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Workshop Projects: Simple Flat Panel Cabinet Doors
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Sunday, April 8, 2012. Simple Flat Panel Cabinet Doors. Flat Panel Shop CabinetDoors. Cut poplar plank into 2 1/4" widths for stiles and rails. Cut stiles and rails roughly to length. Cut a 1/4" deep by 0.22" groove in one edge of the stiles and rails. Cut stiles to exact length. Clamp stiles on bench to exact door width and measure rail length. Cut rails to length. Use Kreg fixture to drill pocket holes in rails. Cut and insert flat panel. Drill holes for hinges.
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Workshop Projects: Router Table Base
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Thursday, March 1, 2012. This project describes the construction of a router table base cabinet. The construction of the Router table top. Is shown on a separate post in this blog. Router table base, sketch from notebook. Almost completed router table base cabinet. Step by Step Construction. Make long cuts for sides, center and bottom panels 1/4" oversize, then trim to size. Use a table saw sled to cut ends to length. A sled is a handy tool. Sand all edges lightly.
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Workshop Projects: February 2012
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Thursday, February 23, 2012. Multi-Drawer Home Office Cabinet. Multi Drawer Shop Cabinet. Except for my Craftman tool box, My shop had no drawers which is one reason that drawers are being added to all the shop projects. Top/Bottom: qty 2, 24 1/2" x 19 1/2". Sides: qty 2, 21 1/2" x 19 1/2". Cleats: qty 2, 4 1/2" x 25 1/2". Caster blocks: qty 4, 4" x 3". Sizes: 2", 3", 4", 4", 5". Spacing between drawers: 3/8". Slide Positions: 1 1/4", 4 1/8", 8", 12 3/8", 17 1/4".
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Workshop Projects: April 2012
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Saturday, April 21, 2012. File Cabinet for Hanging Folders. Shop files in place. Hanging file folder drawer prototype. The protoype drawer seems to do the job with the height adequate for tab clearance Here is the material list for the drawer. The pocket holes at the top were a mistake. Front/Back, 12 1/16" x 10 1/16", 2 ea, 12mm ply. Sides, 18" x 8 3/4", 2 ea, 12mm ply. Bottom, 18 x 13", 1 ea, 3/16" Ply. Rail, 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/16" x 3' aluminum angle. To simplify m...
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Workshop Projects: September 2011
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Drill Press Accessaries and Secrets. What we will do in this section:. Examine an older 10" Craftman drill press for problems. Add a keyless chuck. Build a drill press table. First, take a look at the excellent article by Grant Erwin,. Http:/ www.tinyisland.com/htbdrillp.txt. And http:/ www.jacobschuck.com/drill-chuck-install.asp. I have an old 10" swing, Craftman drill press and there is visible runout. I will measure the bit, ch...
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Workshop Projects: March 2012
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Thursday, March 29, 2012. Mounting Router to Rousseau 3509 Plate. The router table and cabinet base are finished. I am now ready to mount a Sears 320.17542 fixed router to a Rousseau router plate. This Sears router was chosen for several reason among them are: one, it was on sale, two, 1/2" collet, three, above plate access to the lifting mechanism. The method discussed here should also work for aluminum plates. 98380A556 Dowel pin 1/4". Use a small drill or drill ...
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Workshop Projects: December 2011
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Thursday, December 8, 2011. Miter Saw Dust Adapter. I have been looking for a vacuum adapter to use with my 10" Craftsman miter saw. Shown below is the miter saw with a home made adapter using a PVC pipe fitting. Adapter made of 1 1/4 PVC fitting and slip nut. Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Basic compound miter saw cabinet without vac. Http:/ mikefromwinton.com/mtrsaw.html. Http:/ local.americanwoodworker.com/Mobile Miter Saw Stand Sun City Center FL-r1332837...Since...
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Workshop Projects: Mounting Router to Rousseau 3509 Plate
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Thursday, March 29, 2012. Mounting Router to Rousseau 3509 Plate. The router table and cabinet base are finished. I am now ready to mount a Sears 320.17542 fixed router to a Rousseau router plate. This Sears router was chosen for several reason among them are: one, it was on sale, two, 1/2" collet, three, above plate access to the lifting mechanism. The method discussed here should also work for aluminum plates. 98380A556 Dowel pin 1/4". Use a small drill or drill ...
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Workshop Projects: October 2012
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Free plans covered by Creative Commons. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Simple Sturdy Assembly Bench. The next step is to attach the cross pieces between the H sections. Once again use the carpenters square to square up the pieces. This is important since once the base skeleton is assembled squaring will be too late. Use glue and Kreg screws for the joints. Shown below is the completed base. If you enlarge the picture, you can see the Kreg screw hole for attaching the top. Bottom of bench top.