This is one of those dumb little projects that is surprisingly useful. We had standard toilet paper roll holders in all the bathrooms, and they’ve been fine for 20+ years. Then we got toilet paper in huge rolls that didn’t fit...

So, I had a carcase glued up; now I could turn my attention to the legs, top, and drawer fronts. The legs started out as 2″ x 2-3/4″ pieces. Before shaping them, I thought about how I’d attach them to the case itself....

I’ve been crazy busy in the workshop these last couple of months. The latest project is a trip back to the bedroom — or, in this case, my daughter’s bedroom. She has four Ikea Brimnes drawer units, and the drawers are...

A couple who are friends of mine recently moved into a new home. I asked them what they would like, and the answer was a shelf to store video games on. We went back and forth on ideas and came up with a very simple plan: Model of the...

This was a great example of what can happen when you start building something before your plan is solid. There was a comedy of errors (except it wasn’t really funny), and they mostly stem from ad-libbing because I didn’t take...

So, the desk was coming together nicely. There were only a couple of things left to do to it. One was to actually join the legs to the base. I decided to do something a little different; I used threaded inserts and bolts. That way only...