fan balancing, or cleaning a paint brush, and sometimes those do well. I also like to play around with electronics, raspberry pi computers, do experiments and measure stuff, but those kinds of videos usually don't do as well. So going forward, I'll put woodworking stuff on my main channel, and non-woodworking stuff on my random stuff channel. Sponsored video: Ecoflow Not thru an agency, which is nice! More flexibility, no dictated talking points. Doesn't feel like I'm interacting with a marketing department. Not like skillshare, vpn, mattresses, razors, audible and the likes. Have been making the website more mobile friendly. Been playing with ads on my website lately. But mostly the ads I get are for the 14000 plans teds woodworking scam. Or ads for some gadget that cuts your power bill by 90% if you plug it in. kind of discouraging. But I don't give google a lot of hints for things I might want, spread over multiple browsers, switched to Bing cause I don't trust google's results biases and data harvesting, and often search incognito. I have to say, google works better though, so I sometimes search again in google if I can't find what I'm looking for. What ads are you seeing? Partnered with Jellysmack for my woodgears.ca facebook page. They take my videos from YouTube and edit them down a fair bit from the original, for casual viewing. I find I skip forward thru videos a lot. So short attention span, fast paced videos do have their place. Maybe we are all getting ticktockified Veritassium video about clickbait. After that video I suddenly saw a whole lot more clickbaity titles in my subscription feed. Clickbait is an advantage, yes. But is it when everything is clikcbait? What about long term reputational harm? Maybe there is just too much stuff out there to suck our attention, so we all have to get better at sucking people's attention, everyone's time is fully sucked up. It used to be that technology was a productivity tool but those days are long gone! Feed the algorithm - the end goal of the algorithm is that you watch more. Subscribing or commenting matter a lot less. So if you want to support me, just watch more, or if you don't feel like it, maybe leave a video running after this one on mute while you do something useful?

My bandsaw on a dolly sawmill using the same 20" bandsaw: Sawmilling with the 20" bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/sawmilling.html More cutting up logs on a bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/reclaim_lumber/bandsaw_log.html

Testing the EcoFlow DELTA Max with various loads to see just how much power I can get out of it before it cuts out. EcoFlow Delta Pro affiliate link (works from USA only): https://ecoflow.com?aff=138 This is a sponsored video. I'm grateful for EcoFlow's flexibility. This is so much better than being told what to say to peddle foam mattresses, razors or online courses.

Making new steps for a deck at amogla camp. More about Amogla camp at: http://woodgears.ca/amogla

Similar to previous bed build, but focusing on how I made the head shaped head board. Last bed build similar to this one: http://woodgears.ca/bed/single.html

The new dust hood flips open so that routers that require two collet wrenches can be used with it. I tried fitting this to my wooden pantorouter. Get the dust hood at http://pantorouter.com Previous dust hood tests: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/dust.html http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/dust1.html

A hybrid box / miter joint, good for frame joints that have a profile on the inside. http://woodgears.ca/frame/boxmiter.html

Checking out my neighbour's homemade 8" jointer, which he built in the early 80's, based on Galen Winchip's jointer, published in Fine Woodworking magazine in 1981. http://woodgears.ca/jointer/reg.html

My 26" bandsaw build one video, cut to 1\3 the length of the original series. https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/26in.html Plans: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26/

Talking about some of my techniques for varnishing while preparing for the third and final coat on a project. This is with an oil based varnish, though these techniques also apply to water based varnish. http://woodgears.ca/beginner/varnish.html John Heisz has some more tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sui2oUtBza8

Building a single (twin size) bed for one of the kids, using construction lumber. http://woodgears.ca/bed/single.html

Using some barometric pressure sensors hooked up to a computer to measure how well the vacuum gets distributed over the area when vacuum clamping to determine if some "cloth" on top to spread the vacuum is really necessary. http://woodgears.ca/clamps/more_vacuum.html

I needed a way to clamp a large flat area for making a cork board. A scrap of plastic and a shopvac was all I needed. http://woodgears.ca/clamps/vacuum.html

A motorized, hopper fed repeating catapult that shoots plastic caps from baby food pouches. http://woodgears.ca/capshooter/hopper.html

Trying out a wooodslicer resaw blade that I ordered, except it got made to the wrong length. But I used it anyway! The bandsaw blade is a woodslicer swift 3-4 TPI blade, 3/4" x 025".

Experimenting with different blades and bandaw chatter, then modifying the most troublesome blade to have less tooth set, which, though it didn't solve the chatter problem, greatly improved the cut quality. The main culprit to chatter is too much of a hook on the blade. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/chatter.html

When the longest piece of wood you have isn't long enough, and you need a strong joint to make it longer, a scarf joint or similarly angled joint is a good way to join pieces end to end. http://woodgears.ca/curtain_rods/spliced.html

Finishing up my 26" bandsaw build after I took it all apart again for painting and varnishing. Also balancing the wheels and adding electrical wiring to it. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/paint.html Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

This time without using my tilting router lift. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/pulley.html

Building the top enclosure for my 26" bandsaw. But I held off uploading until I finished the plans, which took some time. Top enclosure: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/top_enclosure.html Plans: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Working on finishing up my 26" bandsaw. In this eposode, making the bottom enclosure and the sawdust drawer. This directs nearly all the sawdust into the drawer, making for passive dust collection. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/bottom_enclosure.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Investigating some "buncing" I get with a sharp new hook tooth blade while resawing ironwood. This problem seems to be limited to using hook tooth blades on really hard woods like ironwood, though it happens to a lesser extent with hard maple and ash. More on bandsaw resawing: http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/resaw.html

Adding castor wheels, a blade guard, and testing it by resawing through some ironwood. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/guard26.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

When doing lots of clamping, the unergonomic shape of typical bar clamps gets tiring. So I made star-knobs to replace the cylindrical clamp handles on some of my more frequently used clamps. http://woodgears.ca/clamps/knobs.html

Making the table for the bandsaw. This could have been much simpler if I just used baltic birch plywood, but I went the cheap and complicated route. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/table26.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

You don't need a CNC to benefit from using CAD. Using paper templates to cut out the parts exactly the way I needed them. Also used the templates to precisely position the dowel holes to mate the parts. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/trunnions.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Making the blade guides for my big bandsaw. These are the same design as the ones I made for my 20" bandsaw back in 2016. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/guides26.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Adding a motor mount and drive pulley to my 26" bandsaw. Some alterations to the frame were needed. Also, the motor didn't have a usable mount, so I had to clamp it to a mounting bracket with coat hanger wire. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/motor.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Building the tension and tracking mechanism for the upper wheel, and an adjustable mount for the lower wheel axle. Trying a blade on he saw, and first cut just by hand cranking the wheels.

I started this video to show why a cowling around the fan wouldn't help, but as I experimented, things got more interesting. More about my crazy 1 hp fan: http://woodgears.ca/siren/fan.html Experiments with the veturi effect: http://woodgears.ca/physics/venturi.html My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ

Gluing up the frame for my new big bandsaw, mostly made from 2x6 material. These are much thicker than my previous bandsaws, so I modified the design to accommodate. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/frame26.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Making the wheels for my new bigger 26" bandsaw I'm planning on building. To cut down on weight and inertia, I'm making these hollow. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/hollow_wheels.html Plans for this bandsaw: https://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans26

Experimenting with building a fan from a 1 hp motor. It really blows! http://woodgears.ca/siren/fan.html

Showing the process of working out the dimensions for tenon templates on the wooden pantorouter, and using the new segmented tenon templates on the metal pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/setup.html Segmented templates: https://pantorouter.com/shop/segmented-mortise-amp-tenon-template-set

More details about things to watch for when gluing up a hardwood table top and varnishing it. This covers stuff I omitted from my previous video. http://woodgears.ca/table/top.html#varnish

Making a hardwood table top from construction lumber and lots of hardwood scraps cut into thin strips. I can't recommend this method because it was a lot of work, but the restult is nice. More details: http://woodgears.ca/table/top.html

Building some more long reach clamps, similar to the ones I built back in 2011 https://youtu.be/5U7ufIyBaos These are a simplified version. Web article: http://woodgears.ca/clamps

Measuring air flow rates with different types of hoses hooked up to my shopvac and my dust collectors. What type of hose you use makes a big difference in terms of air flow. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/hoses.html

Drawer install, balancing the blower, motor guard, and investigating dust flow. http://woodgears.ca/router_table/finish2.html

A router table with a large router compartment, filter and extraction blower so that the cabinet itself serves as its own dust collector. http://woodgears.ca/router_table Tilting router lift: http://woodgears.ca/router_lift Trying a snopvac on the router table instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc5Dr_Sb25E More blower videos: Blower impeller design experiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEaP9kyiFc Building a dust collector blower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxFNUWD2GQ Blower design experiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rqb64ryRNY blower housing shape experiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbV5ggQ93A

Building the cabinet for my new router table. This will hold my tilting router lift, and will also integrate dust collection. http://woodgears.ca/router_table/cabinet.html

Experimenting with caring a butt profile in a chair seat. Iterating on it and testing for comfort. Something flat on the bottom but coming up towards the edges feels best, but unless it's really deep, it doesn't add much vs. a flat seat. Given how thick a slab would be needed to make much difference, it's not really worthwhile.

Building sturdy wooden chairs with armrests out of oak. This is a design my dad came up with 36 years ago and made a lot of over the years. Using the oven-bent back rungs that I made in my previous video. Article to go with this video: http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/ Plans for sale here: https://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/plans/index.html My random stuff channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ

Using a kitchen stove as a kiln for bending wood to make curved chair back rungs, then cutting the tenons on the end with the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/bent_rungs.html

Building another version of my milk crate inspired wooden boxes that I last built back in 2009. The idea of the project at the time was to use all my fancy hommeade tools. This time, I used even more homemade tools and machines! More details on this build, and links to machines used http://woodgears.ca/milk_crate/again.html

I don't like impact drivers because they are very loud, but I have come to realize they have their advantages. The bit is much less likely to slip out of the screw head (cam out), especially when you can't get the bit straight into the screw. Mostly its the intermittent torque, but some impact drivers also hammer the bit into the screw as they go.

A minimalist cantilevered nightstand. Fits well over a baseboard heater but also wouldn't block a heat register underneath. And has enough room under it for a wastebasket or something else. build article: http://woodgears.ca/nightstand Free plans here: http://woodgears.ca/nightstand/plans

Break testing the heavy duty shelf brackets I made, also testing similar brackets using screws from the back, and using pocket holes. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/shelf_brackets.html

This is actually the first time using the template feature of my quick set tenon jig in a project. With double mortise and tenon joints, these shelf brackets are super strong. It's more a matter of how well they are screwed to the walls. http://woodgears.ca/tenon/double_tenon.html

Strip sander build: http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/xl.html You can buy the plans here: http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/plans

Modifying two identical shelves I built in 2014 to be a better children's book case, and a better shoe rack for the other one http://woodgears.ca/shelves/shelf_boxes.html

Tax time this year involves scanning lots of documents, but photographing is much faster than scanning. I used to always lean a tripod over a table for this, but finally built a more steady jig to accomplish this. Other camera holding jigs I have built: https://woodgears.ca/tech/pi_holder.html https://www.woodgears.ca/macro/index.html https://woodgears.ca/tripod/steadycam.html https://www.sentex.ca/~mwandel/photo/slide_photographing.html https://www.sentex.ca/~mwandel/tech/scanner.html

Building a circuit to engage the starter winding of an induction motor at startup. Also acts as an NVR (no voltage reset) switch and automatically cuts out if the motor stalls. Using one AC relay and two light switches. http://woodgears.ca/motors/starting.html This switch is for my 1.5"x48" belt sander http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/xl.html

Finishing my 1.5x48" strip sander build. Focusing on dust collection and containment, tracking adjustment, electrical and painting it. https://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/xl2.html Plans available here: https://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/plans/index.html

Building another strip sander, this one a bit bigger, using 1.5" x 48" belts which I cut off of old 6x48" belts. Powered by an old dishwasher motor. http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/xl.html Plans available here: https://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/plans/index.html

Carving a wooden pirate sword with a curved cove cut on the table saw, and a bent lamination guard. I'm calling it a pirate sword, but it's been pointed out it looks a lot like a sword from Alladin, also called "scimitar" http://woodgears.ca/sword

Turning some boxes I made years ago into some drawers to go under a table in my workshop.

