1) Shop-Made Drawer Pull

“When it’s time to choose drawer or door pulls for a project, there’s an option that’s often overlooked. Rather than buy something off the shelf or order from a catalog, save the cash and make you own pulls.”

2) WoodworkersZone Scratch Awl Class Part 1
WoodZone Woodworkers Scratch Awl Class Part 2
“Welcome to the Handmade Scratch Awl Tutorial. This will be section one of two, and it will cover turned handles and round shafts. The second section will cover bandsawn handles and twisted, hex and square shafts. This project came to mind after I saw the very fine scratch awls that were published in the ShopNotes #99 issue. ”

3) What I Love About Woodworking: “Here’s how I’d do that…”
“One of the things I love about getting together with other woodworkers, either in person, or online, is discussing methods of work. It often seems as though there are as many different ways of tackling a problem, as there are woodworkers to discuss it.”

4) Thin Strip Jig.
6 3/4″ long 4″ wide, 3/4″ stock 1/16″-1 1/4″ Travel (great pics! worth checking out)

5) The MDF of the 19th Century?
“In college I had a girlfriend who was half Japanese, half German and entirely unpredictable. And for a kid raised in Arkansas, she was quite the exotic Axis-power antidote to my small-town upbringing.”

6) Spoken Wood Podcast No.5
“Today’s episode of The Spoken Wood Podcast is “Brooklyn Vise Squad” by Ron Hock of The Sharpening Blog”

7) A Curly maple Jewelry Cabinet
“We recently finished this curly maple jewelry cabinet. It has eight removable, velvet bottomed, removeable sidehung drawers/trays with removable dividers, a stool, and a mirror inside. It was an interesting and challenging project.”

8) Foolproof Method for Cleaning Dirty Brushes
“After wiping off the excess finish, rinse the brush in thinner several times. Then wrap the brush in a towel (Fig. 1).”

9) Display the Book Stand: Free Plans
“Many people who have a number of books on display in their homes like to use book stands to show off their favorites. Coffee table books, with their beautiful layout and often breathtaking photography are commonly displayed on a book stand.”

10) Plywood as Flooring
“The first problem I run into is that I have just over 1000 square foot per floor. I’m not sure I can handle ripping 35 pieces of plywood and running over 200 pieces through the tongue and groove process. Let’s not forget finishing 1000 square foot of plywood seems like a daunting task.”

11) New DVD – Wood Whisperer Guild Best of 2009
“I have assembled a two-disc DVD set containing 15 videos and over 5 1/2 hours of Guild content, called “The Wood Whisperer Guild Best of 2009. The DVD’s are coming in early next week, but we are having a special 10% OFF pre-order sale. So act now to take advantage of the lower price.”

12) Book Giveaway: Made By Hand by Tom Fidgen (NOT a ToolCrib contest – follow the link to enter!)
“Made by Hand: Furniture Projects from the Unplugged Woodshop by Tom Fidgen is a book about building furniture with hand tools. Leave a comment on this post by 12:01am Eastern Time, Monday, February 8, 2010, and you might just win this book.”

KnotScott knows what’s hot in the world of woodworking, and he’s got the forum picks to prove it! This week you’ll enjoy marveling at the picture frame assembled inside of a whiskey bottle – how did they do it? Also, the sobering results of the first ever non-occupational table saw injury study. Are you doing everything you can to stay safe on your table saw? We hope you’ll enjoy!

1) Woodworking in a Bottle! See It To Believe It!
Even if you see it, you won’t believe it. The funny(?!) thing is – he broke the first one before delivery. Maybe it had something to do with the liquid previously contained in the bottle?

2) Table Saw Injuries – A link to the first study on non-occupational table saw injuries.
There are 31,500 table saw injuries a year in the US. Don’t be a part of that statistic! Check out this forum thread and read the article they link to there!

3) Tips on Making Your Table Saw As Safe As It Can Be
You can always be safer with your table saw. Always. Check out this thread for some great tips!

4) What’s A Router Centering Cone For?
Don’t let the mystery remain any longer – find out the uses for a router centering cone.

5) How Important Is It To Unclamp After Glueing?
How long should you leave the clamps on? Does it make a difference in your projects? Read this thread to learn what other woodworkers think!

6) Problems With Dado Stack Shims:
Are you having trouble getting a tight dado stack? Check out this thread for tips!

