Projects for the shop

Yesterday we spent a gorgeous spring day holed up in our packing room just because we love our customers so much. The result? We've got Moxon M Series vises packed, photographed, digitized, virtualized and webified so you can buy one. To order, see our store page. Since many of you will wonder what's different about these, and why the price is so much higher than our standard Moxon vises, here's the low down. Over the past several years we've had many requests to offer a Moxon kit with fully...

“The boring corner of my shop filled with cordless drills.”

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Threaded inserts are must-have items for building jigs and fixtures as well as connecting furniture components. Here's how to install them successfully.

Benchtop insertion dogs Round or dowel dogs work best in the bench top if you insist on having dogs at all. Metal dogs tend to mar the wood, especially on softer woods, so wooden dowels absorb some of the pressure and reduce this risk. I made some dogs at the show because I felt that I needed to balance out my anti-dog opinions. First of all I found a piece of dowel slightly under the 3/4” auger bit I used for boring the holes in the benchtop. Here are the steps: First off I cut the dowel t

Take a look at low-cost ways to clear the air in your shop.

I’ve made several aids for hand-cutting dovetails, but the most useful is this hold-down fence. It not only clamps the workpiece but also guides the chisel while chopping out the…

The La Forge Royale miter jack drawing is just about done. I've spent the last couple weeks taking it apart piece by piece and accurately measuring every part, to the nearest 1/64". This vise was very carefully crafted, and even after about 100 years or so (that's a wild guess, but probably fairly close) the things functions sweetly. We've decided we're going to make a short run of hardware for this vise. If you think you'd like one, post a comment below (please don't email us, use the...

There are lots of ways to confirm that a carcase or sub-assembly is square, but my favorite method is to use so-called “pinch rods.”

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