• Fancy dog door

    16 Nov | 05
    • in Woodworking • 
    • by FozzTexx

    Well, it's "fancy" because I tried to make it a "sealed" door that swung both directions. There's an outer frame which is hinged, and then the inner panel. Of course it hasn't worked quite right. The outer frame won't close by itself. I tried adding a rubberband but it doesn't seem to help much. Why is there no window? Because a 1/8th inch thick sheet of acrylic just big enough was $35!! For that I might as well buy a dog door. All I spent on this was...

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  • Planer stand/wheelbarrow/cart

    12 Nov | 05
    • in Woodworking • 
    • by FozzTexx

    Finally slapped together a stand for my thickness planer today. I haven't been using the planer as much since it has been on the floor and it is so heavy I haven't wanted to move it where I can actually use it. I've been putting off making the stand for a little while after making my "fancy" utility cart. I kept thinking I would make the planer stand the same way, and the utility cart had a lot of half-lap joints and dados so it took a while to get it all cut and...

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