Wanting to do a shop tour, I decided to do a bit of painting first, and then things got a little out of hand. Two weeks later, I was finally able to film the shop tour. My timelapse and image flipping software is on gitub at: https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/imgcomp To install it, instlal raspian on a raspberry pi, and from the home directory (/home/pi) type: https://github.com/Matthias-Wandel/imgcomp

I didn't film video of building this table, but I always have the timelapse camera running. Using the video to figure out how long it took when I'm not filming.

Jumping challenges for a wild mouse in my shed. Incredible agility! http://woodgears.ca/farm/circus_mouse.html

A large table, with the legs joined with the apron rails with miters. The joint looks elegant but was tricky to get right. More at http://woodgears.ca/table/mitered.html

It's often useful to be able to mount something sturdily at 45 degrees, mostly for drilling, but also useful for table saw, routing or mortising operations. http://woodgears.ca/drill/45deg.html

Inspired by Pask Makes's video on the knapp joint, I made some templates to make knapp joints on the pantorouter, and built a box. http://woodgears.ca/box/knapp.html Pask makes's video: https://youtu.be/cQyOa6RSIWM More thoughts on knapp joints: https://youtu.be/MlJjsvph3r8

Building a xylophone-like toy for kids. I spent a lot of time on getting the sound right. Makes it tempting to build a Marimba, but I wouldn't be playing it. http://woodgears.ca/m2/xylophone.html

A quick build of an advent candle holder. Made mostly with a bandsaw and belt sander, from scrap lumber. More at: http://woodgears.ca/home/advent.html

Building two contraptions for shooting the plastic caps from baby food pouches, or plastic caps from any sort of drink bottle. http://woodgears.ca/capshooter Plans for sale here ($5) http://woodgears.ca/capshooter/plans

A hand-operated drill designed for jigging things up. http://woodgears.ca/drill/square.html Google translation of polish language website: https://translate.google.ca/translate?tl=en&u=https://www.wiertarkaiskra.pl Polish demonstration video and website: https://youtu.be/nP7dmvqJvOw https://www.wiertarkaiskra.pl The fasteners are from "ITALIANA ferramenta". The right angle geared one is "Target J10"

A workbench optimized for having lots of drawer space. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/2019.html

Making some wooden drawer pulls out of ironwood, for a workbench. A slightly more elegant design than the ones I made earlier. http://woodgears.ca/drawers/pulls.html

Spacing drawers consistently so that the gaps between look consistent is hard. It's easier to make precise spacers than to measure and place screws precisely. This time I just glued the spacers in place to help support the slides. http://woodgears.ca/drawers/spacing.html

We don't at this point have a realtor engaged yet. Nor have we decided whether it's best to sell the whole camp at once or try to break it into pieces and sell those individually. If you are interested, send me an email. More about Amogla camp at http://woodgears.ca/amogla/#forsale

Adding a sloped sheet metal roof under a deck to make a dry place to store outdoor stuff like the wheelbarrow or kids toys. http://woodgears.ca/deck/roof_under.html

Nine years after I built it, finally straightening it out a bit (mostly, it was slightly crooked when I built it) More about this bandsaw at: http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/homemade.html

Messing around with Raspberry Pi's and sensors, organizing stuff, family stuff, etc.

Designing a gear to match with existing gears, using my gear generator program. In this case, for a workbench toy. Gear program for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/gear

Building a sandbox. a relatively small one that is best stood next to, so it doesn't take as much room and hopefully less sand in the house. http://woodgears.ca/toys/sandbox.html

Using a DHT22 temperature sensor to investigate dehumidifier performance, and figuring out where the basement humidity comes from. http://woodgears.ca/physics/humidity.html

More about the swing set on my website: http://woodgears.ca/swingset Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/swingset/plans

Making a special handrail for our littlest one. A baby gate would not really work on these steps, and also wouldn'g guarantee he never takes the steps. Making a fall much less likely is the best and easiest compromise. More at: http://woodgears.ca/deck/handrail.html

I built a removable corner shelf that sits on the deck railing for a portable bbq. That way, the bbq doesn't take up too much space. http://woodgears.ca/deck/bbq_shelf.html

Using a low voltage halogen replacement LED bulb, which can run on anything from 9 to 25 volts, wired to a cordless drill battery. Makes a cheap, bright LED worklight http://woodgears.ca/m2/worklight.html

Experimenting with mice in lego mazes, but things didn't go as expected. Got some of the wrong species playing with the maze. http://woodgears.ca/lego/mouse.html

A Lego contraption to automatically aim and fire plastic caps at targets. Using a Raspberry Pi computer with camera module, stepper motors, and lots of Lego. http://woodgears.ca/lego/shooter_aimer.html

A stand to hold a ceiling LED fixture upright to use it as a lamp for when I'm filming video.

A table that's quick to set up and take apart to use when we invite a lot of people. http://woodgears.ca/table/knockdown.html I also have plans for this table for sale: http://woodgears.ca/table/kplans/

A new type of ruler that combines the advantages of metric sized units and fractional inch measurements http://woodgears.ca/misc/april_2019.html

Coming up with a repeating (magazine fed) lego rubber band crossbow that shoots caps from baby food pouches. Shoots up to two caps per second

Making a big insert to replace the damaged wood around a torn out threaded insert, and some extra rpeairs on this couch http://woodgears.ca/repairs/couch.html

Using a raspberry pi, camera module, image analysis, a stepper motor and driver, and a rotating platform to automatically aim an infrared heater at me as I move around the workshop. http://woodgears.ca/tech/heater_aimer.html

An update on setting up the basement workshop and what I have been up to these last few months.

Experimenting with shooting M&M candies from my air gun. Able to penetrate 3 mm plywood. Measuring the speed, they travel at mach 1.1! More about the airgun at http://woodgears.ca/airgun

This 3-legged stool is a geometry and joinery challenge. I'm building it with the pantorouter, which speeds up cutting the joinery, but it doesn't solve the angles, geometry and set-up isues. More at: http://woodgears.ca/stool You can get $100 off a metal pantorouter by using discount code MW3 at http://pantorouter.com You can also buy plans for this stool at: http://woodgears.ca/stool/plans

Building a rapid firing motorized machine catapult out of lego. Shoots about once per second, shooting plastic baby food caps. It uses a rack and pinion mechanism to tension the catapult, then pulls back the mecnaism and loads a cap before releasing. http://woodgears.ca/lego/catapult.html

Based on my 3d router pantograph, a working carving pantograph that carves small soft materials, like chocolate. http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/lego.html

You can often get tripods where the quick release plate has been lost for next to nothing. Making a replacement quick release plate out of wood and a 1/4" bolt.

Building my ukulele from start to finish, compiled down from a longer series I made back in 2013. This isn't following traditional guitar building techniques. More details and free plans here: http://woodgears.ca/ukulele

Cut from a piece of 2x4 lumber on the table saw and bandsaw. http://woodgears.ca/tech/ipad_stand.html

Just some fun trying to make the most annoying sounds imaginable! I'm sure there will be many hateful comments, but it's not like I didn't warn you in the title! More about it here: http://woodgears.ca/m2/anti-asmr.html

I originally built this organ in December of 1992. It's been stored the last thee years, and I only recently got it going again. One of the pipes needed fixing. More about the pipe organ at: http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/organ/organ.html

Experimenting with how small a gap a mouse can still fit through, computer controlled to make the gap a bit smaller each time the mouse goes through! http://woodgears.ca/farm/mouse_gap.html Vlog video on setting this up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80liHvKMfGY

Taking my old mm2.1 build series and editing it down to 1/3 of its size into one 20-minute build video. I have more details on the construction of this machine at: http://woodgears.ca/mm2 And plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/mm2/plans

Building and setting up an apparatus to do another mouse experiment. Because some of my previous mouse experiment videos have gotten lots of views. especially this one: http://woodgears.ca/farm/mouse_hole.html

Assembling a laser cut plywood version of my wooden combination lock. If you buy the combination lock plans, the laser cut files are included. If you bought the plans in the past, you can use the download link sent at the time of purchase to download them. More about this here: http://woodgears.ca/combolock/laser.html You can buy the plans here: http://woodgears.ca/combolock/plans

A compilation of my box joint jig video series from 2012, edited down to one 20-minute video. http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html Part 1 of the original series from 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAO7Zla44o

Not about anything in particular, just an update on the very slow process of setting up a workshop again. Don't expect woodworking projects any time soon.

My pantorouter build video series condensed into one fast-paced 25 minute video. If you would like to build your own pantorouter, I recommend watching the longer build series, and, of course, buying the plans. The plans: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans Buy a commerical metal one: http://hybridpantorouter.com Build video series 1 Linear glides: https://youtu.be/Wtx9xXyojrU 2 Pantorgraph: https://youtu.be/raq7fREYSeA 3 Template holder: https://youtu.be/mvpjMIHJ-io 4 table: https://youtu.be/ra7jdMTAhBY 5 Adjusting / first cut: https://youtu.be/3aqdD-GL1Cw 6 Plunge lever: https://youtu.be/WzZi6Me7rGg 7 Spring balance: https://youtu.be/PK79GKzQikI 8 Clam pand fence: https://youtu.be/BgijPlIgKeg 9 Reassembly: https://youtu.be/lohsz9RVYlA

Finally, part 2 of the tractor shed build. I was not able to finish it due to tendonitis problems, but gave all the materials to a friend, matt carrier who erected it and filmed the process. http://woodgears.ca/shed/tractor2.html

Enticing chipmunks to go inside a bottle, which then tips over. Not an effective trap, but fun to watch. http://woodgears.ca/farm/chipmunk.html

We moved out to the country last year, but it turns out it did not make us happy. While there is much to appreciate about a big property, between maintenance, kids, having to drive for everything, no family nearby, and tendonitis problems for me, we never actually got to enjoy the property.

Tendonitis problems in both arms made me give up on finishing the tractor shed, and on the rural property all together. So we will be moving again, to Fredericton. The tractor shed is taken. More details at: http://woodgears.ca/misc/move.html My other (second) channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ Other channels I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/darbinorvar https://www.youtube.com/MikeAndLaurenTV

Impressively powerful and long battery life, but has problems with chain coming off, and the bar doesn't attach very rigidly. Definitely NOT a sponsored review :)

Building a minimal shed to park my big tractor in. Tall enough so I don't have to take the exhaust pipe off. http://woodgears.ca/shed/tractor1.html

Sharpening jointer knives straight requires a flat surface and something very straight to clamp the knives to. http://woodgears.ca/jointer/sharpen_straight.html

Final assembly of the whole pantorouter from pieces after I had it all apart for varnishing. Timelapse with narration, plus cutting some mortise and tenons. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter You can buy plans for the pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans

Making the clamp to hold the workpiece as well as a fence. Also showing various clamping options I experiented with in the past. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/clamp.html You can buy plans for the pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans

Adding springs to help balance the weight of the router so it's less necessary to lift up on the operator handle http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/springs.html You can buy plans for the pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans

Adding the plunge lever (useful when mortising with a spiral bit), and depth stops to the side. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plunge2.html You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

I have been mostly working on finishing up these plans the last two weeks. Finally have them finished. You can buy the plans here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can re-download the latest version for free using the link that was sent at the time of purchase. You did of course keep a copy of that email, as instructed.

Taking the earliest opportunity to try out my not-yet finished pantorouter to see how well it works. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/tweaking.html You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

Building the table for my updated pantorouter http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/table2.html You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

New and improved template holder for the pantorouter allowing the templates to be moved vertically while ensuring that it stays level. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/template.html You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

Building the pantograph mechanism for the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/pantograph2.html You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

Adapting drawer slides to make the linear glides for the plunge mechanism on the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/linear.html I have covered this topic twice before: In 2014 for the pantorouter xl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2NfxBTVLg In 2010 for the original pantorouter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkwIG7og44 You can buy the plans for this (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

I didn't film building my original pantorouter, but that pantorouter is by far the more popular machine, and I prefer it myself. I incoroporated some design improvements and some changes to make it easier to build, and I'll film building it again. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter Buy metal pantorouter here: http://hybridpantorouter.com You can buy the plans for the (updated) pantorouter here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans If you bought the pantorouter plans in the past, you can use the download link that was emailed to you at the time of purchase to download the latest version.

