Comments & Suggestions from our visitors:Tech Tip – when using a screw gun, make sure it’s in the lower speed for driving screws. Then “squeeze and release” the trigger. This technique prevents the screw head from getting stripped. NEVER allow...
A set of sliding double doors. These are flats painted to look like panel doors. This same method can be used to build elevator doors. The sliding doors hang from a track that is mounted on a plywood header, aka a truss. The rear view of the “truss.” The truss is held...
How many times have you had to search for old books? Beg the library to lend you boxes of books? Well, no more! This is just one way of dealing with the number of books it takes to fill a set of shelves. This flat is framed with 1×3 lumber, on edge, with the framing...
This is like a huge radial arm or chop saw. We use it to cross cut sheets of plywood. The saw is a standard circular saw mounted on tracks The tracks are mounted on our homemade frame. Along the bottom, you can see a lip to hold the plywood in place. Here’s a...
A How-To by a HS Tech Student Common Sense Parts of Saw: a 1/8″ circular blade a blade guard a fence (not the one you use to keep out burglars) some measuring tape to attach onto your fence Steps Taken when Cutting: Measure out wanted length of wood and “X” the side...
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