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Make An Old Pallet Into A New Picture Frame – Part 1

Birch · ·

In this video we dismantle an old appliance pallet and use the wood to make a new widescreen picture frame. Tools And Equipment Used In This Video: Hand Tools: 24oz. ball pein hammer https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/vaughan-tc224 Flat Pry … [Read more...] about Make An Old Pallet Into A New Picture Frame – Part 1

Filed Under: How To Tagged With: pallet, picture frame, picture framing, recycling, upcycling, woodworking

How To Get Beautiful Wood From Ugly Logs

Birch · ·

We start with a couple of ugly log segments that appear unsalvageable. We then: split the logs into usable blankshew the decaying and unusable wood from the blanks with an axesmooth the surface of the blanks with a drawknife Together, these steps reveal beautiful … [Read more...] about How To Get Beautiful Wood From Ugly Logs

Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Froe, green woodworking, recycling, spoon making, upcycling, wood spoons, woodworking

How To Easily Make An Eliot Coleman Mouse Trap Box Out Of Waste Wood

Birch · ·

In this video we use waste wood to make a couple of rodent trap boxes popularized by the book ‘The Winter Harvest Handbook’. Author Eliot Coleman has great success using the boxes with unbaited traps to control the vole population in his winter greenhouses. I think they’ll work … [Read more...] about How To Easily Make An Eliot Coleman Mouse Trap Box Out Of Waste Wood

Filed Under: How To Tagged With: DIY, Eliot Coleman, mouse trap, mouse trap box, pest control

How To Make An Inexpensive Froe With Easily Obtained Materials

Birch · ·

I show how I made a froe from left over materials I had in my shop. All of these materials can be easily found in a hardware store or a big box home center. A froe is a tool for splitting wood that is used primarily in green woodworking. Compared to other splitting tools, … [Read more...] about How To Make An Inexpensive Froe With Easily Obtained Materials

Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Froe, green woodworking, spoon making, wood spoons

How To Tune Up A Utility Knife for smooth operation

Birch · ·

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Filed Under: How To Tagged With: tool tips, tools, tutorial

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