Making curtain rods with rings that can slide past the mounts (which are hidden behind the rod). The rings are made out of bent nails. http://woodgears.ca/curtain_rods

Using construction lumber to make some bent lamination arches that a blanket can be thrown over for a simple playhouse. http://woodgears.ca/bend-wood/playhouse.html

Attaching an inducution motor to a hand cranked coffee grinder. Just an experiment, but we ended up using it daily! http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/coffee_grinder.html

A workbench on wheels, of sorts, but without it's own wheels. Two levers are used to lift it onto moving dollies when I need to move it. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/dolly.html

I needed to turn on a 120 volt dust collector whenever the 240 volt for my table saw was turned on. This relay box takes the 240 volt from the table saw to activate a relay to turn on a separate circuit. http://woodgears.ca/motors/relay_box.html

A dedicated dust collector for my table saw, low enough not to protrude above the saw's table. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/dust_collector.html

My table saw was getting loud. One of the bearings had worn out. I managed to get the old ones off and the new ones out without having a press and without completely disassembling the saw. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/bearings.html

A contraption to automatically refill a kettle for boiling maple syrup for overnight boils, when the electricity is cheapest. More economic than boiling in a propane turkey fryer.

Building a semi-automatic bandsaw blade sharpening jig http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/sharpener.html

A tall rack of ten storage boxes that slide in like drawer, for storing miscellaneous stuff in the basement. http://woodgears.ca/storage/rack_of_boxes.html

Finishing up my belt grinder / belt sander. It can take anything from 1x42" to 2x72" belts. Using a washing machine motor. http://woodgears.ca/belt_grinder/build2.html

The first part of my belt grinder / sander build. Designed to take 1" or 2" wide belts, any length from 42" to 72". But primarily 2x72" http://woodgears.ca/belt_grinder/build1.html

Making a drawer using some old rollerskate wheels to go under a workbench. Handy for storing power tools and bulky heavy things. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/drawer.html

Making a case for an iPod for mounting on top of the tripod. Protects the iPad even if the tripod is knocked over. http://woodgears.ca/tech/tablet_tripod.html

Using a spectrum analyzer app to analyze the sound to determine exact RPMs of various tools, also bandsaw blade speed.

Experimenting with wild mice in mazes. Mice are amazingly good at traversing mazes, it turns out, so I had to make the maze more complicated. But the shrew reigned victorious http://woodgears.ca/farm/mouse_maze.html

making some wooden shop squares, for layout, and for clamping http://woodgears.ca/squares

A knife block to organize the long knives in the kitchen drawers. More kitchen woodworking projects at: http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/index.html This was an experiment with making videos differently. Took 45 minutes to make and film, but then it still took two hours to narrate and edit (boring bits are more sped up than interesting bits)

Adding a dust collection hood to my old belt sander, and building a small dust collector just for the sander. http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/dust_collection.html

Attempting to time how long it takes me to build a small table saw sled. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/small_sled.html#time The basic sled itself took about half an hour, but then I got fancy with the safety stop, varnished it and so on.

doing the standing waves on a metal plate experiment usaing only household items: A cookie sheet, computer speakers, and a tablet computer. http://woodgears.ca/physics/resonance.html

Making sound absorbing panels to cut down on the echo in my workshop. woodgears.ca/workshop/sound_panels.html

Kuldeep assembling the latest version of the Pantorouter. This one comes partly assembled right out of the box and goes together much quicker than earlier models. More details here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/assembly/2018.html You can buy a metal pantorouter at: http://hybridpantorouter.com for north america, and https://www.hybridpantorouter.jp worldwide Assembling an earlier version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmoC7TmI3w

A friend, James, giving me a tour of the Almonte clock tower clock works. http://woodgears.ca/misc/clock_tower.html If you areinterested, James might be willing to give you a tour. His email address is "toodloo" on gmail. (if you can't figure that out, go to the bottom of the linked article)

Experimenting with how small a home a mouse is able to fit through. But it didn't go as planned. I had a lazy mouse, and a hard working invading shrew. http://woodgears.ca/farm/mouse_hole.html Update: Two days later, the shrew squeezed itself through the 16.5 mm hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCgW1Q_rto

Making a curtain rod that goes around several 45 degree corners so that the curtains can be opened past all the windows. http://woodgears.ca/curtain_rods/corner.html

Two simple brackets to allow me to move my table saw using two dollies. This replaces having a mobile base, because I don't move the saw very often. http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/table_saw_mover.html

Making hollowed out dice with an internal weight to make them more likely (but not guaranteed) to roll higher numbers http://woodgears.ca/toys/loaded_dice.html

Have not had time to make a video of my own this week, but Timothy Wilmots just released a video about a really cool height adjustable multi-function shop cart - so if you need your fix, go watch this one instead! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWEdrBdbBhg http://benchworks.be/en/projects/mfsc-multi-function-shop-cart/

A lissajous pendulum in the form of a swing, allows graphing the motion with a pen http://woodgears.ca/physics/lissajous.html A lot of people have pointed out that this video did not show up in their subscription feeds, and, indeed, initial views are lower than usual. So youtube either has a bug or is screwing around with their algorithms. Maybe hit that "bell" icon to add it to your notifications.

Making a fence to go around a wood stove to protect small kids. This one is space saving by being fairly close to the stove, requiring a tight mesh and rigid structure. http://woodgears.ca/home/hearthgate.html

Making a hearth plate for a wood stove out of stainless steel http://woodgears.ca/home/hearth_plate.html

Running a wire from a new breaker in the breaker panel to a workshop area in the basement for a 240 volt circuit for my table saw and bandsaw http://woodgears.ca/wiring/240volt_circuit.html

Explaining how a bell goes ring-gin-gin-gin (with the sound going up and down as the bell rings out). The key is multiple modes of vibration. Expanding on this, I experimented with making a bell that sounds two distinct notes, forming roughly a major third. http://woodgears.ca/physics/bell.html It turns out numberphile did a video on this topic last year, but relating to coffee cups: https://youtu.be/MfzNJE4CK_s

When I helped my friend Paul build a cajon drum in my workshop, I got to see some beginner mistakes I normally don't even think about. But I figured these are worth covering. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/mistakes.html

Helping my friend Paul build a cajon box drum http://woodgears.ca/m2/cajon.html I kind of took over towards the end because we were running out of time. Showing some woodworking mistakes. Thanks Paul for being such a good sport about it! Some of paul's pictures of it on imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/13MfM

I made some solid oak baseboards for our house, which I pre-varnished. Installing these was more work than the usual MDF baseboards and quarter rounds that is mostly used in new home construction. http://woodgears.ca/home/installing_baseboards.html

A knock-down desk that goes together without any fasteners. Built it in 1990, made a stop motion video of it in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kchmem4yyVM More about it on my website: http://woodgears.ca/student-desk

Refining the power feeder I built when I made my baseboards. Using a roller skate wheel and a brushless cordless drill. http://woodgears.ca/machinery/power_feeder.html

Making lots of molding for baseboards in my house http://woodgears.ca/home/making_baseboards.html This was making over 100m (300 ft) of molding, involving lots of planing and routing. I made a homemade power feeder to help with the job.

Explaining what a "hybrid table saw" is. The "hybrid" makes more sense given some historical context. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/hybrid.html

Making a friction damper to cut down on vibrations on my old contractor table saw http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/vibration.html Link belts: Lots of people suggesting these. I had used a link belt on my other table saw years ago, but gave up on it, so didn't even think to address why I didn't consider one of those. My video on link belts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4Mt-O5tcQ Washing machine dampers: I never took a front loading washer apart (they aren't that common in Canada) so never thought of using dampers from one of those. However, we have a front loading washing machine, and the drum on that is fairly easy to move, so not damped as stiffly as would be needed for the motor, so these probably would not work.

Figuring out where the leakage in this dehumidifier came from became a bit of an obsession, and more interesting than I had anticipated. http://woodgears.ca/home/leaking_dehumidifier.html

An interesting design of dishwasher pump motor, re-purposing it to be a blower motor for a small dust collector. woodgears.ca/motors/wet_rotor.html This design of motor, though not very flexible, is surprisingly efficient. Based on the comments, wet rotor motors are often used in aquarium pumps, heating circulation pumps and fountain pumps Blower housing experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbV5ggQ93A Dust collector blower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxFNUWD2GQ

A wooden machine to automatically set up domino rows. No computer control involved. http://woodgears.ca/domino/wooden.html

A firewood shed built out of shipping palettes, so I can pick it up with my tractor to move the firewood without having to re stack it. http://woodgears.ca/farm/firewood_shed.html

This time building basement shelves, with a reltatively thin frame, but making up for it with double mortise and tenon joinery to hold it together. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/yet_another.html If you don't have the fancy tools, you can built something quite similar without - shee here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QeXOb9rxRY

A simple way to make thread taps from bolts of screws using an angle grinder. http://woodgears.ca/thread_taps To address some hostile comments: Don't have the tools to make one? For less than the cost of one "wood whisperer thread tap" you can buy an angle grinder and make one, assuming you already have a saw, a drill, and a piece of wood and a screw. But people have been using metal taps on wood for ages, I'm trying to counter the recent idea that you need extra special expensive taps for wood. Keep woodworking accessible. But if this video bothers you, please unsubscribe from my channel. I'm not there to please you, and I won't miss you. Cause I like it edgy :)

Grinding a forsnter bit to a custom size, and using it to make a fidget spinner, which I spun up with compressed air until it failed. http://woodgears.ca/drill/resize.html

A contraption that allows me to check the angle of the front end loader forks or bucket when the forks are down, where I can't see them. http://woodgears.ca/farm/loader_angle_indicator.html

The workshop is now organized enough again that I could imagine doing work in it. Not fully organized, but enough so that I can put the tools away and not go crazy. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/big_garage.html

Changing over to my "good" workbench and tool wall in my big garage workshop, now that that is my main workshop. More about the workench: http://woodgears.ca/workbench Tool holders: http://woodgears.ca/tool_holders

A box for storing heavy items under a shelf, with wheels so it's easy to pull out to get at things. http://woodgears.ca/storage/wheeled_box.html

Putting my workbench back together. This one is designed to be rigid, but still possible to take apart, and with lots of big drawers on the front. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/store_under.html

Making a stand to bring a small electric log splitter up to a good working height. http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/logsplitter.html It's surprising how capable one of these little electric log splitters are.

Showing the extension tables I made for the saw, and disassembling it for moving. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw

Building a cart to hold various odd sizes of plywood and sheet-goods, with wooden wheels http://woodgears.ca/lumber/cart.html

Making a rolling shelf to optimize storage under the stairs while keeping it easy to access. http://woodgears.ca/storage/under_stairs.html

http://woodgears.ca/wiring/240-volt_plug.html Making a cord to connect a dryer socket to a smaller 240 volt plug (same kind of plug as on my table saw), but this one is for a European washer. Dryer plugs typically have a 30-amp breaker on them. You could run a motor up to 6 hp off a dryer plug. as long as the motor is 240 volt single-phase. The socket I'm using here is normally used for 15 or 20 amp applications, so the breaker and house wiring are larger than needed. This may cause the breaker to not pop if the circuit is overloaded, which may cause your wiring to overheat. The breaker will still pop for a short circuit, and the motor's thermal protection should take care of other cases. It might be a good idea to change the breaker to a 15-amp breaker, but then you would no longer be able to use the dryer socket with a clothes dryer. A lot of commenters seem to get worked up over me cutting off the neutral and connecting ground. The plug has no neutral, only ground. I connected the ground to ground. The over-capacity circuit is another thing that gets the safety nazis worked up. But - every time you plug a lamp or an alarm clock in to a socket, you have something connected to a circuit that has a much bigger breaker than needed. And your house doesn't burn down from that either. But be warned, do at your own risk. If you aren't comfortable with this, don't blow your top. Just don't do it yourself.

