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Hi all, last weekend I built two saw horses. So now finally I have a place to work on. They are foldable saw horses, and the design is by Steve Ramsey, a.k.a. the Weekend Woodworker. He operates a youtube channel called “Steve Ramsey – Woodworking for Mere Mortals“. You can check out his video here: … Read moreSaw Horse
Sorry for posting this AFTER Valentine’s day, but I couldn’t let my wife see this before 😉 What I did was fairly simple: I took two pieces of pallet wood and glued them together. It would have been nice to have a planer or a jointer, but I don’t so I used my too … Read moreValentine’s Candle Heart
This was really simple! I took a pallet board ; sanded it down to clean wood and left the holes in. I sanded using 60g, 80g and 120g. The 60g got rid of the worn pallet look. The 80g got rid of the traces left by the 60g. The 120g made the wood pretty smooth. … Read morePhoto Frame / Cable
This is a very simple planter that I made to replace an even simpler one that I made in 30 minutes. This one took a few hours. I don’t have any pictures of the old planter because it’s just too ugly 😉 What I did for this one was: The legs find 4 pallet boards … Read moreVery simple planter
As I’m writing this post, it’s the holiday season. And since I live in the Caribbean, I don’t get to have real Christmas trees in my lawn, so what other options do I have than to make them myself? I had some pallets laying around in my back yard, so it was time to do … Read moreHow to make a christmas tree from pallet wood
Here’s another project, although not made by myself, but by my brother: a Simple Laundry Basket Rack. Background So a friend of my brother’s had three laundry baskets laying around, and they took up too much space and needed to get their own space, preferably stacked on top of each other. So here came the … Read moreSimple Laundry Basket Rack
Please find below my review of the DeWALT DCV517B shop vac. I followed my Review Strategies for vacuum cleaners for this review. DeWALT DCV517B Estimated price: $80 Available from: Amazon.com Review Quality Features Usability Price 4.5 Click here to find the DCV517B on Amazon Short description of the DeWALT DCV517B 20V MAX 1/2 gallon wet/dry … Read moreDeWALT DCV517B 20V wet/dry portable vac
Please find below my review of the Hitachi C10FCE2 miter saw. I followed my Review Strategies for Miter saws for this review. Hitachi C10FCE2 15-Ampere 10-inch Single Bevel Compound Miter Saw C10FCE2 Hitachi C10FCE2 Estimated price: $120 Available from: Amazon.com Review Quality Features Usability Price 4.8 Feel free to go to Amazon for the C10FCE2: … Read moreHitachi C10FCE2 – Great introduction level saw
On this page I will comment on the review strategies I use for the different types of power tools I review. As I post more reviews on more types of power tools, I will update this page with their review strategies. I intend to make all of my reviews using the same review strategies, so … Read moreReview Strategies
This is a little post about how I did a Photo Transfer to Pallet Wood. So, it just happened to be the case that my wife was out of the country for a few days. Still I had to work myself, and take care of mini-me, but I was able to squish in a few … Read morePhoto Transfer to Pallet Wood