We don’t get an awful lot of free time on the farm, but when I do settle in for the evening I’ve been known to burn my free time up perusing the internet. It’s pretty easy to get sucked down one rabbit hole or another, but the ones that have captured my attention are the DIY projects that go from start to finish in about 3 minutes and 28 seconds. If only, right? When I saw one that required a chainsaw and a welder to build a live edge table I was intrigued. I happened to have a big maple log down in the woods and a pile of steel tubing in the shop – both perfect for the job. Coincidently the video appeared on the same day I received a couple samples of IMI magnetic welding squares to test for Home Fixated. It almost seemed pre-ordained. Read More
Woodworking
Milwaukee M18 Compact Router Takes The Edge Off – And The Cord
Recently, our woodworking guru, Steve, showed us how to build a sturdy custom bookcase on the cheap. It came out looking great, especially if you like purple, and his tutorial was full of handy woodworking tips, like how to make a dadoing jig. Much of the project was accomplished using a couple of tools recently added to the Milwaukee M18 lineup of cordless tools: The Milwaukee M18 jigsaw and the Milwaukee M18 compact router. While Steve was off somewhere playing in his workshop, we snagged the router off its purple shelf, to get a well-rounded look at it. Read More
