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Make a riving brake for better leverage when splitting lumber

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Sophisticated. The tripod riving brake shown here is the sophisticated version of a contraption to help hold logs and billets as they’re split with a froe. Get some splitting leverage with this simple contraption. by Peter Follansbee R each for a froe, and you should immediately think, “Give me a brake.” The brake can be a constructed workholding device, or just a couple of logs. Its function is to trap your workpiece in such a way that you can exert leverage on a section of a log as it’s splitting. The froe – used to split a piece when it’s in a brake – is a tool that requires some nuance to really get the most from it; the brake helps make that happen. There are many kinds and configurations of brakes. The first one I learned is just a forked section of a tree, propped up with crossed timbers underneath. Forked. Here, a student is using a forked-tree brake as he rives oak with a froe. Jam your billet into the fork with its other e...
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17 Clever Tool Storage Ideas

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Posted on Feb 27, 2017 Once you use a tool, you set it aside and later wonder where you took it out from. Unfortunately, not all of us are as organized as we would like to be, or as our professions would demand. For instance, if you work with tools, you need to organize and store them correctly, but whoever does? If you’ve been wondering how your counterparts save time and energy just by being well-organized, take a leaf out of their book here. We present 17 innovative and surprisingly easy tool storage ideas that will make life easy for you. Choose any one or more of them depending on your space, need and time to make them: Create extra space on your work bench If your workspace is small and you need to accommodate your tools too, one great idea is to use your wall. Create a wall unit where you can stack up your tools. This gives you more room on your work bench and cabinets while organizing your tools and within your view. Check this great tool sto...
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Chad Stanton, Not Just a Pretty Face

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Flemish? Jacobean? Nope, Chad Stanton. To many, that name might mean making simple (but handsome) I Can Do That!  projects from home-center lumber and tools as showcased in his video series – it’s a great way to get started in the craft…but it’s often a gateway to specialty woodworking tools and lumberyard stock. Turns out that if we give him more than 30 minutes to build and a full set of woodworking tools, Chad has some more advanced techniques and projects he’s eager to share! (To those of us who have the pleasure of working with him, that’s no surprise at all.) In fact, we have to work hard to hold Chad back…working to the I Can Do That! rules of only hand-held power and common household tools, working with wood and hardware available from neighborhood stores. And he works hard to design and build projects that are smart and accessible. This comment from a YouTube fan says it very well, “It seems like most de...
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