Previous Forum Roundups from KnotScott:
7 KnotScott Forum Finds: Dado Debates, Push Sticks vs. GRR-ripper, Air Hockey Outfeed Table!!??
3 KnotScott Forum Finds: Whirlwind Flesh-Sensing DC Blade Guard = SawStop Killer? + Griz 1023 Updates!!
7 KnotScott Forum Finds: R4511 Discontinued? SawStop Saves, Festool TS55, MORE!
6 Bonus Forum Finds from KnotScott: New Frued Blade, Adding Rip Capacity, Avanti Blades, MORE!
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Are $100 Blades Worth $100 + Best Band Saw + Best Cordless Drill + More
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Shop Organization Tips, Free Cad Program, Reduce Table Saw Vibration + 7 More!
KnotScott Forum Finds: Woodworking Bargains at Wal-Mart? + Dust Collection + Dovetails and MORE!
6 KnotScott Forum Finds: Your Monthly Woodworking Spend + Kid Proofing the Shop and more!
KnotScott’s Forum Finds: Flag Case with One Board, Router vs. Shaper, Jointer Advice and More!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Bandsaws, Glues, Jawdropping Projects and MORE!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Saw Stop Blades, Hot Router Deals, Classic Table Saw Debate and MORE!
Knotscott’s Forum Thread Picks: Maloof’s Passing, Common Woodworking Errors, Planers and More!

Anyhow, I hope this collection is useful to those who plan to cut their own molding or have other cove needs in their woodworking projects!

Enjoy!

>> 6 Cove Cutting Jigs and How-To’s
1) Build a Cove Jig (American Woodworker 1989)

2) Cove Cutting on the Table Saw (Popular Mechanics 1954)

3) Cove cutting on the table saw

4) Cutting Coves on a Table Saw (Popular Mechanics 1985)

5) Cutting a Cove (Popular Mechanics 1961)

6) Make your own: Cove Moulding

>> 4 Cove Cutting Calculators
1) Cove cutting table calculator
2) Cove Cut Calculator
3) Cove Angle Calculator
4) Cove Cutter 1.0 (.exe)

>> From the Forums
Cove Molding on a Table Saw

Without further ado, 13 Tenon Jig Plans!:

Tenon cutting jig

Tenon Jig

Tenon Jig Plans

Shop-Made Tablesaw Tenoning Jig

Making the Tenoning Platform

Making the Tenoning Sled

Multi-Purpose Joinery Jig for the Tablesaw

Shop Built Tenon Jig

Table Saw Tenoning Jig (American Woodworker 1999)

Build a Tenoning Jig (Popular Science 1988)

Tenon Jig: Slides in Table Slots (Popular Mechanics 1948)

Cutting Tenons on the Table Saw (American Woodworker 1998)

Hands Free Tenoning Jig (American Woodworker 1995)

More Resources:
Show me your Tenoning jig Woodnet Forums
tenoning jig Router Forums
2 Router Tenon Jig Plans

1) Video: Making a Zero-Clearance Insert

2) Video: Making a Zero-Clearance Dado Insert

3) Video: Zero-Clearance Insert

4) Zero-Clearance Insert

5) Zero-Clearance Top

6) Table Saw Insert with Splitter

7) One-Size-Fits-All Table Saw Insert

8) Making a zero clearance table saw insert

9) Table Saw Insert

10) zero clearance table saw insert

11) Phenolic Zero Clearance Inserts and Fence Faces for Ridgid R4511

12) Zero-Clearance Jig Ensures Safe, Smooth Cuts

More ZCI Resources:
guide to making zero clearance inserts ZCI
Zero Clearance Table Saw Inserts: Buy ‘em, or make your own?
A shopmade splitter
When Kickback Calls… Six Favorite Table Saw Splitters

From the Popular Woodworking Best New Tools list we’ve got:
MAKITA LS1016L Miter Saw (reconditioned $479.99 shipped) >>
MAKITA BTD144 Impact Driver ($369.99 shipped) >>

2) Classic New Yankee Woodshop Videos Online!
Folks, it don’t get no better. Free Norm! The New Yankee Woodshop is going back to the vaults and releasing the oldest New Yankee Woodshop videos they have. You can watch them as they come out on the home page, and check out the release schedule here >>

3) Pricing Your Work
Man, Marc is awesome. He gave me my LOL of the week: “Over the last few years of running this website and doing my show, I have been asked one question repeatedly: “Why don’t you ever shave?” And a close second to that question is: “How do you price your work?””
also see:
How to Price Your Woodworking: A Community Guide to the Great Pricing Debate

4) log cabin on side
This log cabin is on wheels. Oh, and all the logs are sideways. ENJOY.

5) A Look Back at the Top Ten Web Stories of 2009
“As another December makes its way through life’s shredder, it’s time to take a look back at the Top 10 Popular Woodworking web stories of 2009. Did you search, download or read any of these top stories? Are you responsible for this ranking?”

