There is a great amount of satisfaction in working with your hands. Even better is working with tools and fixtures that you designed and built yourself.
Many shop tasks are made easier and safer with the right tools. Finding that right tool is a nightmare for some of us, and practical organization tools are always welcome. Another key to a pleasant shop experience is a work piece that is properly secured to a bench of the right height for the task at hand.
In this book I make ten quick and easy shop projects with free pallet and crate wood and a few materials most of us have on hand.
- Starting with a cool little tool box, then moving on to some
- specialty totes that keep all the tools you need for a certain job together and portable.
- Bench hooks hold your work steady while you cut or plane. I will show you how to make three of these.
- A hand held storyboard or marking gauge lets you transfer accurate measurements.
- I will show several uses for cut off blocks of wood.
- Next I will make a parts sorting tray to help find that elusive screw in a can of loose hardware.
- Making a coping saw useful can be done with a coping saw support table that
supports your work for intricated cuts.
- We will discuss tool storage blocks and make a drill bit pyramid.
- The most elaborate project is a clamp on detail bench which raises your work bench surface up to a height better suited to detail work.
- Finally we will make a dedicated work station for one shop operation.
Bonus section: TWO BONUS PROJECTS are included. Push sticks for safety and
two methods of building shop mallets.
All of these projects are made from pallet and crate wood, some OSB and inexpensive materials that might be available in your shop or can be bought at
your local building supply.
Many shop tasks are made easier and safer with the right tools. Finding that right tool is a nightmare for some of us, and practical organization tools are always welcome. Another key to a pleasant shop experience is a work piece that is properly secured to a bench of the right height for the task at hand.
In this book I make ten quick and easy shop projects with free pallet and crate wood and a few materials most of us have on hand.
- Starting with a cool little tool box, then moving on to some
- specialty totes that keep all the tools you need for a certain job together and portable.
- Bench hooks hold your work steady while you cut or plane. I will show you how to make three of these.
- A hand held storyboard or marking gauge lets you transfer accurate measurements.
- I will show several uses for cut off blocks of wood.
- Next I will make a parts sorting tray to help find that elusive screw in a can of loose hardware.
- Making a coping saw useful can be done with a coping saw support table that
supports your work for intricated cuts.
- We will discuss tool storage blocks and make a drill bit pyramid.
- The most elaborate project is a clamp on detail bench which raises your work bench surface up to a height better suited to detail work.
- Finally we will make a dedicated work station for one shop operation.
Bonus section: TWO BONUS PROJECTS are included. Push sticks for safety and
two methods of building shop mallets.
All of these projects are made from pallet and crate wood, some OSB and inexpensive materials that might be available in your shop or can be bought at
your local building supply.
