Woodworking Clamping Tip: One thing I always notice when clamping wood is you never have enough clamps and you can always use a third hand. To solve my third hand problem I use woodworking jigs to help out:  I call them clamping blocks. When clamping face frames or boxes that meet at ninety degrees I often use a  clamp block assembly jig to keep things square and prevent racking. These jigs resemble a framing square, can be clamped … [Read more...]

Johnson Contour Gauge In the remodeling world I often get called in to alter or build something new in an older home.  In these situations the homeowner usually wants the new moldings and details to match the older moldings. Sometimes this is easy and other times it's not.  In almost every case I make a profile of the old molding and transfer it to my notes or reference a local molding catalog.  I do this with a Johnson contour duplication … [Read more...]