6) video: A Push Block for the Router Table
A video From the Woodsmith Shop TV Show: Have better control and prevent tearout with this simple push block.

7) An alternative for jointing long boards.
“When I plane long boards, I always work the board 6″ longer than the finished product because invariably, there is snipe on the ends, no matter how slight. The same 3″ of waste on each end can be used to fasten boards together from the back side with a piece of scrap. I put a 3/4″ up-spiral router bit in my handheld router, and fastened the 2 boards to a piece of scrap exactly 5/8″ apart from each other.”

8) Russian company makes computer mouse from wood
“The components of each mouse are made from a single piece of red or black wood such as bubinga, makor, sapele or ebony. According to the company, it took four years to develop the manufacturing techniques, which it says are completely environmentally friendly.”

9) Video: Homemade Bandsaw Blade Welder
“A good friend gave me this homemade bandsaw blade welder a while ago. I figured I’d give it a try even though it scares the heck out of me.”

10) Table that turns into a secret house
“The “Daily Shelter” by artist Ingrid Brandth is a dining-room table that converts to a secret fort: “At first glance it looks like an ordinary table. But for the one who knows its secret, it can be transformed into a shelter where one can hide from scary sounds, ghosts or family members. Just like a snail feels safe in its house.”

11) Portland treehouse: swanky Hobbit pad
“Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house.”

As usual, KnotScott knocks it out of the park (with a bat he made himself ;)! If your hunting for dados then stop by his first find, which reveals the most popular of the top dado offerings. Also up for debate – push sticks vs. the grr-ripper… Survey says it’s not much of a contest! And in the “so-crazy-it-might-work” department you have to check out the guy who’s going to try his still-working air hockey table as an outfeed table.

Enjoy!

1) the Great Dado Debates
Wow. The results are clear from this poll… If you’re dado shopping then look no further!

2) Push sticks vs. GRR-ripper
Shop made push sticks vs. the store bought GRR-ripper. It’s a tough fight, but if you review our push stick plans I think you’ll know which side we’re on here at ToolCrib.com! ;)

3) Old Air Hockey Table for an Outfield Table
“I have a large air hockey table my kids no longer use. It has been taking up space against the wall in my garage for way too long and although it is fully functional, I was going to put it out by the curb. Then it hit me! The surface would make a great outfeed table for my table saw. With the edge of the table removed and powered on, the sheet goods would just glide over it effortlessly. Has anyone given anything like this a try? Do you think it would be worthwhile? Should I give it a go?”

4) Wood Selection for Workbench
“I’m planning to build myself a proper workbench primarily for handtool use in the near future, but I’m having trouble choosing the right wood for it. I know that you guys mainly suggest to use hard maple, but unfortunately that’s not widely available here in Denmark. Beech is – and was my suppliers first suggestion, but I just don’t like the look of beech. Can you suggest other wood species suited for a workbench?”
Check out our free workbench plan collection >>

5) 10″ bandsaw…..craftsman v rikon…same saw??
“There’s some debate about whether this if really true or is “internet fact”, but I’m of the impression that Richen Enterprises makes at least some of the Craftsman bandsaws…they also own Rikon. I checked parts lists on the 14″ a while back, and did find that the majority of parts were the same. What the means…I dunno, but the majority of owners of the 10″, 12″ and 14″ Cman seem happy with the machine.”

6) Grizzly Ships to Canada!
As Frank Pellow says: “That’s the good news. The bad news is that they insist on shipping by UPS and will not use the “regular” US and Canadian postal services. UPS is well known for ripping off Canadians with exorbitant administrative fees when they ship across the boarder. I, for one, will never knowingly use them again. By the way Fedex is just as bad.”
Check out Frank Pellow’s Workshop >>

7) Parallel Clamps – Jet vs Bessey
“was going to pull the trigger on some Bessey clamps, but a local store has Jet 40 and 50” clamps at a good price. I’m not familair with Jet clamps, but they look substantial… any thoughts??”

Previous Forum Roundups from KnotScott:
3 KnotScott Forum Finds: Whirlwind Flesh-Sensing DC Blade Guard = SawStop Killer? + Griz 1023 Updates!!
7 KnotScott Forum Finds: R4511 Discontinued? SawStop Saves, Festool TS55, MORE!
6 Bonus Forum Finds from KnotScott: New Frued Blade, Adding Rip Capacity, Avanti Blades, MORE!
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Are $100 Blades Worth $100 + Best Band Saw + Best Cordless Drill + More
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Shop Organization Tips, Free Cad Program, Reduce Table Saw Vibration + 7 More!
KnotScott Forum Finds: Woodworking Bargains at Wal-Mart? + Dust Collection + Dovetails and MORE!
6 KnotScott Forum Finds: Your Monthly Woodworking Spend + Kid Proofing the Shop and more!
KnotScott’s Forum Finds: Flag Case with One Board, Router vs. Shaper, Jointer Advice and More!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Bandsaws, Glues, Jawdropping Projects and MORE!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Saw Stop Blades, Hot Router Deals, Classic Table Saw Debate and MORE!
Knotscott’s Forum Thread Picks: Maloof’s Passing, Common Woodworking Errors, Planers and More!