Making a tall bookcase mostly from recycled materials, for storing books in the basement. Also making a wood screw thread tap from a wood screw. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/basement_bookcase.html

About my old Rockwell beaver 9" table saw that I bought used back in 1996, putting it back together after moving it. More about this table saw at: http://woodgears.ca/table_saw More about the mobile base: http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/table_saw.html Sorry, no time for a project this week, but I'll have a project next week.

Using a maget and a compass to establish alignment through a floor or walls. http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/thru_floor_alignment.html More shop tricks: http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks

Rather than having the railing and spindles removed for installing hardwood flooring, I fitted the hardwood flooring around the spindles http://woodgears.ca/home/spindles.html

Wiring a simple remote switch cord for turning stuff on and off. http://woodgears.ca/wiring/remote_switch.html Of course you would prefer to see an elaborate woodworking project. Duh! But that's all I have time for this week.

Combining an old Makita cordless drill with the battery end of a toy Ryobi reciprocating saw. http://woodgears.ca/drill/ryokita.html

Showing the layout of my basement workshop. This is the last shop tour for this workshop. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/2017.html We are moving out to the country, so my big garage workshop will be my future workshop. Shop tour 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HcUV94HAs How much the machines cost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaT74Eqcau0

Using a small handheld belt sander to refinish a floor, gap filling with shims, getting it smooth and free of specs and bumps. http://woodgears.ca/home/floor_refinish.html I learned along the way and show some of my mistakes. Not everything I tried turned out to be a good idea. But the floor turned out good, just more work than it could have been. For a while I had comments disabled. Over 1000 comments, but really it was mostly different version of the same two negative comments over and over "you should have rented a sander", and "you should have hired a professional". Both of which are already addressed at the end of the video. You can see this floor again in my domino machine video: https://youtu.be/N1-wU9NgsV4?t=5m37s

Making drawers with integral handles recessed flush with the drawer front. http://woodgears.ca/drawers/recessed_handles.html

Making a dust collector using a dishwahser motor and some furnace filters. Very low power, very quiet http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/box.html

Making improvements to the bandsaw on a dolly sawmill http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/sawmill_improvements.html

Experimenting with wat shape of housing works best for a centrifugal blower, measuring airflow, efficiency, and pressure. More at: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/housing.html

comparing forward curved blades, backward curved blades and straight blades for a blower impeller. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/impeller.html

Using my big 20" bandsaw as a sawmill. The log is on sawhorses, while the bandsaw is pushed past it on a dolly. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/sawmilling.html Plans for the bandsaw: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans

Fitting drawers for my bandsaw stand, with recessed drawer pulls. Also some optimization to the passive dust collection http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/bandsaw_drawers.html Yes, these drawers are in no way like a "bandsaw box", but I picked that title quite deliberately :)

Building a wooden combination lock demonstration model http://woodgears.ca/combolock Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/combolock/plans

Making a short riser block for my 14" cast iron bandsaw. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/riser.html Dylan (woodbrew) was inspired by this to make a full 6" wooden riser block for his bandsaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJfix_p2-Pg

Making two bandsaw stands and a stand for the pantorouter, http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/stands.html I have been using this same design for most cabinets that I built since inventing the screw advance box joint jig.

seven build videos condensed into one fast-paced video, showing every step http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw Plans: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans Individual longer videos: The wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn5uyRd95o The frame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2IJBJcJKc Wheel mounts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPhiWQflVw Blade guides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBBliZfkps Table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOHnAjSq3I4 Enclosure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWOjswxPMO0 Electrical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CzSo_bU2gA Playlist of all the longer videos (over an hour) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSnvVtM4lBIXfbqfiNyPs6L4LH302_b6G

Making a big space efficient lumber rack, using triple mortise and tenon joints http://woodgears.ca/lumber/lumber_rack.html

Slowing my wood cutting bandsaw way down to use a metal cutting blade to cut steel http://woodgears.ca/metal/bandsaw.html

Testing four different styles of blade guides on the same bandsaw with the same blade (just to make it fair) http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/guides.html

Showing how to build my wooden steam engine model. It runs off a vacuum cleaner, or just by blowing air into the inlets. http://woodgears.ca/air_engine/ I also have plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/air_engine/plans

Diagnosing possible causes of bandsaw vibrations http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/vibration.html

Making some boxes to hold paperwork in, using a battery powered table saw, and my screw advance box joint jig. http://woodgears.ca/sp/boxes.html More about the box joint jig, and plans for the jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html @DEWALTttough, #flexvolt, #ad

More about this bandsaw: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/ More frequently asked bandsaw questions: http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/faq.html Bandsaw blade design issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_bUCTCNUmo And of course you can buy plans for this bandsaw: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans

DeWalt gave me a FlexVolt table saw (sponsored). I figured the first thing to do with it is to build a crosscut sled for it. http://woodgears.ca/sp/sled.html @DEWALTttough, #flexvolt, #ad

More finishing touches for the bandsaw build http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/finish_up.html And the plans are finally ready: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans I got the bandsaw sawmill blade from http://sawblade.com

Making a maze and using a mouse trap to force mice to find their way through it. Wild field mice in a shed http://woodgears.ca/farm/maze.html Music: Log cabin blues, performed by Anthony Savidge: http://www.anthonysavidge.com/

Going over a not-so-great jobsite saw. This one has qutie a few issues. I did get this saw as part of a sponsorship deal, so as a courtesy to the sponsor, I don't mention the brand. I hope some of the stuff I point out about this saw will help you in terms of what to look for when shopping for a table saw. More details on my website: http://woodgears.ca/sp/jobsite.html

John and I testing how much force our respective long reach C clamps can exert. Sorry - disabled new comments. This video attracted far too many of the same kind of stupid comments over and over. We were ribbing each other deliberately for the video, but people assume it was a lot of animosity (you can post comments, but I have to "review" them first, which I probably won't do) My clamps: http://woodgears.ca/clamps/index.html John's clamps: http://www.ibuildit.ca/Workshop%20Projects/c-clamp-1.html Moe fun when I visited John Heisz: http://woodgears.ca/misc/heisz_visit.html

John Heisz demonstrating the strength of the biscuits as shelf pins. They held up well enough, until the third jump test. But analyzing the footage, it was actually the shelf that broke first. had this been shelf pins, they would have torn thru the shelf long before the biscuits failed. John's video on making the biscuit joint shelf pins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UvvN9HDW3c John's edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UYPjg-NVGs More fun with John Heisz http://woodgears.ca/misc/heisz_visit.html

More about the visit: http://woodgears.ca/misc/heisz_visit.html My other youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ John Heisz's YouTube channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/jpheisz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGbp-rRVNwyFhn9gHoZr5g

Bandsaw blade buard, enclosure (housing), and cutting up a log to roughsawn lumber with a sawmill blade. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/enclosure Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans The tree that this piece of log came from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agv2i1hhFEI

Going back over my first homemade bandsaw (built in 2010). This was the first bandsaw I built, and I learned quite a bit in the process. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/build.html

Making trunnions and a tilting table for my big 20" bandsaw http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/table.html Plans for this bandsaw for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans

Making the blade guides for my 20" bandsaw, using lignum vitae as guide blocks. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/guides.html Plans for this bandsaw for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans

Building the wheels mounts, tension and tracking adjust for my big bandsaw. also attaching a small utility motor to spin it up and make the first test cuts, without any blade guides.

Going over my first homemade dust collector. It works, but nothing about it is optimal. It was tempting to try to fix the flaws, but to fix all the flaws means changing most parts. So starting over made the most sense. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/v1.html I have a seriels of articles and videos about the new dust collector: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector As well as plans for sale for it: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/plans

Building a laminated beam wooden frame for my big 20" bandsaw http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/frame.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans.html

Converting my "better mouse trap" to a rat trap. But the rat was too smart for it. But lots of squirrel action. Tried to convert it to a squirrel dunking machine, but then no more squirrels would come. The vermin just wouldn't cooperate on this one! More about this style of mouse trap here: http://woodgears.ca/farm/mousetrap.html

Explaining why bigger is better, and issues of space and blade metal fatigue associated with 3-wheeled bandsaws. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/3-wheeled.html This video has prompted a whole lot of bandsaw design suggestions in the comments. I adressed the most popular ones in the associated article: http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/3-wheeled.html#bad_idea Pekka's bandsaw: http://woodgears.ca/reader/pekka/bandsaw.html Mikiono's bandsaw: http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/niki/index.html

The start of my big 20" bandsaw build. Making the wheels out of plywood, mounting the bearings, and truing them up and balancing. http://woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/wheels.html

Doing some extreme load testing on one of my sawhorses, with my big tractor, then testing against an ordinary sawhorse. It would be a gross understatement to say the tractor weighs a tonne. More about this style of sahorse here: http://woodgears.ca/sawhorse

Making a wooden ball bearing on the lathe, patterned after regular steel ball bearings. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/bearing.html Using my homemade lathe: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/ I was inspired to play around with making a wooden ball bearing after Peter Collin mae a "sit and spin" with a wood and marble ball bearing for our baby Harriet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfvPKEkHTc

Another way to hold a hand plane on a wall full of tools. http://woodgears.ca/tool_holders/handplane.html I did a test to see how much shaking it takes to shake the handplane out of its holder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAIZoR2Fg8

My third time making coat hooks, for the same entrance way! http://woodgears.ca/coat_hooks/hooks3.html

A jig to help guide an angle grinder with a cutoff disk to make flat cuts in metal. http://woodgears.ca/metal/cutoff_jig.html The blade got messed up because of my own fault. More on that in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCmTFcbQB0o

Making a small lawn tractor trailer, using old wheels and welded together out of some old bed frame angle iron http://woodgears.ca/farm/trailer.html The dry cut metal saw I'm using: http://www.evolutionpowertools.com/us/steel/evosaw380.php

Building another mini dust collector. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/mini_2.html My current thinking is that this is a much more convenient approach to automatic dust collection than trying to build something with automated power control and automated blast gates.

Experimenting with how much tree I can mow down with my old lawn tractor http://woodgears.ca/misc/mower.html#tree

An solenoid engine, looks like a steam engine but using a solenoid instead of a steam cylinder to power the strokes. http://woodgears.ca/tech/solenoid.html

Wanted to see what would let go when I chained up my big tractor to a tree I wanted to remove http://woodgears.ca/farm/tractor_vs_tree.html Self appointed safety police please note: I was quite aware that a snapping chain can be dangerous. But with the chain low on the tractor, and no big weight on part of the chain, I was quite confident it would just move towards the attachment point. Please do watch where it snaps, you will see that's exactly what the chain does. I am tired of getting the same comments over and over again, so I set up a filter to put these aside automatically

Box joining boards to form a sweeping round curve http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/curved.html

Building a small cantilevered desk / worktable. Leaves lots of room to spin around on in an office chair http://woodgears.ca/table/worktable.html

Making a shelf out of acrylic for the bathroom. Acrylic because I don't want it to get damaged by water. http://woodgears.ca/home/transparent_shelf.html

Making a payloader bucket for the wiper motor powered forklift toy. http://woodgears.ca/toys/bucket.html

Making the lifting mechanism of the remote controlled forklift toy work again, and playing around with it. http://woodgears.ca/toys/fork.html Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbB0ECg1qOI

Restoring a winshield wiper motor powered remote controlled forklift toy that I built back in 1985. Making the tank treads work. http://woodgears.ca/toys/forklift.html The gear program I used: http://woodgears.ca/gear Next video about the forklift here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8in7ICNmioU

Building a new deck for a kid's wagon http://woodgears.ca/toys/wagon.html I built the box for the wagon in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbtoHVs57w

Showing the cottages at my parents Amogla camp, on Rock Lake, near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. http://woodgears.ca/amogla More on the construction of cottage #7: http://woodgears.ca/cottage The camp used to be a tourist operation, renting cottages by the week. My parents have gotten too old to run the place in 2005, and my dad passed away in 2012. No plans to reopen the camp to tourists at the moment.

