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Make a Keepsake Box

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:12:01 GMT

How To Make an Arched-Top Keepsake Box (Part 1 of 2)
Time: 6:33
Submitted by: John Nixon, EagleLakeWoodworking.com
Wheatfield, New York

John Nixon, an industrious young woodworker who was one of the first podcaster we featured here on GlueTube, has put together another great series of videos that follows the process of building a fun woodworking project: this time a keepsake box. The first of the two-parter (embedded above) covers making and assembling the cocobolo dovetailed box.

Part two focuses on making the arched-top lid and installing the hardware, and features our favorite router-table circle-cutting jig and a beefy looking tablesaw tenoning jig.

Pool (Table) Party

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:07:48 GMT

Build a Pool Table, Part 1
Time: 10:08
Submitted by: John W. Nixon
Wheatfield, N.Y.

This week we received an email from John Nixon, of Eagle Lake Woodworking, who was featured on GlueTube a few months back demonstrating his motorized router lift to cut a circle on the router table. This time, Nixon sent over a link to his four-part video series on Google where he walks through the process of building a pool table.

Using recycled slate and bumpers from an old pool table, Nixon shows in detail how to build this heavy-legged Mission-inspired design. From the looks of it, it's inexpensive and easy to build.

In part one of the series (embedded above), Nixon focuses on making the hollow column legs from plywood. His second video covers construction of the stretchers and slats, part three is a demonstration of cutting the loose mortise and tenon joinery; in part four Nixon applies a white oak veneer. Part five is due out sometime next week.

For more on building a pool table, check out Paul Bowman's project article from Fine Woodworking #75. And for a more simple billiard room project, check out this article from Fine Woodworking #59 on how to make a pool cue.

Cutting Circles on a Router Table

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:09:13 GMT

Cutting Circles on the Router Table
Video Length: 5:45
Submitted by: John W. Nixon
Wheatfield, New York

In our previous post, The Wood Guy showed us how to cut a circle using a tablesaw crosscut sled. This week we came across a video of another circle-cutting technique that employs a router table and a simple pivoting jig. It's demonstrated by John W. Nixon of Eagle Lake Woodworking, who also designed a motorized router lift that plays a special role in this operation.

Nixon maintains a great Web site that chronicles his personal projects with video, photos, and neat jigs and fixtures.