Matt | January 19, 2012
Winter is well underway and now that the threat of being snowed in for a few days is a reality, I start thinking more and more about spending quality time in the shop. Especially considering the furnace is smack dab in the middle of mine, it IS the warmest place in the house Of course [...]
Matt | December 27, 2011
Christmas is officially over in the Vanderlist household and amazingly there was only one return this year. Turns out I paid attention to what the family REALLY wanted vs my usual shopping technique of grab and go on Christmas Eve at the dollar store. Speaking of people getting what they wanted, the holiday weekend interrupted [...]
Matt | December 19, 2011
In part three of the “Shelves and drawers” build we tackle the construction of the solid maple bases. All four pieces stand on the same style of base, so except for the lengths of the support beams between the tall shelving units and the short drawer units, we can once again gang up and make [...]
Matt | December 13, 2011
Not too long ago I wrote a post about Toolselect.com. In it I mentioned what a great service they provide for ANYONE looking for real world reviews about all kinds of tools. I mentioned how Toolselect.com gives reviewers a tool to take back to their shop or job site or wherever they’ll use it and [...]
Matt | December 12, 2011
In today’s second episode of the “Shelves and drawers” build we move on to the drawer construction. Just as we saw with the first episode, large projects can appear complicated but when you take the correct approach they can be completed quickly, easily and more importantly accurately. By ganging similar cuts for each component, you [...]
