Practical Woodworking 101

Clever work.

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Great job, Tom.

Good to see you posting.

Lee

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Great woodworking!!!

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Nice saves.

-- Gary; Marysville, MI...Involve your children in your projects as much as possible, the return is priceless.

Great work!!! That is really recycling at it’s best!

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Thanks guys and gals. It doesn’t have much artistic value, but it helps the family budget.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Cool, the wheels look stock with the paint job.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

It can be challenging sometimes, but most of the time it CAN be done. Nice job. ;)

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Nice work on the crock pot handles. How did you attach them to the crock pot anyway?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do…

Do you have a lathe? Take some of that mahogany scrap if you have any more, and spin up a replacement knob for that crock pot. That would look fantastic…

Actually come to think of it, I’d love to see more detail on those handles. Like did you put a finger recess on the bottom side?

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No, I don’t have a lathe any longer. I used to have one, but I sold it before I moved to my present location, and I just don’t have the room for one presently.

I didn’t put any recesses on the bottom of the handles either. I just wanted a semi-decent looking handle to facilitate its continued usefulness.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Bill,

The aluminum inner lining of the crock pot can be removed, which gives access to the (2) screws on each side for the handles. There is one nut on the bottom of the unit, which when removed, gives you access.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Tom,

Both look better and I am sure much more sturdy than the originals. Great job, will have to remember when ours break….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Thanks, Max.

The last time I traveled, they “almost” broke it. This time, they finished it off. The piece of luggage was actually in good shape, except for the broken wheel. I started pricing out replacements and decided that I would try to come up with a fix. At the present time, I’ve got more “time” than I have disposable income. Like the saying goes, “Necessity is the Mother of invention.”

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

This is exactly my approach to keeping stuff going Tom! It’s how I was brought up.

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