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Let’s Make a Super Easy Carpenter Bee Trap

March 29, 2016 by livefreeanddiy Leave a Comment

Note: Adding Apple Cider vinegar to the jar is great bait! This project was inspired by SouthernGinger’s last Carpenter Bee Trap project video. I’ve seen these at my local hardware store selling for 20-30$ and the carpenter bees have started to come out in full force. So, I started to wonder if there was a […]

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Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: diy, do it yourself, drill, forstner bits, hitachi, homemade, homesteading, make, maker, making, miter saw, wood, woodworking, youtuber

Let’s Make a Mount for a Paper Mache Deer Head

March 15, 2016 by livefreeanddiy Leave a Comment

Kati bought a paper mache deer head from Hobby Lobby and asked me to make her a mount for it. I used my flexible curve ruler to design a basic mount shape and cut it out on my scroll saw. After sanding it with my random orbital sander, I used a Roman Ogee bit in […]

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Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: crafstman, dewalt, diy, do it yourself, drill, make, maker, making, oak, random orbit sander, router, scroll saw, skil, table saw, wood, woodworking, youtuber

Let’s Make Some Luggage Clothes Hangers

March 8, 2016 by livefreeanddiy Leave a Comment

Kati had some vintage luggage with clothes hangers. The clothes hangers had broken corners and she asked me to make her some new ones. I went out to the lumber store, picked up some 5/8″ Birch plywood. I used a Kreg Rip-Cut to cut the plywood down to size and my old Craftsman scroll saw […]

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Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: birch plywood, diy, do it yourself, make, maker, making, wood, woodworking, youtuber

Let’s Make a Knick Knack Shelf

March 1, 2016 by livefreeanddiy Leave a Comment

Kati asked me to make her a shelf to put a her collectables and knick knacks on up in her office area. I went out to the lumber store, picked up some select pine for this job and decided that I was going to try to build a french cleat. I got some 8′ x […]

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Let’s Make Some Gallery Stretcher Bars

February 9, 2016 by livefreeanddiy Leave a Comment

Doctor Who Gas Mask (Are You My Mummy) Parody

I bought my wife the Empty Child print on canvas from David Pollot’s Etsy store and decided I could save 70$ if I mounted it myself on some DIY Gallery Stretcher Bars. The build process is similar to making a frame or box, the hard part was actually stretching the canvas on over the bars. […]

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Filed Under: Woodworking Tagged With: art, canvas, diy, do it yourself, etsy, make, maker, making, wood, woodworking

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