Whether the door is new or old, Tucker Windover's technique produces a perfectly aligned door that closes properly and stays shut.

To learn more about Windover’s technique, read Hinge Adjustment for a Door’s Final Fit from Fine Homebuilding Issue #192 (Dec 2007/Jan 2008), pp.110-117.

https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2007/11/06/hinge-adjustment-for-a-doors-final-fit

By Bob Van Dyke #237–Tools & Shops 2014 Issue

Bob Van Dyke’s simple L-fence simplifies the cutting of rabbets, tenons, patterns, and much more. Learn how to make a versatile tablesaw L-Fence, here.

While coming up with this design, I had three goals in mind:

1. Build a raised bed that would be functional for growing vegetables (holding soil at least 18” deep) and would also support an 8’ high trellis for privacy.

2. Stick to a design that would require only tools I already owned. Since my power-tool collection is more the homeowner variety than a carpenter’s workshop, this meant a drill and chop saw. (You could also get by with a circular saw.)

3. Finally, to adjust the design so it would maximize the yield I could get from dimensional deck/fencing – lumber available at my local home center.

Last summer, I needed to repair my deck. After completing the necessary work, I had a small stack of new-lumber offcuts and old, left-over deck boards. Instead of taking the wood to the landfill, I made a small garden bench that can be easily moved from the deck to other parts of the yard. I settled on a finished height of 18” and determined the width of the seat by using three boards with ¼” spacing. The length of the old boards determined the length of the bench, which in this case was 5’.

Wooden hand screws are versatile, but they can be confounding to use. We'll help you eliminate frustration and show you a few tricks to get the most from these clamps.

The trick is to always hold the top handle in your left hand and the bottom handle in your right hand. When you tighten the clamp, you only spin the handle in your right hand, which is much easier to control than spinning both handles. Plus, if you hold the clamp like this on a consistent basis, you build muscle memory and soon you won’t even have to think about which direction to turn the clamp to get it to tighten or loosen. I struggled with these clamps for years until I realized that I wasn’t holding the clamp consistently, so I never knew which direction would tighten or loosen the clamp.

As the rise goes down, the run needs to go up correspondingly, or vice versa.

To summarize:

The rise plus the run (r+R) should be within an inch of 18”.

Twice the rise plus the run (2r+R) should be within an inch of 25”.

IRC code limit stair:
rise r ≤ 7 3/4″
run R ≥ 10″
r+R = 17 3/4″ (good)
2r+R = 25 1/2″ (within range)
→ stair will be comfortable

Oregon builder, Scott Grice, teaches you his 3 simple rules for framing door rough openings efficiently. Grice begins the process by marking all the plates at the same time; the plates are marked with the trimmer, stud, header, and cripple locations.

By Scott Grice Issue 201

In issue #285, Clark Kellogg assembles the sides of his hexagon boxes with some innovative clamps from an unlikely source: a bike shop.

Card scrapers are incredibly versatile, making them an essential part of my surfacing kit for any project. Learn how to sharpen card scrapers, here.

Paracord bracelets, also known as survival bracelets, make a great gift for anyone who enjoys outdoor activities. Marc from our Burlington store shows how to make a paracord-bracelet jig and demonstrates how to use it.

#2 – A Handscrew Is a Stop Block, Too

My drill press fence has a built-in stop block, but for some tasks I need a second stop block. On those occasions, I simply clamp a handscrew to the fence at the desired position.

#5 – Turn a Handscrew into a Bench-Top Vise

Did you know you can plane a long board held in a bench vise without the need for a deadman? Here’s how. First, glue or screw a board as a wing to the side of the outer jaw of a handscrew. Then, secure one end of the workpiece in the handscrew and clamp the wing in the vise. Now, you have a benchtop vise working for you!

Remodeler Mike Sloggatt finishes off this replacement-window project and teaches you how to install interior extension jambs.

It's Hack Week again at SUSE. 🥳 An annual tradition where we all work on passion projects for a whole... Tagged with mojolicious, perl, javascript, node.

Instead of using “Disabling” selectors, you should focus on writing “Enabling” selectors.

a:not(:last-child) {
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

or

a + a {
  margin-top: 1rem;
}

In 2012, I decided to try to learn MIT's 4-year undergraduate computer science curriculum in 12 months, without taking any classes. I was successful in passing the final exams for 33 classes and completing the required programming projects. You can view my TEDx Talk regarding the challenge, see links to all the free material I used, and see all the exams and projects I posted.

Uses potrace

http://potrace.sourceforge.net/

Date de création/fabrication : Khenemibrê Amasis (d'après texte-an 38-532 531 Av Jc) (-570 - -526)

• Add a flag when wrapping around a drill bit - stop when flag blows away sawdust
• Put on wood before drilling holes - Mark on tape, not on wood!
• Wrap around piece before sawing on miter saw to avoid tear-out
• Tape piece to bench for extra hand / clamp
• Use tape as epoxy dispenser
• Mark start and stop on router table (and miter saw??)
• Mask off work before gluing to avoid drips

The goal of mechanizing certain creative processes in problem solving is attainable, but not in the near future. The problem is to find workable computer procedures for evolving ``appropriate'' representations in given problem-solving situations. The answer may lie in the extension of ideas that were developed for some elementary theory-formation procedures.

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