An 8-sided box with 45-degree box joined corners. http://woodgears.ca/box/octagonal.html More about the box joint jig here: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html

More about wooden doorknobs: http://woodgears.ca/wood_hardware/doorknobs.html More about the camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JydDsMPn-9E

A surprisingly effective hood to collecting dust from the pantorouter. Testing it with cutting tenon joints, because that is the more difficult test. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/dust.html The hood was sent to me for free, you can buy one here: http://hybridpantorouter.com/shop/dust-collector-hood (I wish it wasn't so expensive, but that's the problem with small volumes). More on why it costs so much: https://youtu.be/VCS1k0LJg0o?t=1m9s

Experimenting with improving on a prototype dust collection hood for the pantorouter (my experiment was not a success). http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/dust1.html Why the dust connector isn't on the bottom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCS1k0LJg0o

Detailed plans for my 6"x48" belt sander http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans

Measuring how much airborne dust my miter saw makes, compared to my table saw. http://woodgears.ca/dust/mitersaw.html

Disassembling a Shop-vac brand shopvac to have a look at the bearings and oil them. http://woodgears.ca/motors/shopvac.html

Having some fun with a big old tractor I bought. http://woodgears.ca/farm/tractor.html

A base allowing my 6x48" belt sander to be used as an edge belt sander. http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/edge.html Plans now done: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans

Redesigning how the tracking and tension adjustments work on the 6x48" belt sander to move the controls to the other side and make tracking more responsive. http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/adjust.html Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans

Making the stand, wooden pulley, and adding dust collection to the homemade 6x48" belt sander http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/build2.html Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans This is a continuation of the build started in this video:\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tdSaE663AU

Building a 6x48" belt sander from mostly plywood http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/ Build continued in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bns7m6MJFf4 Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans

Various used motors and where I got them from. http://woodgears.ca/motors/where_from.html

Making some shelves to fit in a closet we use as a pantry http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/pantry_shelves.html The wood breaking and smashing - not the sort of thing I would normally film. It's only funny after the fact. Fortunately, I had the camera rolling, intending to take a "good" shot.

More experimenting with the DW735 I got from teg tools (http://tegstools.com). Trying (unsuccessfully) to figure out if the knives get dull more quickly on it. http://woodgears.ca/planer/experiments.html

Tegs tools (http://tegstools.com) gave me a Dewalt 735 thickness planer to review. here I'm comparing how it performst to my old thickness planer (which was the cheapest I could find) http://woodgears.ca/planer/dw735.html My video on planer snipe: https://youtu.be/XdDo3OEtjhc

A quickie video about hand-sharpening planer blades for an upcoming video. More about this technique (but not about the bad parenting) here: http://woodgears.ca/jointer/sharpening.html Video on changing planer knives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4aUbjKXCg

Building another air cleaner to use in my main shop to increase the air cleaning capacity http://woodgears.ca/dust/cleaner.html

Sponsored review of the Canadian Tire Maximum brand brushless cordless drill. Maximum brand tools are sold exclusively at Canadian tire. http://www.canadiantire.com/maximum. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/maximum-20v-max-li-ion-brushless-1-2-in-cordless-drill-driver-0547160p.html More details at: http://woodgears.ca/sp/drill.html Marius's video explaining how the brake works: https://youtu.be/gjtk2liJ0Gk?t=5m59s This is a sponsored video. Required disclaimer: Although I was compensated for my participation, the views and opinions expressed herein represent my own and not those of Canadian Tire corporation or any other party and do not constitute financial, legal or other advice.

Building the tipping ramp style mouse trap similar to the one in my video "building a better mouse trap using video surveillance" Build article: http://woodgears.ca/farm/build_trap.html Previous video: https://youtu.be/l4PaGvAhV9I Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/farm/mousetrap_plans.html

Replacing the beat and battered workbench top with a pristine "new" melamine coated slab. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/top.html

Carving a chain out of one piece of wood, no glue, using only power tools. (ok, in the end, I cheated a bit and chamfered the inside edges using a carving knife) http://woodgears.ca/toys/chain.html

Making a small serving tray for ramekins, with a locking flip-up handle. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/ramekin_tray.html This is a re-upload of an older video where I accidentally uploaded a low-res version.

Making some shelf supports using my fancy tools to double-tenon join pieces of 2x4 together to make simple sturdy shelf supports. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/double_tenon.html

Reviewing the Canadian Tire Maximum brand tool bag and tap and die set. Maximum brand tools are sold exclusively at Canadian tire. http://www.canadiantire.com/maximum More details at: http://woodgears.ca/sp/maximum.html This is a sponsored video. Required disclaimer: Although I was compensated for my participation, the views and opinions expressed herein represent my own and not those of Canadian Tire corporation or any other party and do not constitute financial, legal or other advice.

A spinning top that flips itself upside-down as it spins http://woodgears.ca/lathe/tippe.html How it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwihc4kbNVA Peter brown's tippy top video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ApXC7iabE

Some questions come up again and again. Answering some of the most frequently asked questions about my lathe. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/follow-up.html

How to build the lathe that I sell plans for. This re-edited to replace my initial version with how I built it in the end. This is the video to follow if you want to build a lathe like this mine. http://woodgears.ca/lathe Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/plans The 4-jaw chuck build is in a separate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvGP-gD5zFU Frequently asked questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4XdYzpAKo

A pantograph to use with the plasma cutter for cutting intricate shapes that would normally require a CNC plasma cutter. http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/plasma.html

Fixing a chair, with a difficult to drill hole. Had to use my horizontal boring machine to get the hole positioned just right. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/pinned.html

A workshop air cleaner with homemade pleated filter and motor from an oscillating fan. http://woodgears.ca/dust/pleated.html

There's working with minimal tools, and then there is working with almost no tools at all! http://woodgears.ca/misc/april_2016.html This is my 2016 april fools video Related: John Heisz on rabbets vs. rebates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4sXejkQbs"

Turning a rattle with two captive rings on the lathe, using some custom tools made of bent wire. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/rattle.html

Using my homemade wooden lathe for some metal work http://woodgears.ca/lathe/taper.html

Trying out my new homemade 4-jaw chuck by turning a bowl on it. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/bowl2.html And I finally finished the set of plans for the lathe: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/plans

A homemade wooden 4-jaw lathe chuck, and face plate, for bowl turning. Not exactly the safest thing to make! http://woodgears.ca/lathe/chuck.html Plans for the lathe available here: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/plans/

Another simple lathe project on my homemade lathe. This one can spin for over a minute. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/top.html

Making various refinements to my homemade lathe http://woodgears.ca/lathe/refine.html * Easier tool rest adjustments * Tailstock screw adjustment * Reducing rattle on the headstock * Motor mount and belt tensioning Plans for the lathe available here: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/plans/

Experimenting with turning a spherical ball on the lathe, just turning it between the spindles and then trimming it. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/ball.html To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email [email protected]

Building a wood lathe from scratch, using wooden bearings and wooden pulleys. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/build.html plans for the lathe available here: http://woodgears.ca/lathe/plans/

Meze headphones sent me some wooden headphones for review. Very nice headphones, and the review ended up more interesting than I expected. http://woodgears.ca/tech/meze_headphones.html My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_AWXcf2K3l9ILVuQe-XwQ

Some letter blocks as a birthday gift for a friend's one year old baby. http://woodgears.ca/rachel/olin.html

Drawers for my workbench on wheels. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/wb_drawers.html

Building a workbench to wheel outside my big garage when doing welding or plasma cutting. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/wheeled.html

An attempt at cutting a glass container into a helical shape, using a glass cutter and thermal stress. http://woodgears.ca/physics/glass It was just an experiment. I wouldn't have a use for a helical piece of glass even if it worked.

Making a hand plane (palm plane) from scratch. I use a hand plane like this mostly to chamfer and round over corners. http://woodgears.ca/handplane/palm_plane.html

Building a really low power dust collector for use with a small sander. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/mini.html

A follow-up to my pantorotuer trade show display video. Mac sheldon has the demo machine painted, set up and running at the Baltimore wood show (Jan 9-11 2016). He gives a nice spiel about the pantorouter. Kind of makes me want to buy one, except I already have several! http://hybridpantorouter.com See the trade show display machine getting built here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/demo.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPoFxErf4u0 Another video of the tradeshow by Mikhail Makarevich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ynIrcoST_s

Grinding the table saw arbor flange to make it run true (reduce blade wobble or flutter). Using the saw's own power and a sharpening stone. http://woodgears.ca/saw_arbor

Taking apart an old HP ink jet printer for the 8 mm shafts inside, plus a few other reusable goodies, and exploring some of the clever mechanical things inside. http://woodgears.ca/tech/printer.html

A sturdy plywood shipping crate for my pantorouter tradeshow display http://woodgears.ca/box/crate.html

A large animated tradeshow display showing how the pantorouter works, built for Mac Sheldon. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/demo.html Mac took the display to the wood show in Baltimore Jan 8-10 http://www.thewoodworkingshows.com/webapp-shows/Baltimore http://hybridpantorouter.com/ See the machine at the tradeshow here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ynIrcoST_s and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6FG3j-tWW0

How to make a box from plywood that is not thick or strong enough for traditional joinery http://woodgears.ca/box/plywood.html

Making improvements to a mouse trap by long term observation of how mice interact with it. Using my Raspberry Pi with camera module and my imgcomp program. http://woodgears.ca/farm/mousetrap.html Building such a trap: http://woodgears.ca/farm/build_trap.html Imgcomp program: http://woodgears.ca/imgcomp Other funny videos of mine: Mouze maze experiments: https://youtu.be/mx3dZ3gvEis Wasp sucking machine: https://youtu.be/OM4Nku2qAiI Object Skype: https://youtu.be/A5Xl1NpYWLA Pen shaking contraption: https://youtu.be/ZpGMFNWZKss Slinky machine: https://youtu.be/5UP_njBPpZ4 Also thanks to Rachel for help with the sound editing, and Carmen Braden (http://blackicesound.com) for some of the piano sound effects

More about the plans for my strip sander http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/plans Build video for the sander here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptXZRrb8gjw

Building a 1"x42" belt sander out of wood, using wheels and bearings from inline roller skates. http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/strip_sander/plans

I occasionally get comments about having $100,000 worth of tools. Far from it. So here's what the machines in my workshop cost. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/cost.html

I really like to use German chip carving knives. I experiment with making one of these out of a circular saw blade, first softening it to work it, then re-hardening it after I'm done. http://woodgears.ca/knife

A height adjustable table to use with a couch or easy chair. Knock down, and height adjustable all the way up to standing desk height. http://woodgears.ca/laptop_table/knock_down.html

A multi-tier clothesline solution so I we don't have to run to take the laundry down if it starts to rain unexpectedly. we have a baby in cloth diapers, which means doing laundry at least every other day. We try not to use the dryer when we can (high energy costs and too much wear on the clothing) so we hang stuff outside whenever we can. There have been many a time running outside to take it down because it started to rain, so I came up with this setup to hang the shorter stuff under the eaves of the house. With the sun warming up the wall, hopefully, this will also work in the winter. Another clothes drying solution: http://woodgears.ca/home/door_coathanger.html

Comparing the spectrum of CF bulbs with LED lamps, installing some LED lamps, and using a motion activated light switch. http://woodgears.ca/misc/led.html The LED strips I used are from here: http://www.americangreenlights.com/led-strip-retrofit-kits-to-replace-linear-fluorescent.html

A really simple fix to a stuck oscillating fan. This sort of failure is very common and the fan usually gets thrown out. But it's so easy to fix. http://woodgears.ca/motors/fix_fan_motor.html Also see John Heisz's video on fixing a seized box fan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3bcQwRwDI

Attempting to see how long wooden gears last by wearing out a pair of gears. http://woodgears.ca/gear/wear.html

Using the metal pantorouter and two tenon templates to make a double mortise and tenon joint. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/double_tenon.html

Testing some of David Picchiuto's brazed aluminium joints http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/brazed.html David's videos on this: Strength test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLPxqkHOyk Coffee table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLm2rEBfHVw Brazing technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtvOkI_pvMI

This is a how-to guide for those that have bought the metal pantorouter. And for everyone else, maybe you want to buy one now? http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/assembly To buy one in North America: http://hybridpantorouter.com To buy one in Europe: https://www.pantorouter.eu To see a pantorouter in use: https://youtu.be/XJ2AnjJjkhU?t=2m43s https://youtu.be/Mcz6ohyLuZc?t=2m00s https://youtu.be/wnAVG3uRAzU?t=38s

