The need to control sanding dust has been evident in my shop for some time. Like most small shops, work space is at a premium and a downdraft sanding table has a substantial foot print. I looked at several of the tables available
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Downdraft Sanding Table
September 1st, 2010 
TBDKeith 
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Tags: downdraft sand table, jet dust collector, sanding table, vise, workbench 
4 Comments »Appling Glue to Mortise & Tenon
August 10th, 2010 TBDKeith I received an e-mail from Popular Woodworking with an interesting video on gluing Mortise & Tenon. It is only four minutes long but does an excellent job of illustrating how different gluing techniques can effect the integrity of the joint. The third one is a real eye opener. After seeing this video, I know for [...]
Tool Review 23 gauge pinner
June 30th, 2010 TBDKeith I was in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, Woodcraft Store for a router class that I was teaching that afternoon. I intentionally arrived a few minutes early to look at their selection of 23 gauge pinners. I had read a post on www.woodweb.com about how the 23 gauge pinner was great for attaching trim. The woodweb [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: 23 gauge pinner tool review, headless pins, micro pinner, raised panel doors No Comments »Woodworking Classes, are they worth it?
May 16th, 2010 TBDKeith First the disclaimer…I have been teaching woodworking classes for several years. Just so you know up front, this is not a sales pitch, just a look into why someone wood (pun intended) want to spend time and money to take a class when there is so much free information
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: learn woodworking, woodworking class, woodworking classes 9 Comments »Cordless Drill Review
February 6th, 2010 TBDKeith My old Delta cordless drill, drilled it’s last hole after four plus years of service. It was a 14 volt drill that served me well. The drill is in decent shape but the batteries would not hold a charge long enough to drive a 2″ drywall screw. To replace the two batteries would cost over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cordless drill, cordless drill review, drill motor, hitachi, lithium ion battery 12 Comments »MMWG Christmas Dinner
January 5th, 2010 TBDKeith In early December the Mid-Michigan Woodworkers Guild held their Christmas dinner/fund raiser. This year our members elected to raise money for Ele’s place. http://www.elesplace.org/ ELE’S PLACE IS a healing center for grieving children throughout the Lansing and Ann Arbor regions. Ongoing peer support group programs help hundreds of children and teens to cope with the [...]
Why Wood?
January 5th, 2010 TBDKeith Why Wood? Because wood is visually and spiritually inspiring. It can be a source of motivation, inspiration and even frustration. Wood speaks to you with the silky voice of a smooth maple curl or as boldly as a plank of Oak. It can fill the voids with dreams and wonder. It can make time stand [...]
Innovative Woodworking Tools
December 29th, 2009 TBDKeith I just viewed a short video on the The Wood Whisperer Community http://community.thewoodwhisperer.com/video/a-mans-gotta-do-what-a-mans On this video Marc used his wife’s mixer to complete a task in the shop and it reminded me of the time I used my wife’s deep fryer
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: bees wax, bees wax polish, double boiler, mineral spirits 6 Comments »What’s your favorite finish?
December 10th, 2009 TBDKeith What is your favorite type of finish for your woodworking projects and how did you arrive at that choice? This is not a question about which finish is the best or harder, (unless you only build the same thing over and over) it’s about what is your favorite and why. The first thing that I [...]
Tiger Stripe Sofa Table Part 1
December 6th, 2009 TBDKeith The basic router class that I was teaching that day had just finished and I was perusing a pallet of maple boards at Johnson’s Lumber. http://www.theworkbench.com/ The lumber was setting off to one side of the warehouse, waiting to be loaded into the storage rack. I thought that this would be a good opportunity to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cherry inlay, curly maple, maple sofa table, maple table, tiger stripe maple 3 Comments »
