Upgrading the workshop never ends! Here, I’m rebuilding an Aux fence for my tablesaw, to make cuts safer and easier. It’s a simple project that delivers great results. My table saw fence has issues…but one is a real problem in particular. It isn’t square to… Read More »Building a Table Saw Auxiliary (Multi Function) Fence
So, things don’t always go to plan. This box was supposed to be beautiful sheets of plywood, nice and smooth, with vibrant hardwood edges all the way around, and finally with a nice tight, but not too tight, slip fit lid. Instead, I now have… Read More »The Square Box
Thought I might try something different while I continue editing #summerofboxes number four. I like common sense workshop tips, so I thought I’d share some of the ones I’ve implemented over the past year, and which I know have certainly made an improvement to my woodworking life.… Read More »Common Sense Workshop Tips
I’m really getting into the swing of #summerofboxes now, this is the third cab off the ranks. This time around I’ve made a dovetailed box, using spotted gum and messmate, which is sized to store just over 1000, 6×4 photo prints. That might seem excessive,… Read More »My Photo Box
I’m back from Christmas holidays, and finally, my #summerofboxes journey can continue. If you aren’t familiar with it, this part of my woodworking plan is around boxmaking, I’m going to make a bunch of different boxes in different styles, just to have a bit more… Read More »My Star Box
Skilling up is still my aim, and woodworking is still my game. …Jeez, that was awful sorry, lemme start over… Hi, My name’s Mario, and I built a box to store my Uno Cards! 😂 https://youtu.be/Vs-xyG2V_MY So what’s #SummerOfBoxes all about? Watch the video to… Read More »#SummerOfBoxes – My Uno Box
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a woodworking project with one of my children, probably a couple of years. Now that they’re a bit bigger, they aren’t all that interested in what I do, meh, that’s kids I guess. 🤷♀️ My nephews though,… Read More »Making a Viking Chair (with the boys)
So roughly 6 years ago I sat down and designed this little kids chair in sketchup. I think, though it was a while ago, that my intention was to take part in a ‘2×4’ challenge, one of those things where you build something cool out… Read More »Making a child size chair
Sometimes you just need to smash out a quick and easy project. Looking for a new project on my todo list last week, I saw that I was still yet to start on my drill press table build. My goal is to become a more… Read More »Super Simple Drill Press Table
You may have heard me mention it through my OWIW videos, I have a goal, which is that I want to think of myself as a high quality woodworker. Currently, I think of myself as a hacky weekend warrior. It will take me years to… Read More »I cut a Dovetail every day for 30 Days
In this episode, I chat a little about my DailyDovetails, and then take you on a tour of my workshop.
