Dan Shapiro's Blog

Wondering where I’ve been lately? Well, eCabinet Systems’ software finally arrived, and I’ve been spending every spare minute working on it.

When you try doing it right–changing sandpaper every five to ten minutes–your sanding tasks will take roughly one four hundredth as long as they did before. As a bonus, you’ll be using higher grit sandpaper than you were before (since it’s cutting so much faster) so your finishes will be better.

I have a Ridgid TP-1300 planer that I picked up used for a pretty good deal. It is my current favorite power tool. It does all the things a good power tool should.

Tempting project from Popular Woodworking.

Nothing’s for sure, but a heavy leather shop apron might have saved him.

Where do you get lots of cheap boards so you can mess around without stressing about the cost? The solution is your local sawyer.

It lets you design your cabinets in a CAD environment, then shows you renderings of the finished cabinets, lets you order all the hardware wholesale, produces cutlists, and ultimately creates files you can send to have the wood milled for you.

So last night I attempted, unsuccessfully, to remove my left thumb with a box knife.

Drawer rails are ridiculously expensive, especially for good ones. Fortunately, I just found some that look very promising, very cheap.

I tried the aforementioned PC shandpaper yesterday, and it’s no better than the Norton