A novel corner joint that goes together three ways. http://woodgears.ca/puzzles/3way_joint.html

Some cool junk and old projects in my dad's shop attic. http://woodgears.ca/dads_shop/attic.html Touring around the old shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsx0LvvPQ2Q

Using reclaimed lumber to make a bookase. Joinery done mostly with dowels and a homemade doweling jig. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/doweled.html

An attempt at building a machine to simulate a stroller or car ride. Didn't work quite as expected! http://woodgears.ca/home/driving_machine.html

is it best to put the drawer bottom in a dado or glue it flat on? I made two boxes and did a destructive test. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/drawer.html

Experimenting with camera stabilizing, trying to approximate a devin graham style "glidecam". But just a tripod with its legs spread out already does a great job of stabilizing the camera. http://woodgears.ca/tripod/steadycam.html More about the barn: https://www.youtube.com/embed/NMs-g85p3zw

A simple trick for pulling out nails after their heads break. And what types of pallet yeild the best lumber - try to find custom sized pallets. These have typically only been used once. http://woodgears.ca/reclaim_lumber/pallet_nails.html

A motorozed contraption to rock the baby bassinet back and forth to soothe baby. http://woodgears.ca/home/rocking_machine.html

A knife for cutting cake into hexagon shaped pieces in a honeycomb pattern. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/hexagon.html

Using dimensional lumber (construction lumber) to build a soothingly sturdy queen sized bed. http://woodgears.ca/bed/

Talking about odds and ends - various topics not quite worthy of individual videos. More details here: http://woodgears.ca/misc/vlog1.html Osage orange wood: https://www.facebook.com/TripleTreeWoodworks A previous long ramble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZrm_WAEqh0

Helping Pat Hawley make a wall hanging guitar case. This project started in February to make a guitar case with a humidifier inside to prevent guitars from cracking in the winter. But winter was over before it was done, so these experiments are on hold for now. http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/pat_case.html

Some of the challenges of getting the slinky machine to work. Keeping the slinky on track is tricky. http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky2.html

Building the slinky escalator for never ending slinky stair traversal. http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky.html

Slinky descending 140 steps on specially constructed slinky escalator. http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky.html

About my wooden camera tripods, which I built back in the 1980s. http://woodgears.ca/tripod

How I made the extending legs for my wooden tripods. Main video about my wooden tripods tomorrow.

making some box joined drawers to mount under a daybed. http://woodgears.ca/daybed/drawers.html More about the daybed: http://woodgears.ca/daybed/build.html

Applying varnish doesn't have to be complicated http://woodgears.ca/beginner/varnish.html

How the starter circuit on single phase induction motors works (capacitor start and resistive start), and how to reverse them. http://woodgears.ca/motors/reversing.html

A bandsaw is ideal for making gears, but with a guide to stabilize the blade, a jigsaw can do a decent job too. http://woodgears.ca/gear/jigsaw.html

Turning my 60-sided wooden geodesic into approximately a sphere. No lathe involved. http://woodgears.ca/geodesic/ball.html Previous video where I made the geodesic dome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdvgPd2Hq3k

Making a small 60-sided geodesic dome out of solid pieces of wood. Lots of miters! http://woodgears.ca/geodesic/ A 60-sided geodesic is derived by taking a 12-sided dodecahedron and turning each pentagon into a 5-sided pyramid.

Using my pantorouter to make some half-blind dovetails -- the type that are typically cut by hand with a chisel. The matching tails are then cut with a bandsaw. http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/handcut.html

Reusing the base of an office chair as a wheeled base for a welding cart. http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/welding_cart.html

About my homemade benchtop power supply, which I built back in 1987, using an old tube tester transformer from 1951. http://woodgears.ca/tech/power_supply.html

Making a new furnace vent (register) cover. http://woodgears.ca/home/grill.html The lack of a depth adjustment screw on my homemade saw actually came handy for this project.

Plans for my homemade table saw. More about the table saw here: http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/saw2.html Buy the plans here: http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/plans

Using my screw advance box joint jig and my pantorouter to fix a an ax handle, rather than make a new one. Why? Because I can! http://woodgears.ca/lumber/axe.html Fancy tools used: Pantorouter: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter Box joint jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html

A trick for making very precise dadoes, no measuring needed. http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/dado_spacer.html I filmed that one a week ago and was originally going to release it later, but just today, Dominic Bender released a very similar video: https://youtu.be/O5AsekCXCEI And I didn't want to look like a copy cat!

Making a very simple guide for milling logs with a chainsaw. A shallow angle of cut makes cutting much faster. http://woodgears.ca/chainsaw_mill/chainsaw.html The log is whit ash, killed by the emerald ash borer. Yes, I know about Alaska mills and ripping chains. I didn't need either for this job (just mentioning those so people stop telling me about them)

Making the stand for my second homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/stand2.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/plans

Cutting he miter slots with a skillsaw. A router works better ,but I wanted to see if I could cut them without one. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/slots.html

Making a rip fence for my homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/fence2.html I was pretty happy with how the fence on my first homemade table saw worked, so this one is almost the same design. Built with minimal tools. Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/plans

Building the depth adjustment mechanism of my second homemade table saw. A build using minimal tools. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/depth.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/plans

Videos relating to this one: The physics of bandsaw resawing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9m5PadmiI Cutting up a log on the bandsaw (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skuzw7_G53A Running the sawmill again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQqeVUH8D4 Resawing shelves to guitar sides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFcbieXbdjA

Improvising a table saw to build another table saw. This is part 1 on building my homemade table saw version 2. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/improvised.html

Why I came up with another homemade table saw design and am building it. Because the really cheap table saws are so awful. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/why.html

Making more tool holders for my big garage workshop http://woodgears.ca/tool_holders/making2.html

How to do a mortise, open on one end, and a tenon on the table saw. http://woodgears.ca/mortise/tablesaw.html

Making a jig to hold really small workpieces in my screw advance box joint jig, and using it to make a really small box. http://woodgears.ca/box/tiny.html

An april fools video! http://woodgears.ca/misc/april_2015.html I hadn't set out to specifically parody Steve Ramsey, but it kind of came out that way. Steve Ramsey's reaction: https://youtu.be/GsN3RiLZdCk?t=40s

Making some cantilevered garage shelves to mount high up on the wall. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/high.html

A quick way to sharpen a bandsaw blade with a dremel tool. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/sharpening.html I only graze the top of each tooth, but that's all it takes to make the blade sharp again. I make no attempt at grinding the fronts or the gullets, or adjusting tooth set. This technique is good for about five sharpenings. After that the teeth get too short, and it's time for a new blade. Why not make a jig for this? You need a very soft touch, and you need to not touch it with the same spot on the wheel each time (you'd wear a groove in the wheel). This comes naturally by hand, but would be hard to do with a jig. I first made a video on sharpening bandsaw blades in 2010. I have gotten better at making videos, so now (March 2015), I made a new, shorter video.

Making a lot of small box joined boxes to organize screws and other hardware in my drawers. http://woodgears.ca/box/small.html

Making holders to organize my tools on the walls in my big garage workshop. http://woodgears.ca/tool_holders/making.html

More trays for organizing screws and other small hardware, made from plastic food cups. http://woodgears.ca/storage/trays.html

Making a beam compass, inspired by trammel points I bought years ago. http://woodgears.ca/measure/compass.html Inspired loosely by John Heisz's beam compass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb5L3y11nGs

A lot of people commented that I should have used glue on my previous pocket hole joints. I didn't think glue made much difference to pocket holes, and I'm even more convinced of that now. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/pockethole.html#glue

Making gears that run smooth at a right angle by beveling the teeth. More on making these: http://woodgears.ca/gear/right_angle.html Using my gear program (which I wrote, and which I sell) http://woodgears.ca/gear

Before commenting about glue, please see the followup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMi6W2cvw7g More about these tests here: http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/pockethole.html

A screw jack to replace the bottle jack on my joint strength testing apparatus. Designed to give a smoother increase in force. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/screwjack.html My gear program (which I used for the gears): http://woodgears.ca/gear

Something to hold the Raspberry Pi and it's camera safely, prevent damage if the cables get yanked. http://woodgears.ca/tech/pi_holder.html A motion triggered timelapse taken with the raspberry pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyeTsl8ghcQ This is the Raspberry Pi model B+ (not the Pi 2). Not that it matters for this video, but I'm sure people will ask. And I'm sure people will still ask even though it's in the description!

This video is more like a v-log. Not building anything, just showing various random bits that are semi-interesting around my big garage workshop. For more about the big garage workshop go to http://woodgears.ca/workshop/big_garage.html

Using scarf joints to splice together broken chair legs http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/scarf_splice.html

Experimenting with hanging drop cloths in my big garage shop to reduce the echoes. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/echo.html More about the scaffold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmnQN78aZU

An easy technique for hiding raps in wood joints http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/gap_fill.html

Making drawers for the tool stand, drawer slides, and finishing it up. http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/finish_up.html

Building the cabinet for my mobile tool stand. http://woodgears.ca/tool_stand/cabinet.html

Making a large mortise and tenon joint on the pantorouter, then turning it into a keepsake box. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/box.html More about the pantorouter: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/xl.html

A simple project to allow hanging coat hangers with wet clothes on them in a door frame. A sort of drying rack that doesn't get in the way. http://woodgears.ca/home/door_coathanger.html

Making cutting boards from some birdseye maple firewood pieces http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/birdseye_cuttinboard.html

A failed attempt at repairing a craftsman tilting head bandsaw http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/craftsman.html

http://woodgears.ca/home/mitt_hooks.html

http://woodgears.ca/misc/diffuser.html

Making a small corner shelf for the kitchen http://woodgears.ca/corner_shelf/corner_shelf.html

Using a dial indicator to make precise incremental adjustments to the table saw fence for really accurate cuts. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/fence_micro.html#metric

Comparing different router speed controls http://woodgears.ca/router_table/speed_control.html

An extra table to fit on top of my slot mortiser so I can use it as a horizontal router table. http://woodgears.ca/slot_mortiser/horizontal_router.html

Finishing up the dresser that I started in my previous two videos. http://woodgears.ca/dresser/finish_up.html

Putting together the body of the dresser. http://woodgears.ca/dresser/frame.html

Drawers for a seven drawer dresser, using joinery cut on the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/dresser/drawers.html

http://woodgears.ca/home/toilet_roll.html

Checking my pantorouter XL accuracy by making a wide box joint on it. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/box_joint.html

Checking and teweaking the pantorouter XL for accuracy. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/adjust.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans_xl

Plunge control, plunge stops, and router weight compensation. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plunge.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans_xl

A narrated time lapse shot of filming my previous video. The video I was making is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkEvCgV4jEs

Using a cool box joint technique on my table saw sled to make box joints for the pantorouter table and template holder. No special jig needed. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/table.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans_xl

Adapting drawer glides to us as linear glides for the pantorouter http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/slides.html This is Part 2 in my series about building the pantorouter XL. Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans_xl

Lawn mowing is highly underrated! I had so much fun mowing some of the tall grass, I made a video. More about it here: http://woodgears.ca/misc/mower.html

The first in several videos on building my pantorouter XL http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/pantograph.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/plans_xl

Revenge on Wasps. A bigger wasp sucking machine! http://woodgears.ca/misc/wasp_sucker_xl.html

Sliding boxes to help organize a kitchen corner cabinet. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/organizer.html I used my box joint jig for the corners: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html

Using compressed air to quickly drain a hot water tank and plumbing. http://woodgears.ca/cottage/drain.html

Experimenting with making a wooden ring (to wear on your finger) Using my router pantograph http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/rings.html More about the pantograph here: http://woodgears.ca/pantograph More about the pantograph: http://woodgears.ca/pantograph Please note: I already have a lathe, but I used this method because its faster.

How to work out good tooth counts to come up with a desired gear ratio for multi-stage gearing. http://woodgears.ca/gear/ratio.html The gear generator program I used is one I wrote, for sale on my website: http://woodgears.ca/gear

Trying some yardwork with my homemade dust collector. More about the dust collector: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector I hired a guy to do the cutting because the tree was overhanging my shed (http://woodgears.ca/shed/shed1.html), and because that took care of getting rid of the branches too.

