Eric McCormick

John Heisz showed a little while back how he made his own feather board for table saw use. You can buy one of course or you can make your own, as mechanically they’re fairly simple. I’ve seen more than a few examples that use either a mag switch to connect to the cast iron top of a saw or some that use an expandable bar to fit into a miter/T track.

John’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGrj2DGtoo

Wood magazine’s page on making one from scratch: https://www.woodmagazine.com/workshop/jigs/how-to-make-your-own-feather-boards

I’ve seen a couple builds use them as an economical vise screw. I almost went that way for my leg vise, but instead found a vise screw that was about the same price.

Echoes of Wisdom

Fun times. I’ve been trying to find a planter style/design I don’t hate enough to build recently. So far having a tough time finding the right inspiration.

Never before have I heard of what I would call herbs referred to as spice plants, but I love it. Congrats on the new family addition.

I absolutely agree, usually I go for the ganged up edge planing to get that complementary mating edge. Also if I were more than a hobby shop and doing things for money on a time budget, I’d probably think about buying some of that oh so expensive Festool stuff.

Unexpected Dr. Horrible.

I hear it can be a bit of a process. I’d recommend researching a fair amount before diving in. That said I’ve been waiting for the right project to do just that. Best of luck!

Supposing you can find enough of it affordably, you could veneer the whole top. To make it interesting you could try cutting it and applying it in a geometric pattern if that’s your thing.

Per the linked article “toward the southern part of the besieged territory”, which seems awfully vague for a major displacement of people.

Nice work.

No kidding. Hey I’ve got a great idea for a new marketplace, BeaNFT. You can waste your money but get an upcycled Beanie Baby in the process.

I facepalmed after realizing I’ve been lugging around that stupid

for the entire second act with it taking up inventory space.

Thank you for qualifying your source.

I’d play that.

Those two are always make for a great listen, they keep things pretty clean and fairly non-political.