5 Table Saw Ripping Accessory Resources
1) 15 Free Table Saw Outfeed Plans: Mobile Tables, Folding Tables, Outfeed Stands and More!
2) Tip: Ride the rails for safer ripping
3) Thin-strip rippin’ pushblock
4) How To Rip Boards Safely with a Table Saw
5) Table Saw Rip Sled Plan for the ezee-feed system

These sled plans didn’t quite fit in with our miter sleds, cross cut sleds and panel cutting sleds ;D (hawhaw!)

This free plan collection’s dedicated to KnotScott, who tells me they’re digging out from 10 inches of snow (DOH!).

>> 7 Runner Sled Plans
>> 2 Toboggan Sled Plans
>> Sled Building Resources

>> 7 Runner Sled Plans
Down-Hill Thrills Ski Sled

the Winter Wonderland Christmas Sled

Just Say Snow! Double Runner Sled

The Child’s Sled

BUILD A SLED FROM SHIPPING SKIDS!

the Double-Runner Bob Sled

Steerable Plumbing Tube Sledge (sled)

>> 2 Toboggan Sled Plans
Snow Speedster Toboggan

Making a Coasting Toboggan

>> Sled Building Resources
Toboggan tune-up
21 (or so) Sledge Plans These old timey plans are designed more for pulling than for riding down hills.

As KnotScott says, “This is raw and short, but the last one is worth going to the presses for…” He’s right, it’s worth going to press with! I moved the last one up to the front… It’s a table saw safety device that stops the blade when it senses your fingers. And unlike SawStop, it doesn’t wait until your finger actually touches the blade. Also unlike SawStop the device is after market so you can keep your old table saw ;)

1) New Blade Stopping Competition for Saw Stop! (WoodNet)
Chipper JR sums it up with appropriate enthusiasm: “I see a major concept shift vs SawStop. This system is sensing when your hand is 1″ or so away from the blade using the virtual fence and deploying the brake rather than waiting unit actual contact with the blade.”

Here’s the Whirlwind demonstrated by David, its creator:

And no, we don’t carry it yet at ToolCrib.com ;) As the Whirlwind site states: “This site presents limited disclosure of pending table saw safety patents which are available for assignment or license. This is not a consumer website and there is currently no hardware available for these products.”

2) The Griz 1023 gets an update!
Updates include, according to WoodNetters:
> riving knife
> serp belt instead of the old 3 V-belt drive
> a dust shroud
> quick release throat plate

And, oh yeah, Grizzly CEO Shiraz Balolia makes a guest appearance in the thread and confirms: “Yes, there was major re-engineering to some of the saws.”

Just wish we carried Grizzly here at ToolCrib.com… Or even refurbished Grizzly! Though apparently they only sell refurbished at tent sales…

3) Drill Press Capacity how much do you really use?
Making the drill press decision can be tough! This thread walks woodworkers through the decision making process.

We do have drill presses ;)

Previous Forum Roundups from KnotScott:
7 KnotScott Forum Finds: R4511 Discontinued? SawStop Saves, Festool TS55, MORE!
6 Bonus Forum Finds from KnotScott: New Frued Blade, Adding Rip Capacity, Avanti Blades, MORE!
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Are $100 Blades Worth $100 + Best Band Saw + Best Cordless Drill + More
10 KnotScott Forum Finds: Shop Organization Tips, Free Cad Program, Reduce Table Saw Vibration + 7 More!
KnotScott Forum Finds: Woodworking Bargains at Wal-Mart? + Dust Collection + Dovetails and MORE!
6 KnotScott Forum Finds: Your Monthly Woodworking Spend + Kid Proofing the Shop and more!
KnotScott’s Forum Finds: Flag Case with One Board, Router vs. Shaper, Jointer Advice and More!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Bandsaws, Glues, Jawdropping Projects and MORE!
KnotScott’s Wide World of Woodworking: Saw Stop Blades, Hot Router Deals, Classic Table Saw Debate and MORE!
Knotscott’s Forum Thread Picks: Maloof’s Passing, Common Woodworking Errors, Planers and More!