Explaining what my screw advance box joint jig does More about the jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/ My longer video about seeing up box joints without a dado blade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZodYxQrHQ

A wooden cutting board that won't warp from getting wet. http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/cutting_board.html 100s of people have "told" me about mineral oil. I was hoping I'd explained my situation. Apparently not obvious enough for youtube people. Since people can't be bothered to read the description, and I'm tired of the same comment over and over again, I have disabled comments on this video,.

Link belt (power twist) vibration and noise. Worth the cost? http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/linkbelt.html

Had to clean out some dirt from the impeller of my shop vac. More details at http://woodgears.ca/misc/vacuum_flush.html

Needed a low bookcase behind the couch. Made it as two halves so I could also stack them if I use them somewhere else. http://woodgears.ca/shelves/shelf_boxes.html

Cutting a hole in the wall of the stairway landing to install a boot nook, to make a bit more room for shoes around the back door. http://woodgears.ca/home/bootnook.html

Making a set of hooks for coats for the hallway, this time, without a lathe. http://woodgears.ca/coat_hooks/hooks.html

A specialized serving tray with a handle that flips down and locks up http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/ramekin_tray.html

Using my screw advance box joint jig to make box joints without using a dado blade. http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/no_dado.html More about the jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint I sell plan for the box joint jig here: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans

How AC induction motors work. More here: http://woodgears.ca/motors/ac.html

Explaining how commutated DC and universal motors work http://woodgears.ca/motors/dc.html

Making a picture frame on the table saw http://woodgears.ca/frame/picture_frame.html

Improvements to the cove cutting method on the table saw http://woodgears.ca/cove/improved.html

Why I think a "drill press table" is not an enhancement. http://woodgears.ca/drillpress/table.html

Making an enclosure for a freshly planted tree to keep the deer away from it.

Plastic tarp clips are surprisingly expensive. So made some wooden ones. http://woodgears.ca/misc/tarp_clips.html

With nothing to lose on this junk guitar, tried a barbaric method of adjusting the neck. So far, so good. http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/neck_reset.html

Using my usual running leap test, this time, on a cheap table http://woodgears.ca/table/testing.html

An unusual garbage pick turned out to be some very old hand-made drawers! http://woodgears.ca/desk/antique.html

Making simple wooden drawer pulls on the table saw. http://woodgears.ca/desk/drawer_pulls.html

A lot of details left to sort out. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/finish_up.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/plans Everybody keeps warning me that the light bulb would melt the bucket. It's an LED bulb. It doesn't get hot. A regular bulb wouldn't last very long because of the vibrations (and the bucket has plenty of cooling on the inside, so it wouldn't melt regardless)

A machine I built for testing early blackberry devices as they moved through their local environment. http://woodgears.ca/misc/rotating_machine.html

Using the blower and two bucket cyclone from previous videos to build a dust collector. Still lots of work left to finish it up. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/manifold.html

http://woodgears.ca/misc/bookends.html

Using a cheap table saw motor to build an efficient blower for a dust collector http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/blower_build.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/plans You can get plans for this blower as part of my small dust collector plans: http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/plans

A cyclone for a 5 gallon bucket, made of another 5 gallon bucket. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/cyclone.html

Making a reflector dish to make a wifi antenna directional for more antenna gain. Much better than a pringles can! http://woodgears.ca/misc/wifi_dish.html

An old project I built in 2004, putting it back together. I have several tables like that, my favourite way to use a computer! http://woodgears.ca/laptop_table/wheely_desk.html I also have a length article about building one (of a slightly different design): http://woodgears.ca/laptop_table/build.html

Putting together a dresser using all parts from garbage http://woodgears.ca/dresser/from_junk.html

A lot of furniture these days is only put together with knock-down fastenetrs. Disassembling and re-gluing the drawers can make them much stronger! Article to go with this coming soon...

Adapting a drill press hold-down for use as a clamp on the all metal pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/kuldeep/clamp.html

Adding a self-propelled wheel to drive the scaffold while standing on top. http://woodgears.ca/scaffold/motorize.html

Building another under-bed storage drawer, rolling on inline roller skate wheels. http://woodgears.ca/drawers/rolling.html

Using a template from Kuldeep that can do the tails and pins of a joint. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/kuldeep/dovetail.html

Plaese note: Bungee cord would be too loose. Sucking it through with a vacuum doesn't work around the tight corners either (because so many people seem to think those are a good idea) http://woodgears.ca/puzzles/snake_cube.html

My way of organizing hand tools. Make a holder for each tool and screw them to a nice piece of plywood. More flexible than french cleats, and the few extra holes over time are still less distracting. http://woodgears.ca/tool_holders/index.html#drills

Finishing up the scaffold build. http://woodgears.ca/scaffold/build2.html

Building a 14' (4m) high scaffold out of 2x4s. http://woodgears.ca/scaffold/index.html#y

My quick-set tenon jig design has the ability to take templates, for cutting francier joints. http://woodgears.ca/tenon/multilap.html

Filmed against the sun, the dust coming out of my 14" bandsaw is very visible. This is why my homemade bandsaws have the blade guides well enclosed. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/resaw_guide.html#dust

More about the jig: http://woodgears.ca/tenon/jig.html Plans for sale here: http://woodgears.ca/tenon/plans

building the quick-set tenon jig, part 1 http://woodgears.ca/tenon/build.html

Making a bridle joint with the quick-set tenon jig http://woodgears.ca/tenon/bridle_joint.html

Making a parts sorting tray, using empty yoghurt cups. http://woodgears.ca/storage/sorting_tray.html

This in response to Izzy Swan's latest video where he made a wonderfully complicated contraption for routing spirals, using gears and threaded rod. Izzy swan's video: http://youtu.be/ouI3HRsomn4 Granted, you may have to build a pantograph, but the pantograph is easier to build than Izzy's jig: http://youtu.be/vtm4u583YOQ More about the pantograph: http://woodgears.ca/pantograph Plans for the pantograph: http://woodgear.ca/pantograph/plans

A rather large garage I'm setting up a rudimentary workshop in http://woodgears.ca/workshop/big_garage.html

Good filter material is most like a felt, and fiberglass insulation seemed pretty close. So I rigged up an experiment to see how well it would work. http://woodgears.ca/dust/fiberglass_filter.html

Construction of a large wooden freestanding shelf, suitable for a garage. http://woodgears.ca/storage/shelving.html

Showing how to make some of the marble blocks, without a fancy pantograph or slot mortiser. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/toy.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/marbles/plans_bl

Using the pantorouter to build a workbench, mostly joined with mortise and tenon joints. http://woodgears.ca/workbench/quick.html

Making pantoroiter followers similar to the ones on the machine Kuldeep sells, plus tapered templates with a slot for cutting mortises. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/followers.html

Making a new section to replace a gnawed out part of some wooden cabinet doors. http://woodgears.ca/cottage/squirrel_repair.html

Experimenting with designing an efficient blower. http://woodgears.ca/dust/blower_design.html

Bought an amazingly cheap dust collector from Busy Bee tools. Pros and cons. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/review.html

How to approximate a roundover edge with several passes of a hand plane. http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/roundover.html

I had this one ready for Sunday, but seeing that Steve Ramsey is also publishing a whistle today, I figured I'd post it up sooner, or everyone would think I copied him! http://woodgears.ca/toys/whistle.html

Making a cube within a cube puzzle on the pantorouter http://woodgears.ca/puzzles/cube.html

A neat shape cut with the pantorouter, inspired by cube within a cube type puzzles. But the final object turned out less interesting than I was hoping. http://woodgears.ca/puzzles/captive.html

Comparing the wooden and the all metal pantorouter machines. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/kuldeep/compare.html

Putting the gap filling feature of gorilla glue to the test http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/gorilla_glue.html

http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/leg_repair.html

Made from trash picked lamps and pallet wood. http://woodgears.ca/misc/lightstand.html

Building a simple table with minimal tools http://woodgears.ca/table/simple.html

A divider for the bed to keep baby in place when sleeping with mommy http://woodgears.ca/home/bedfence.html

A jig, made from a battery powered circular saw, for sharpening circular saw blades. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/sharpening_jig.html

for more info: http://woodgears.ca/wood_hardware/making_hinges.html

Does your saw need alignment? Showing the symptoms of a fence not parallel to the blade. This can cause kickback. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/misalignment.html

Showing why freehand crosscuts are a bad idea. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/kickback.html The kickback was actually much less severe than I had anticipated.

Going over the saw, what works well, and what could have been done better. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/about.html

Painting the homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/paint.html Also testing with the box jont jig http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig_improved.html And about the Fuz finish: http://westronlighting.com/fz/f/

A folding stand for the homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/stand.html

Alignment, and cutting miter slots in the homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/alignment.html

A homemade table saw fence, for the homemade table saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/fence.html

Unboxing and assembling a pre-built pantorouter machine from Japan. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/kuldeep For how to buy one, see here: http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/kuldeep/buy.html A very nice machine, and reasonably priced (or at least, a lot less than what I would charge)

Making the angle lock mechanism and making throat inserts. http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/build2.html

Start of building a tilting arbour table saw from a circular saw http://woodgears.ca/homemade_tablesaw/

An attempt at explaining the gyro effect, without using angular momentum vectors. http://woodgears.ca/physics/gyro.html

Re-upload ofthe lawn chair build, this time with the duplicated video segment removed. (new and improved) http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/ Plans at: http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/plans2

More about the lawn chairs at: http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/ Plans are at: http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/plans2/

Babyproofing a flower pot. http://woodgears.ca/home/babyproof.html Plans for the box joint jig: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/

A super fast method of making dowels, just two passes with a half-round router bit http://woodgears.ca/dowel/router.html

A copy carver can be bulky, but this one comes apart for storage. http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver

Using a hand held circular saw to cut dadoes. Two fences make it easy. http://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/skillsaw_dado.html

More about my (not very good) homemade sawmill http://woodgears.ca/bandmill/mill3.html

Step by step building a lawn chair, similar to an Adirondack chair. http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/ Detailed plans: http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/plans2 Basic free plans: http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/plans

Reviewing the Ridgid router from The Home Depot http://woodgears.ca/router_table/ridgid_review.html A solid unit, but why did they have to make it a non-standard size?

Making simple sturdy sawhorses from 2x4 lumber http://woodgears.ca/sawhorse

Given the right equipment set up, these shelves are very quick to build and elegant looking http://woodgears.ca/shelves/mortised.html Making the templates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1j1tsOBcPA

Working out the geometry for a tenon template on the pantorouter. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/tenon_setup.html

A better video to show off my slot mortising machine. More about the machine: http://woodgears.ca/slot_mortiser Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/slot_mortiser/plans My old video about this machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciXplz3SrMk

A telescoping ceiling lamp to light up different parts of my shop. http://woodgears.ca/misc/telescoping_lamp.html

A look at some lawn chairs that have been in use for decades, where the rot is and is not, and fixing them. http://woodgears.ca/lawn_chairs/repair.html

For the latest update on the marble tracks, click below and scroll down. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/tracks.html

Making more track elements for the marble run building block kit http://woodgears.ca/marbles/elements.html

Building the lever activated marble pump for my marble toy blocks http://woodgears.ca/marbles/lifter.html Plans for this lifting device are included with my marble run blocks plans: http://woodgears.ca/marbles/plans_bl/index.html

Using most of my homemade machines to make the ramps for a marble run toy http://woodgears.ca/marbles/toy_ramps.html

Carbide tipped router bits can be sharpened with a dremel tool and an inexpensive diamond wheel http://woodgears.ca/router_lift/sharpen.html The amazing thing is that it actually works!

