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The Weekend Woodshop 🪵 Real skills for the man who builds it himself — one project, one fix, one quiet Saturday at a time.

10/22/2026

One press, one toothpick.

There's no spring in this one: two magnets pushing each other apart bring the pusher back. On a small moving part like that, test the fit before you glue it, because its exact position is what makes it work.

Idea from TWCDesign. Save this for your next build.

— The Sage

10/21/2026

Your hole starts dead centre and comes out the side of the dowel.

A centre mark only decides where the hole starts. Drill a short, shallow hole right on the centre and cut that end off as a thin disc, thinner than the hole is deep, so the hole goes right through it. Stand the work tight into a long, square corner made from two straight scraps, slide the disc up the bit and hold it tight in the same corner while you drill, so the bit is held on the centre at both ends all the way down.

Method from TM Woodcrafts (). The animation illustrates the method.

— The Sage

A deep hole that stays centred, set up step by step.The centre mark, the shallow start, the thin disc, the square corner...
10/21/2026

A deep hole that stays centred, set up step by step.

The centre mark, the shallow start, the thin disc, the square corner and how they hold the bit on the centre at both ends. Save it for the next deep hole.

Method from TM Woodcrafts ().

— The Sage

10/20/2026

A phone, a watch and your glasses, all on one wooden stand.

Each slot is cut for the thing that lives in it, so lay the real phone and watch on the wood and mark around them before you cut anything. That way every piece fits what you actually own.

Save this for your next build.

— The Sage

10/19/2026

Your chisel is sharp. The corner still tears.

Coming straight across, down from the top, the edge runs off the end and lifts the fibres with it. Hold the chisel low, below the corner, tilted up into the chamfer and skewed at an angle, push it along the edge, and roll it round as you finish the far end.

Tip from TM Woodcrafts. The animation illustrates the method.

— The Sage

Sharp chisel, torn corner: the fix, one step at a time.Why coming down onto the corner tears it, how to hold the chisel ...
10/19/2026

Sharp chisel, torn corner: the fix, one step at a time.

Why coming down onto the corner tears it, how to hold the chisel instead, and how to finish the far end. Save it for the bench.

Tip from TM Woodcrafts.

— The Sage

10/18/2026

It went together dry. Add glue, and it stops halfway.

Water-based wood glue swells the wood slightly, so a joint that's tight when dry gets tighter once it's wet. A tight joint also traps air as it goes in and can scrape the glue off, leaving the joint short of glue. That's why a tight dry fit can be the one that seizes.

The test is by hand. Dry fit the joint. If it needs pounding to go together, it's too tight. Ease it with a light pass on both faces (a sanding block is enough), trying it after each one, until it goes in with a push or a light tap, then glue. Don't overshoot: if it drops in with no resistance, it's too loose, because white and yellow glue only bridge about a paper-thin gap.

Save this before your next glue-up.

— The Sage

10/17/2026

Almost. One log for the base, one branch for the shade.

Sliced across, a branch gives a stack of rounds, and with the middle taken out each round is a ring that lets the light through. Thin rounds can crack as they dry, so cut a few spare and let them sit before anything is glued. Inside a wooden shade, use a cool-running LED bulb.

Save this for your next build.

— The Sage

10/16/2026

That insert is fighting you. Check the hole before forcing it.

The bolt's thread size and the insert's wood-hole specification answer different questions. Identify the exact insert and material, then follow its maker's installation instructions.

The diagram explains the distinction. Resistance alone does not diagnose the fault.

— The Sage

Keep the insert's instructions beside the job: exact model, actual material, pilot, depth and driver.Save these checks b...
10/16/2026

Keep the insert's instructions beside the job: exact model, actual material, pilot, depth and driver.

Save these checks before choosing a drill. Try matching scrap before the finished piece, and inspect resistance instead of forcing it.

— The Sage

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Sheridan, WY
WY82801

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