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Raised panel doors for my featured records storage cabinet Raised panel doors for my featured records storage cabinet
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 376 seconds

Homemade raised panel doors using a router bit set . Cut rail & stile blanks (Push shoe and featherboard for tablesaw used!!). Profiled with rail & stile bit. Cut & finish panel blanks using table saw & router with a spiral bit to square panels and remove saw marks; then run panels through the raised panel bit. Roman ogee bit used for the outer edges to match the cabinet.

Related: cabinet, door, panel, raised, router, woodworking

Replacement Kitchen Drawers for 10 Dollars Each Replacement Kitchen Drawers for 10 Dollars Each
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 298 seconds

My pressed cardboard 3 1/2 " tall drawers are worn out. I am replacing them with homemade lockjointed drawers that have 3/8" sides and backs and a 1/4" bottom. Materials are better pine sides and 1/4" birch plywood. Router table can be set for thicker side and back stock. Am incorrect saying rout right to left using the handheld. Right to left at the router table, left to right using the handheld.

Related: cabinet, dado, drawer, kitchen, lockjoint, woodworking

Drawers for my Records Storage Cabinet Drawers for my Records Storage Cabinet
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 359 seconds

Step by step process. Cut the backs and sides, mortise the front, dado the sides and back, cut 1/4 bottoms. Glue and assemble. The end result is fine furniture.

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Cutting dadoes for shelves using a router Cutting dadoes for shelves using a router
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 70 seconds

I am routing dadoes in the 2 sidepanels of my featured cabinet (records storage)
using 2 jigs made from 1x stock and lauan plywood that are custom fit for a 3/8 router bit. An alternative to using the table saw dado blade and can be used for large wall units. Straight cutting or spiral bit apply.

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Finishing Cabinet Panels Finishing Cabinet Panels
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 131 seconds

Am building 3 replacement wall cabinets above the sink counter. 1/2'' oak plywood panels ripped to width at the table saw - here demonstrating crosscut results from the handheld router with a spiral bit. No chip out! Take time to set and square the clamp for accuracy.

Related: cabinet, kitchen, panel, router, woodworking

Jet Express departing Put In Bay Jet Express departing Put In Bay
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 168 seconds

Jet Express III to Port Clinton 09-29-2006. The weather and calm lake waters were exceptional. Visibility was the best I have seen it. Spectacular high speed ferry ride (35 mph). The moument in the background is Perry's Peace Memorial.

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Rough Sanding Cabinet Top Rough Sanding Cabinet Top
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 125 seconds

Featured cabinet has knotted pine body & better pine trim and oak endpieces. The result from biscuit joinery as shown.
Raised panel doors are next (better pine rails & stiles and knotted pine raised panels)

Related: cabinet, furniture, sanding, woodworking

Joinery for Kitchen Cabinet Faceframes Part 2 Joinery for Kitchen Cabinet Faceframes Part 2
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 59 seconds

Eight tenons are used for each faceframe. 2 faceframes are 42 x 36 and 1 is 24 x 36. The 24 x 36 is profiled.

Related: cabinet, joinery, kitchen, woodworking

Custom Kitchen Wall Cabinets Installed Custom Kitchen Wall Cabinets Installed
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 222 seconds

Cabinets in the garage before and after staining. Next removed the old cabinets, then show the custom cabinets installed in the 9 foot space

Related: cabinet, homemade, howto, kitchen, replacement, woodworking

Dadoing plywood without chipout Dadoing plywood without chipout
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 128 seconds

This is an update to my earlier video 'Dadoes for Shelves using a Router' Dadoing plywood results in much chipout at the table saw. Here am using the router method for oak plywood for my kitchen upper cabinet project. 3/8 upcut spiral bit used. Table saw dado blade leaves chipout. The results here were amazing!

Related: cabinet, dado, furniture, method, plywood, router

Homemade Kitchen Wall Cabinet Homemade Kitchen Wall Cabinet
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 64 seconds

Used 22 plate joining biscuits and 3 dowels to attach the faceframe. The cabinet size is 42" x 36". Made 3 total - one 24"x 36" and two 42" x 36"

Related: cabinet, custom, homemade, kitchen, woodworking

Jet Express nearing Port Clinton 09/29/06 Jet Express nearing Port Clinton 09/29/06
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 128 seconds

On Board the Jet Express III for the last 1 mile into Port Clinton. Great end of a 1 day vacation. Davis Besse Power Plant cooling tower is visible near the end of the video clip.

Related: 3412e, caterpillar, clinton, diesel, engine, express, hsc, jet, port

Homemade furniture from my garage workshop Homemade furniture from my garage workshop
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 105 seconds

Profiling 10 peices I have built over the last 5 years. The latest is the 2 shelf oak open library completed the day of this video upload. Each project lasts several weeks. The oak raised panel doors are Mills Pride from Home Depot,

Related: cabinet, furniture, homemade, library, table, woodworking, workshop

Attaching Trim with Plate Joining Biscuits Attaching Trim with Plate Joining Biscuits
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 131 seconds

This is a replacement for a video which I recently deleted due to unsafe methods.
Am replacing the last piece of particleboard furniture. Here showing the method I use to attach trim to a plywood cabinet (No nails!) No Plate Joiner needed when you have a slot bit for your router.

Related: biscuit, cabinet, furniture, joinery, router, woodworking

Oak Kitchen Cart Oak Kitchen Cart
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 281 seconds

A kitchen cart for a coworker glued together using mortise & loose(floating) tenon joinery. Tenons are 1/4" oak. Building a 2nd cart for another coworker and my mortising process is featured. Used the router table and a mortising chisel to mill them.

Related: cart, furniture, joinery, kitchen, mortise, tenon, woodworking

Finishing my featured cabinet for records storage Finishing my featured cabinet for records storage
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 59 seconds

Used a clear wipe on finish and it emphasized the contrast of the 3 different woods used (knotted pine, better pine and oak)

Related: cabinet, finishing, furniture, woodworking

Records storage cabinet finally completed Records storage cabinet finally completed
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 43 seconds

Took me 4 months to build but was well worth the time taken. (Stopped working on it when the weather was too cold.) It turned out better than I expected.

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Squirrel enjoying cashew snack Squirrel enjoying cashew snack
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 27 seconds

Squirrel in my single pot patio planter devouring cashews

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Cardinal Chasing Sparrow Cardinal Chasing Sparrow
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 39 seconds

Cardinal looking in my utilty room windowsill for food. Chased a house sparrow away and then took off with cashew nut!

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Sean Penn at Jan 27 Rally against Iraq War Sean Penn at Jan 27 Rally against Iraq War
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 19 seconds

Sean addressing the crowd in the Capitol Mall expressing his and my concern over the increasing death toll of our soldiers.
I was granted US cititzenship in 2006 (born Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1961)

Related: 27, capitol, iraq, jan, march, penn, rally, sean

Cardinals compete for a cashew treat Cardinals compete for a cashew treat
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 34 seconds

My backyard cardinal pair fly to my utility room windowsill for cashew nuts! (Male vs Female)

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Hungry cardinal at my windowsill Hungry cardinal at my windowsill
Posted by: TomH127

Video duration: 11 seconds

My backyard male cardinal stopping by for a cashew nut.

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