Recent content by Mike Gager

heres a quick 5 minute experiment to see if the follow me tool would actually work or not its not real pretty but i think with some clean-up it would work

i mean i just dont get it, people seem to go nuts over these things. i see pens sell on ebay and such for $50-100 all the time and i see a bunch of you guys that it seems thats all you do is turn pens. so what is the draw? are you just doing them to sell or is there something more too it?

i want to replace our back screen door with a new door and would like to try to build one myself. i plan on painting it but i wonder what type of wood would be best for that application? pine? poplar? something more outdoor friendly?

ok here is the latest pic adjusted the top and bottom rails, added the curve back in on the bottom. i also made some changes to the back which arent shown

thanks everyone for the suggestions, i agree with pretty much everything. ive made some of the changes along with a few others. anyways check it out

ok this is an original design inspired by the craftsman style. im not 100% finished with it as i havent decided on a what type of joints to use on a few pieces but its pretty much done. i would like opinions on overall design and whether it would "work" if i decided to build it in wood i had to...

right now what i do is make 2 copies of whatever texture im working on and make 1 horizontal and the other vertical. then when i have a piece i want grain pattern running a certain way i use the texture that best fits however im curious if there is a much simplier way to do this? i thought...

im talking like a tutorial on how to perform certain woodworking procedures in sketchup, such as making dovetails and M&T joints? i have figured out ways to do both but wonder if there is a quicker, better, easier way to do it?

this is a mission style taboret table that i designed taking some cues from a couple tables i saw in several woodworking books, i cant remember exactly which ones though :( anyways this is my first complete sketchup model so i hoping to get some advice on anything i should do differently. the...

i have made a small table and tried to post it but the file size is 284KB i didnt think it was all that complicated of a model but cant get it any smaller. any suggestions?

hey guys i plan on having my table saw located in the center of my "shop" and i want to run the dust collection piping to it but cant figure out the best way to do this. i really dont want pipes or hoses running on the ground as they would just be in the way when walking and moving stuff around...

been searching for "CA Glue" high and low nowhere to be found locally except normal super glue which if you read the ingriedient list contains Cyanoacrylate. my thinking is these are one and the same but I see everyone using actual bottles marked "CA Glue" and everyone calls the glue by this...

i would like to get into turning and im trying to gather as much info as possible. one thing im not sure of is whether you can turn wood that has been laying around for a long time in log form? for instance like an old tree that fell a few years ago or something similar? i know newly cut trees...

here is the zero clearence insert i made for my saw. so far its working great jerry, i agree 100% i think some people rely on the newest high dollar gadget to get the job done and forget the basics of the craft. not having the money to go buy that new widgit lets people use their imagination...

last night i hooked up the dust collection port on my kreg jig and i was amazed at the results. without the dust collector the jig makes a huge mess, the shaving ports get clogged up and the drill bit struggles to make the cuts. with the collector hooked up theres absolutely no mess at all and...