Wood Workshop Ideas and Project Plans
Ideas for Customizing Your Project Plans
This page gives you an easy way to find some new ideas for customizing the plans and projects you want to learn to make. These plans are available from Rockler and we encourage you to adapt them to help you build your own unique ideas.
You can make your own dominoes from just about any kind of wood, but because domino players prefer each domino to have a uniform appearance and not stand out from the others with unique patterns or markings, it is best to use a solid hardwood without a distinctive pattern to the woodgrain. Rockler offers a dark walnut veneered to lighter wood to give you some remarkable dominoes without stray grain markings to give them away.
Learn to make your own wooden dominoes from any species of wood! Makes an excellent gift that'll have people lining up at the table for some fun and games. Simply use the included bit and templates to drill the "spots" in your blank, then cut out your dominoes. The guide notches provide easy reference for cutting accuracy. Two templates makes one full set of double-six dominoes (28 tiles). Includes two drilling templates and a spring-loaded, hex-shank Domino Drill Bit. Finished tiles measure approximately 1" x 2". Templates measure 4-3/8" x 10".
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I bought two of these GRR-Rippers, just so I could leave one of them configured for making racks. Not that it was such a chore to change the setup, but because I often needed more than planned for without any extra time in the schedule for things that could be done ahead. One of them was the Basic 100 Model and the other was a more advanced 200 Model - that's the one I kept ready for racks. Never a regret on these great tools.
Your Shop Safety is important, precision stock handling is important too. The GRR-Ripper is the simplest solution for guiding your work on a router or table saw without risking slippage of a featherboard, it gives you more complete control. Choose the Basic or Advanced Models and add accessories as you learn the versatility of this great tool. For about the price of an average saw blade, you could be working much safer than you are.
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A favorite project with people newly interested in woodworking has long been a home bar, a place where you can get together with friends and family for good times and show off your handiwork, to be admired by all. It can be big or small, elaborate or simple. If you aren't adept at designing your own projects, Rockler offers plans that give you everything you need to get started. You're free to customize your plans to create a different size or add on cabinets as you progress and build your skills. A list of materials and supplies, plans showing dimensions and instructions to do it yourself.
A weekend or holiday get together around your home bar is a great opportunity to show off your work. These plans from Rockler give you the complete package of plans, drawings, dimensions and list of what you'll need to put together an impressive home bar. If you've progressed beyond coat racks and shelves and want to start a project that you get to enjoy while showing off your work, this home bar is a great place to begin. The plans include everything you'll need to learn to make this home bar with a dry sink, the mirrored back bar with the shelves. A favorite starter project.
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You may already have a picnic table in the yard or on your patio, but if it isn't a square table, it makes it pretty hard to get a game of dominoes going there. Everyone needs to reach the tiles and most picnic tables are made to seat people only on two sides. This one is different, and it is just the right size for dominoes anytime. You'll need a set of racks, and you can learn to make your own. For your game board, a 5/8" piece of birch or cedar plywood, cut to fit the table top and laminated with Formica® can get you going. You can cut cupholders in the corners, round the edges and customize your top to be unique.
Where can you enjoy a great game of dominoes with your friends and have a cookout too? On this cool outdoor Patio Picnic Table. Most picnic tables are not square, but this one is just perfect to set up your dominoes and have a great afternoon game with friends. The playing surface can be made to suit your own taste, all you need are the tools and creativity to make your table the envy of every domino player you know. This table is sturdy enough for grown-up gaming and works fine for serving food too. Want to have some fun after you finish a project? This is one project that delivers dividends.
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Chess and Checkers are a few other games that are as popular in many places as dominoes are in others. I guess it depends on what games we grew up playing. Dominoes doesn't really need any equipment other than a set of dominoes. Chess and Checkers can't be played without the checkered gameboard. Rockler offers a set of plans to make a portable game set for checkers and chess, but it would be quite simple to adapt those plans to build yourself a portable dominoes board to keep in the car, to have at work, to take to parties or to give as a gift to a domino player you know.
These plans from Rockler give you a detailed list of supplies you need and detailed instructions on how to measure, cut and finish this neat game set. The drawer can hold a set of racks - that you learn to make here and a set of dominoes. The top can be finished with your own favorite material, whether it is a felt top, plexiglass over a favorite image, Formica® or a stone tile top. The finished size from the plans is 17" x 17" x 4", and you can be very creative with these plans and adapt them to make the game set you prefer.
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These are just a few suggestions for projects that you can learn to make for yourself. Rockler offers books and DVDs full of other projects that are fun and useful and help you expand your skills. We have links below to help you get to the things you need as easily as possible, we hope you will find this helpful. Many people enjoy woodworking so much they decide to offer their products for sale. It can be more than a hobby and a great source of satisfaction. I speak from my own experience.
We feel good recommending Rockler as your supplier because they supplied us for years with everything - except the wood - to build the best domino tables available. I ordered drill bits and screws, wood glue and finishes, sanding belts and sanders, quick change drill bits to countersink, flip and drill. I won't go into the whole list of tools and supplies I bought at Rockler, but I can say that they were the most dependable supplier I had and never had a problem if a return or adjustment came up.
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