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This Week in the Shop: The Tool Stand

If you give a woodworker a table saw, he realizes new vistas awakening in his craft.  If you give him a table saw, he’d like a sweet router table.  If he makes that router table, he’d need… more →

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This Week in the Shop: The Tool Stand

woodshopcowboy wrote 2 months ago: If you give a woodworker a table saw, he realizes new vistas awakening in his craft.  If you give hi … more →

Tags: Workshop, Storage, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, Recycled, Make!, Workshop 2

This Week in the Woodshop: Footboard, Pt. 2

woodshopcowboy wrote 3 months ago: Last week, I showed everyone the biggest project sitting on my workbench.  This week I completed the … more →

Tags: Workshop, furniture workshop, CAD, furniture, hand tools, Make!, Maker, maker culture, Plywood

This Week In the Shop: In-Progress Bed Design and Build — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 3 months ago: You may have noticed a distinct drop off in the frequency of posts here on WoodshopCowboy since the … more →

Tags: Workshop, furniture workshop, Bed Frame, Bedroom Furniture, beds, CAD, crate and barrel, Design, DIY

This Week in the Shop: Mirror, Mirror

woodshopcowboy wrote 4 months ago: I swear the conversation went like this: Wife: “What dress should I wear?” Me: “I … more →

Tags: Workshop, furniture workshop, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, simple, furniture, Design, Basic Skills

Community Watch: Build A Box! — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 5 months ago: Eight students, six boxes built and finished.  It was a long day in the shop – nearly seven ho … more →

Tags: classroom project, Community Watch, Why I do this, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, reuse, Recycled, classroom project

Community Watch: It's Build a Box Day!

woodshopcowboy wrote 5 months ago: Today at TX/RX Labs, I’ll be leading a class in building a few of these tea boxes.  I’m … more →

Tags: Education, Community Watch, This Week In the Classroom, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, classroom project, Art, Make!

This Week In the Shop: One Block Projects - Book Ends

woodshopcowboy wrote 6 months ago: A little while ago, I ran a book review on One Block of Wood.  I recently made a pair of bookends us … more →

Tags: Woodworking, Teaching, woodshop, woodworking project, reuse, Recycled, classroom project, Make!, Workshop 2

This Week in The Shop: Arts & Crafts Inspired Picture Frames — 4 comments

woodshopcowboy wrote 6 months ago: Here’s some pictures of completed Arts & Crafts type frames I’ve put together over t … more →

Tags: woodshop, classroom project, miter saw, Picture Frames, woodoworking project, table saw, mortise and tenon

This week in the Shop: Dead Simple Jig for Drilling Bottles

woodshopcowboy wrote 7 months ago: For the last two years, I’ve spent one weekend before Christmas drilling holes in glass blocks … more →

Tags: classroom project, Workshop, Jigs, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, jig, woodworking jig, bottle drilling jig

This Week in the Classroom (and the shop): Time Lapse Photography or Filming Rigs — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 7 months ago: In my second period this semester, I’m moonlighting as a video producer.  I don’t get to … more →

Tags: classroom project, Education, Jigs, technology, This Week In the Classroom, Workshop, camera rigging, classroom project, in the classroom technology

This Week in the Shop: Merchandise Display

woodshopcowboy wrote 8 months ago: It’s taken me a few years, but I’ve begun accepting commissions.  A friend of mine came … more →

Tags: Workshop, Woodworking, woodworking project, Make!, Workshop 2, Design, SketchUp, CAD, Maker

This Week in the Shop: Put Your Legs Up On A Little Something (It's a Stool)

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: When my grandfather asked for a footstool, I obliged.  He’s one of those elder individuals wit … more →

Tags: Workshop, furniture workshop, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, Workshop 2, Arts and Crafts, hand tools

On the Workbench....

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: Make it safe this week & keep the rubberside down.  Kids return to my classroom tomorrow, so I … more →

Tags: Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, Make!, Maker

This Week in the Shop: On the Bench

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: A few pictures from the workbench…. Make it safe & keep the rubberside down this weekend. … more →

Tags: Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project

This Week in the Shop: Balance Bike — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been itchin’ recently for a mechanical project.  As a woodworker, I’m a furni … more →

Woodworking Plans: The Kid's Bed Frame — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: Last year, I posted a quick project: The Bed Frame.  It has since become the most searched for post … more →

Tags: Workshop, furniture workshop, Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, Kids Furniture, furniture, Make!, Workshop 2

WoodshopCowboy on Facebook!

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: If you enjoy the projects, plans, tool primers & gear reviews, curriculum, lessons and (maybe) a … more →

Tags: Workshop

This Week in the Shop: Kid's Play Table

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: The finished play table I first blogged about last Friday.  If you look close you can see some screw … more →

Tags: furniture workshop, Workshop, band saw, Basic Skills, circ saw, circ saw guide, Drill, JigSaw, Kids Furniture

This Week in the Shop: Locomotive Bed — 1 comment

woodshopcowboy wrote 9 months ago: One of the neat challenges in designing furniture (and teaching) is the need to get outside yourself … more →

Tags: Woodworking, woodshop, woodworking project, Kids Furniture, furniture, Workshop 2, Design, Basic Skills, kids woodworking


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