Making improvements to the filter of my small dust collector http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/update.html

Building a custom case for my ukulele (like a small guitar case) with an internal latching mechanism. http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/case.html

A paper towel roll holder. Or maybe just an excuse to use some of my fancy tools. http://woodgears.ca/misc/towel_holder.html

Experimenting with cutting intricate guitar neck inlays with my router pantograph. http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/inlay2.html Also using my BigPrint program: http://woodgears.ca/bigprint

Building a dremel tool mount for my 3D router pantograph http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/dremel Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/plans

Repairing a cottage deck tailing that got smashed http://woodgears.ca/deck/repair.html

My 2013 Honda fit came without a trunk cover - it's an exorbitantly priced "accessory". So I made my own. http://woodgears.ca/misc/trunk_cover.html

A baby gate that parallelogram folds to swing up the stairs http://woodgears.ca/home/baby_gate.html

Lucas Haneman playing my homemade ukulele. Lucas is the guy Pat built the 8-string guitar for. He's an amazing guitar player! http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/go_long.html

A collaboration with "go long music" (the band has since split up) The song they are playing is "Green grass". Demonstrating my homemade ukulele: http://woodgears.ca/ukulele

Comparing my homemade ukulele to the one that Pat Hawley built http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/comparison.html

Applying varnish, making the bridge and nut http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/finish_up.html

Installing the machine heads, gluing on the back, http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/assembly.html

Layout out the frets for the fretboard, cutting the fret slots, and installing the frets. http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/fretboard.html

Making the neck for the ukulele. I joined the head with a scarf joint under the fretboard, and used my pantorouter to make the neck mortise. http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/neck.html

Joining the Ukulele sides and sound board http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/body.html

Making the sound board for my ukulele. Improvising because I don't have a thickness sander http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/soundboard.html

More about the guitar here: http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/8string.html The band: Go long music: http://golongmusic.com Pat Hawle's website: http://hawleyguitars.com Another video of the guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNKvX8IYtI4

Bending the sides for my ukulelel project http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/bend_sides.html

http://woodgears.ca/ukulele

Pat Hawley showing me how he bends the sides for his ukuleles http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/pat_sides.html

How to sharpen a cabinet scraper http://woodgears.ca/scraper/index.html#v

Paul's hand-held dowel maker, used with his lathe http://woodgears.ca/reader/paul/dowel.html

Repairing some wobbly chairs http://woodgears.ca/kitchen_chairs/repair.html

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/paul.html This machine based on Brad Litwin's Quadrapult: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK4Yg3kU4oE

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/paul.html

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/paul.html

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/paul.html

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. http://woodgears.ca/marbles/paul.html

One of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher.

one of seven amazing marble machines by Paul Grundbacher. The rest coming on Sunday.

A jig to mount a camera to a pair of hiking poles or ski poles http://woodgears.ca/tripod/hiking.html

Finishing up building the table saw dovetail jigs - building the tails jig, fine adjustment, and spacers. More at my website: http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/jig.html Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/plans

Showing how to use the table saw dovetail jig http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/using.html

Part one of building the table saw dovetail jigs. http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/build1.html

A dovetail joint that looks like it would be impossible to assemble http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/impossible.html

More details on my simple dowel maker http://woodgears.ca/dowel/making.html

Going over dad's 20-inch thickness planer - what's good and what's bad about it http://woodgears.ca/planer/20-inch.html

Reviewing my dad's old Felder KFS36 table saw / shaper combination machine http://woodgears.ca/dads_shop/felder.html

Having spent several days cleaning up the shop, time for a shop tour! http://woodgears.ca/dads_shop/shop_tour.html

Box fans are cheap, but I already had the materials, and it saved me a trip to town to buy one. And this one is more powerful! http://woodgears.ca/dust/box_fan.html

Sketchup tutorial 5: Using scenes and layers together to create multiple views in the same drawing. http://woodgears.ca/sketchup/index.html#2

Sketchup tutorial 6: The behaviour of objects in SketchUp, nested objects, layer behaviour, and colour inheritance http://woodgears.ca/sketchup/index.html#2

Building a wooden grave marker, or grave cross http://woodgears.ca/urn/gravemarker.html Please - no need for condolences. Read the linked article first.

A neat way to repair and reinforce cracked and broken plastic parts. It doesn't look pretty, but it's strong! http://woodgears.ca/misc/plastic_repair.html For all those who suggest different glues: No, that wouldn't work. The glue does not stick that well to the plastic, and the plastic itself wasn't strong enough in the first place.

A small table for using a laptop computer, standing up. http://woodgears.ca/laptop_table/

A workbench made from 2x4s and an old door, using a circular saw and a hand drill. http://woodgears.ca/workbench

Building a workshop air cleaner using a big furnace filter cartridge http://woodgears.ca/dust/air_cleaner.html

A large bent lamination to make a "curvy board" for my nephews. http://woodgears.ca/toys/curvy_board.html

A balancing board, with safety stops to prevent accidents! http://woodgears.ca/toys/balance.html

A quick and simple project, just a board with wheels on it. When I was a kid, that sort of thing was just the best! http://woodgears.ca/toys/wheelie_board.html

Playing around with the Dylos air quality monitor Much more at: http://woodgears.ca/dust/dylos.html Before asking questions or commenting on stuff like filter seasoning, please read the accompanying article. I can't put all the details in the video.

Showing how to change the knives on a cheap thickness planer http://woodgears.ca/planer/knife_change.html

Tweaking a cheap bandsaw I got for free to make good cuts. http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/tuneup.html

Devising a way to capture workshop and environmental dust levels for comparison purposes. http://woodgears.ca/dust/photograph.html

Mikiono sent me some video clips of his homemade scrollsaw. More info at: http://woodgears.ca/reader/scrollsaw

Using different methods of gluing the same wood with the same glue to see if it affects the strength, then breaking the joints to measure fail strength. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue_methods.html

The mechanisms of the counter explained, and showing step by step how to build it. I also have a detailed set of plans available for this counter. http://woodgears.ca/counter

Explaining the carry gear mechanism used in mechanical counters. Mechanical calculators also used this carry gear mechanism. http://woodgears.ca/counter

Demonstrating my all power tools method of sharpening hand planes. Barbaric by handtool purist standards, but it works for me. http://woodgears.ca/handplane/sharpen.html

How to build a small table saw sled, step by step. Very handy, use int on my table saw all the time. http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/small_sled.html Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/sled_plans/index.html

Inspired by the howl of some of my blower experiments, I set out to try to build an air raid siren. http://woodgears.ca/siren

Testing the siren out in the country to see how loud it is http://woodgears.ca/siren

Showing off my favourite style of push sticks, and how to copy a shape using my BigPrint program. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/pushsticks.html

Experimenting with creating the right wind conditions to produce a mini sort of tornado in my workshop. More of an eddy, really. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/tornado.html

This time, dropping a heavy steel weight onto the devices from 8.5 meters up http://woodgears.ca/cannon/bb_crush.html

Smashing some old blackberry prototypes, back in 2005 http://woodgears.ca/cannon/improved_launcher.html

Experimenting with the Thien-baffle style cyclone on my small homemade dust collector http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/performance.html

Building the cyclone part of my small dust collector http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/separator.html

Design experiments for building a low power blower for a small dust collector. http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/blower.html

How I repaired a worn out depth adjustment mechanism on my brother's rockwell beaver table saw. http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/repair.html

Replacing part of a squirrel-damaged drawer front http://woodgears.ca/drawers/repair.html

A trick I recently discovered: Sharpening a chainsaw with an angle grinder works really well! http://woodgears.ca/chainsaw_mill/sharpen.html

Demonstrating and explaining the venturi effect, and how it can turn pressure into suction: http://woodgears.ca/physics/venturi.html

Showing off how the pantorouter can be used to make the angled mortises needed for making louvered shutters. http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/louver.html

A followup to Andy's homemade truck. Last winter, Andy had time to finish the truck, so I went back and shot another video. http://woodgears.ca/andy/truck.html

Showing off one of the cottages at Amogla Camp. http://woodgears.ca/cottage/nr2.html Amogla camp is no longer open to tourists.

Which cheap camera is best for shooting YouTube videos? I can't give a definitive answer, but I thought I'd share my experience. http://woodgears.ca/misc/best_camera.html

Turning a bowl out of the segmented blank I made in my previous video. http://woodgears.ca/lathe/bowl.html

Demonstrating making a tapered ten-sided polygon, using my miter table, and showing how to clamp it. http://woodgears.ca/miter

Another video workshop tour, this time covering mostly things not covered in my last shop tour video from two years ago. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/2012.html

Doing some tests on the much malinged drywall screws. They are actually fairly decent wood screws. http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/drywall_screws.html For all those suggesting washers under the heads - I wanted to test the limit in typical usage. Typical usage does not include washers under the head.under the head.

The shed is all done, with a neat rack and pinion door latching mechanism. http://woodgears.ca/shed/latch.html And since everyone wants to ask "how do you lock it"? There is no lock. There is no need for a lock. I used this gear program to design the rack and pinion: http://woodgears.ca/gear

Making a set of large "barn doors" for the front of the shed. If it was a little deeper, I'd be able to park my car in it. http://woodgears.ca/shed/doors.html

With the shed parts all prepared, time to invite some friends and put it together! http://woodgears.ca/shed/raising.html

Applying the sheet metal roofing and siding, before I put the shed togheter. http://woodgears.ca/shed/metal_roof.html Not the most exciting subject, but I noticed there isn't a lot of good information out there on the topic, so made a whole video on it.

Building the parts for my modular shed http://woodgears.ca/shed/build1.html

Using my copy carver to copy an old style rotary phone. Especially interesting was carving the handset. http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver/copy_phone.html

Finishing up the construction of my router copy carving machine http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver I also sell plans for this machine here: http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver/plans

Part 1 of building my router copy carver. More at: http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver/build1.html I also sell plans for this machine here: http://woodgears.ca/copy_carver/plans

Showing the steps for making a zero clearance table saw insert http://woodgears.ca/delta_saw/insert.html

Carving recessed drawer pulls with my router pantograph. http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/recessed_knobs.html

More work with my sawmill. The log I was cutting was too large so I had to split it up with wedges just to get it in. More info here: http://woodgears.ca/bandmill/misadventure.html

Milling some more logs with my homemade sawmill. Things don't always go as planned. More info here: http://woodgears.ca/bandmill/misadventure.html Plans available here: http://woodgears.ca/bandmill/plans/

Final part of the series. Finishing the gear mount, more gears, metal guide bar, adding the handle. Plans for the jig at http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/ More about box joints: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/ Plans here: http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/index.html

Building the screw advance box joint jig. Part two of a four part series showing the details of the construction. In this part: Guides for the box, plywood base, and bearing mounts. Plans for the jig at http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/

Part 3 of building the box joint jig. Aligning the bearing, threaded rod and nut, Idler mount, gear cluster, gear mount. Plans for the jig at http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/

Building the screw advance box joint jig. Part one of a four part series showing the details of the construction. Plans at http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/plans/

Using the layout that I previously generated with my BigPrint program, I now use my tilting router lift to make some curved molding to match the existing molding. http://woodgears.ca/trim/curved.html

Part 1 of a two part video on making curved molding to go around a window using my BigPrint program. http://woodgears.ca/trim/layout.html

Using my router pantograph to make some wooden dice with the nice rounded corners. These dice roll really nicely. http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/dice.html

Steve Ramsey and I collaborate on a woodworking project using some of the amazing new features in the latest version of Skype. http://woodgears.ca/misc/april_fools.html

Exploring what sometimes causes that loud whine or squeal when resawing on the bandsaw http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/squeal.html

Building the infeed parallelogram mechanism for the jointer http://woodgears.ca/jointer/parallelogram.html

Using Bills ShopBot CNC router to cut a gear out of plastic. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/bill/

Bill Price added a car window lifter motor to his router lift, and a controller built from relay to raise it up and down. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/bill/router_lift.html

Bill Price showing off his modified automatic drill presses, and reciprocating saw. http://woodgears.ca/workshop/bill/drillpress.html

Wagner meters sent me a free moisture meter, so I have been playing around with it, and also explaining why moisture content matters. http://woodgears.ca/lumber/moisture.html Wagner meters: http://www.wagnermeters.com/woodworking.php

A short how-to on sharpening twist drill bits http://woodgears.ca/drill/sharpen.html

How to grind the guide post off cheap router bits to make them more suitable for making molding with a tilting router lift. http://woodgears.ca/router_lift/modify_bits.html

Trying to see if a zero clearance insert mitigates shirt sucked into saw experiments, only to find that that sort of accident is quite unlikely http://woodgears.ca/table_saw/shirt.html. PLEASE read the accompanying article before commenting. and yes, I HAVE seen John Heisz's video - I even talk bout it in the article.