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May 3rd Sunday Workshop Postponed

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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” *

First, thanks to everyone who attended our first three Sunday Workshops. I was planning on sending out an annoucement today, but unfortunately, an urgent family matter must take precedent.  The May 3rd live workshop is postponed for two weeks.

Therefore, the next workshop will be on May 17, 2020 at 1 pm PDT. I hope to see you then.

The date topic will be…

May 17, 2020 1 pm PDT

Digital Woodworking Tips and Tricks

For many years I’ve been developing  and collecting various ideas, tips and techniques on how to work better, smarter,  more efficiently and new  ways to improve workflow using Digital Woodworking tools. The result is my personal collection of tips and tricks. I’m a bit obsessive about such things, so be prepared. It’s a big list. One even involves paper. Stay tuned!

Later in the workshop, I’ll open up for questions for the remainder of the 45-minute event. 

* A quote often attributed to John Lennon, but its origin is writer Allen Saunders.

April 5th Live Sunday Workshop

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Topic: Tooling for Digital Woodworkers

With the wide range of tooling available, woodworkers that use CNC are understandably confused by all the choices in bits and mills you have to choose from. In the Live Sunday Workshop, I’ll explain the basic theories and help you choose a set of bits and mills that work best for cutting wood.

The April 5th Live Sunday Workshop begins at 1 pm PDT (8 pm UDT)

Follow the link below approximately 10 minute before the event to get logged into the Zoom meeting. Once you’re online, make sure you mute video and audio on your end and click the chat button so that you can ask questions during the workshop.

https://zoom.us/j/474005584?pwd=VDRjcU9SY0NvYkdHWlhIS2dvVjRRQT09

For those that weren’t able to attend, here’s a link to the recorded Sunday Workshop from last week. It will be available for one week.

Systainer Tool Tote

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If you’ve got a CNC, you can make a great tool tote for hand tools that will fit in a Festool/Tanos Systainer.

This Festool Systainer tool tote is designed with a focus on hand tools and includes space for a set of chisels, block plane, saw, mallet, screwdrivers, pliers, folding rule and much more. I’ve included an alternate layout that adds space for measuring calipers, but you can design your own layout, too.

Every woodworker has at least one toolbox. Many of us have several. But, when it comes time to take your tools to a woodworking class or a job site a regular toolbox isn’t as good as an open tool tote designed to display, organize and protect your tools. Several years ago, I designed a tool tote insert for a Festool/Tanos #4 Systainer. Your tools are protected during transportation and when you need them you pull out the tote for easy tool access.

This project is designed to be machined on any size CNC and for that, I’ve included Rhino3D files and DXF files. It is possible to make one without a CNC, but it’ll be challenging to accurate cut the pass-through slots. I’ve included a 1/10th scale PDF file if you want to give it a try. Speaking of which, the secret to the project is finding the perfect fit for the slots. I suggest using my Plywood Thickness Gauge or digital calipers to find the gap needed. Armed with the needed thickness, change the width of the slots on the CAD file.

The Systainer Tool Tote was designed to be made from 9mm Baltic Birch Plywood. If you develop your own tool layout, send me a picture and if you’re open to sharing your tool layout with others send me your new DXF file and I’ll post it. Before you know it, we’ll have library of knock-down Systainer Tool Totes.

To download the Systainer Tool Tote, head to the Free Download Page