Preventing Pipe Clamp Stains

By Robert Robillard

Prevent stains on wood from black pipe clamps   Dear Concord Carpenter, I recently tried your “pipe clamp extension clamp” on a project and it worked great!!  Thank you for taking the time to post that tip and video. I have another questions for you.  How can I prevent the wood that I am clamping…

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Johnson Level 98-Inch Aluminum Cutting Guide

By Robert Robillard

Johnson Level & Tool J4900 98-Inch Aluminum Cutting Guide The Johnson Level & Tool 98-Inch Aluminum Cutting Guide is a rip guide that is designed to give you a straight edge for ripping plywood stock, doors and other large objects that may be too big to put through a table saw. It is made up…

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Stile and Rail Cabinet Door

By Robert Robillard

Cope and stick doors Whether you call them “Frame and panel doors, Cope and stick doors, Style and rail doors or Raised or flat panel doors,” all are pretty much the same thing. They have long been a hallmark of fine cabinetry. You can easily make a panel door on your router or shaper. Why…

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Hands Free Level

By Robert Robillard

Workshop Tip:  Using A Clamp To Hold A Level In Place: . I mostly work alone. If you’re a solo carpenter it behooves you to take the time to think about tips, techniques and methods of work that will not only help you accomplish your job, but save you time and money. One such tip…

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How To Retrieve An Item Dropped Down A Sink Drain

By Robert Robillard

 Retrieve A Ring From A Sink Drain   How To Retrieve In A Sink Drain Retrieve rings, coins and earrings from sink drains fast and easily.  This post is all about easy tips you can use for retrieving items dropped in a sink drain. How many times have your taken off your rings to wash…

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Table Saw Auxiliary Fence

By Robert Robillard

Auxiliary Table Saw Or Sacrificial Fence When I say Table Saw Auxiliary Fence or sacrificial fence I mean a wood fence that I can run a saw blade up against without damage and easily change out when I cut into it. An Table Saw Auxiliary Fence is incredibly valuable.   It protects the facing of your table…

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Hands Free Leveling

By Robert Robillard

Wood Clamping With One Handed Bar Clamps: Many, many times when working in the shop I end up wishing I had an extra hand to hold something.  When working alone in your shop its important to find the right tools or jigs that make your work process flow easier, faster and stress free.  Below is…

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Table Saw Flesh Detection Technology: Voluntary or Mandatory?

By Robert Robillard

  Should Table Saw Flesh Detection Technology Be  Jammed Down Our Throats? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is being petitioned to impose a mandatory rule, in an effort to have the government require a specific active flesh detection technology for all table saws.  On October 11, 2011, CPSC took a possible first step of…

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