Veteran woodworker and woodworking forum poster KnotScott sees lots and lots of posts! Here are some of his top forum thread picks for the past week… Enjoy!
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It’s fairly easy to find wooden replicas of non-wooden objects. We’ve seen the wooden VW Bus, the 1/2 size Ark, the iWood and even the Amazon Kindling.

So it’s refreshing to discover Ozzie Josh D, who made a gorgeous new wooden shell for his iPod Mini… Complete with a wooden touch wheel. All with a Dremel! Observe:

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I became a true SawStop fanboy the day I watched inventor Steve Gass stick his finger into the blade of one of his creations. I recently learned about their upcoming release of the SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw (PCS), targeting the slightly-sub $3k price point.

So join me in fanboy worship as I provide a brief overview, history and review collection of this new saw currently available for pre-order.
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What’s the most dangerous power tool? Most woodworkers agree, it’s YOU. And right after that, the table saw :)

Staying safe on the table saw takes more than just push sticks and push blocks, but they are very important to keeping your paws (and your abdomen…) as safe as possible from the blade as well as kickback.

This free woodworking plan collection from ToolCrib.com catalogs and organizes all the free push stick plans and free push block plans that Google could find. We hope it helps keep you safe!
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Music is that much sweeter when it’s from an instrument you made yourself! Put your woodworking skills to the test with this roundup of musical instrument plans, broken down into strings, wind, percussion and ancient/period instruments. Not everything out there is a proper plan… sometimes it’s more of a photo essay, sometimes just drawings. When possible and available I included resources that should help out all you amateur luthiers!

And yes, there should be enough plans here for quite the orchestra ;)

If you know of any free instrument plans, please let me know in the comments - I was hoping to find free lap dulcimer plans but couldn’t scour any up in my searches…
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Folks, we heartily welcome back the man you know as KnotScott! You’ve seen him in forums, but now he’s taken his show on the road! Find out the latest news, tips, tricks and debates from the wide world of woodworking forums as KnotScott guides you through the best woodworking forum threads of recent days!
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“If you build it… they will pick up their toys…”

Though this belief may not be quite accurate, creating heirloom toy containment systems can begin teaching about organization and taking care of what’s important.

This collection of free toy box plans has the following sections:
>> 4 “Golden Child” Toy Box Plans…
>> 5 Toy Box Bench, Toy Storage Bench Plans:
>> 5 Mobile Toy Storage Plans:
>> 6 Classic Toy Box Plans:
>> 33 More Free Woodworking Plan Collections:
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Our Free Sawhorse Plan Collection just went from 24, down to 23, then up to 37 free sawhorse plans!

Here are the new plans we added today, ordered in the categories of the original post.
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At ToolCrib.com we scour the internet to collect and organize free woodworking plans. We create a new woodworking plan collection every two weeks, which you can get in the ToolCrib.com Newsletter >>

This is a collection of our collections - we update this page every time we create a new free plan collection!
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Free yourself from the chains of your porch swing with these incredible free plans we gathered from around the web!

These outdoor gliders and rocking chair plans put you in that summer sweet spot: the porch or deck! Though they are in short supply compared to their chained cousins, we rustled up 8 free plans so you can bliss out this summer :)
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