 | Circular 18 | | On Aqualung Jethro Tull sang Who would steal a candy from a laughing babys mouth, if he could steal it from the money man?
Likewise, I now ask Who would build a box, if he could build a boat? A boat in my dreams would surely be something traditional like this one, built in 1932. | | Details |
 | Potato Onion Vegetable Storage Bin | | Keeping potatoes and onions readily at hand in the kitchen can sometimes be unsightly, mainly because of those ugly potato and onion bags. With this attractive cabinet, your potatoes and onions are always at the ready, but you don\'t have to look at the packaging... | | Details |
 | Eskimo Sled | | Somewhere among my notes I have a century old copperplate print of one of these Eskimo sleds and it represents a sledge all made of bones lashed together with thongs. You see, the Eskimos had no wood, that is, none but the driftwood that they may find in some places on the shores--no trees grow in their country-- so they were forced to make these dog sleds of the bones of the creatures they killed... | | Details |
 | Child Resistant Picket Gate | | This project is to make a standard (36 in.) high picket gate a little bit harder for small kids to open and let themselves (as well as their dogs) into any area they may not be allowed into unsupervised... | | Details |
 | Prairie Style lantern | | This beautiful lantern will light up your deck or patio for years to come. There's one thing I love about wood that's always missing from Canadian Home Workshop. It's something best experienced up close, in the workshop... | | Details |
 | Decorative Shelves | | Here is an easy do-it-yourself project that transforms crown moulding or trim into decorative shelves for a home. You do not need any special tools for this do-it-yourself project and you will easily complete in a weekend... | | Details |
 | Table Saw Jig | | Whether you call it a Table Saw Jig, Table Saw Sled, or Crosscut Sled, this table saw accessory will be one of the most important tools in your shop. With ordinary miter guages, the blade tends to pull the work away from the fence, causing inaccurate cuts... | | Details |
 | Cement Block and Snow Fence Bin | | A plastic or metal drum may be used as a composter. It requires very little space in your backyard, and is inexpensive and easy to set up. Remove the top and bottom of the drum. Puncture holes around it and/or place an aeration stack in the centre of the heap... | | Details |
 | Bookcase | | High-end furniture projects are great to dream about. But unless you have a well-equipped shop and some serious woodworking experience to draw on, it can be difficult to turn the dream into a reality... | | Details |
| Solar Shed | | Ron paid a visit to help the Logans replace the old shed with a new solar garden shed. Learn how to assemble a purchased kit for a garden shed with sloping roof windows. A dilapidated tin-roofed shed that grows Kudzu vines in concert with Virginia Creeper is targeted for replacement by do-it-yourselfers in Georgia... | | Details |
 | Framing Square Clamping Jig | | This jig holds a framing square so it can be clamped, freeing up you hands so that a combination square and pencil can be used to mark a tenon. | | Details |
 | Overlapping Joint Stool | | This 18 high stool is another simple one to build where I’ve combined the advantages of the pinwheel structure (as in blog entry #1) with the strength and ease of an overlapping joint using stock lumber... | | Details |
 | Battery Blackout Lamp | | A VERY useful as well as attractive project for the craftsman. With the present black-outs going on all over the country, this lamp when placel on the floor will prevent one from stumbling over furniture during a blackout, or by turning the unit up side down, you have a lamp to light up the room when the electric current is shut off... | | Details |
 | Wooden Letters | | What can be a better toy for a child than a colorful set of wooden letters? This is a simple, fun and very satisfying project. You can complete an entire alphabet or just create a smaller set of letters that spells something significant like the child\'s name. | | Details |
 | Strip built baidarka style sea kayak | | Free plans for making a strip-built version of an Aleut baidarka. won\'t make any promises about this design. I have tried to be fairly faithful to the original design, just fairing it out here and there... | | Details |
 | Closet Storage Shelves | | Like most families you can never get enough storage space. Using these plans you can make storage cubbies for any room in your house. My wife Joan just can not stand unused space. If there is an opening that is not being used, she will figure out a way of making a cubby or some type of storage in the area... | | Details |
 | Modern Kid's Picnic Table | | For children's spaces that have a slightly more moderm flair. This X table and benches are kid's height, perfect for an afternoon picnic or a tea party. Special thanks to our readers for sharing their photos. | | Details |
 | Ammunition Box | | The British Army 560-cartridge small arms ammunition box of the period was a wooden box with a sliding lid section on the top. It was held together by brass self-tapping screws and glued. | | Details |
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