The Customer Advantage: How It Works

post from Do It Yourself Videos - Metacafe on 26 May 2011 08:00:00 PM. © Do It Yourself Videos - Metacafe

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How to Cut Your Wedding Cake

post from How to of the Day on 26 May 2011 08:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Cutting your wedding cake is one of many traditions you will be asked to take part in on your wedding day. Knowing how to cut the wedding cake is an important part of the ceremony. Knowing how to do it correctly will relieve any stress you may have about doing the right thing when all eyes are on you.

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Action Pack: The Great Outdoors {Coming soon}

post from whip up on 26 May 2011 07:46:24 PM. © whip up

Issue 4 of our printable e-magazine for kids is coming soon. Action Pack: A mini-mag for kids who want to do stuff! is all about kids and is for kids. It is full of projects specifically for kids – with super detailed instructions and no advertising you can be sure for great value. It is [...]

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Whew~

post from Aileen's Musings on 26 May 2011 07:34:24 PM. © Aileen's Musings

I've been on a spring cleaning spree this past week, whew am I'm pooped! I did manage to make this triple layer chocolate fudge Rocky Road cake for my son's graduation tonight! Doesn't it look sinful!! I'll post the recipe when I get a chance.

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Random Recast: Grocery Bags Day 4

post from DIY Life on 26 May 2011 04:35:20 PM. © DIY Life

Filed under: Know-How, OutdoorsIn Random Recast, we find new ways to use ordinary things. This week: Plastic grocery bags. PlayfulLibrarian, FlickrInstead of stuffing your accumulated grocery bags into yet another bag, awaiting an occasion where you'll need to suddenly employ dozens of plastic sacks at once, use them to fill an outdoor pillow cover. Here's my rationale: Right now there are so many cute outdoor pillow covers on the market, which only fit the specialty-sized inserts sold[...]

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Miter-Cut Steel Tube

post from Toolmonger: The Week In Tools on 26 May 2011 04:35:09 PM. © Toolmonger: The Week In Tools

I keep a ton of 1″ mild-steel square tube in the shop, ’cause it’s pretty much the basic building block for most home fabrication projects. And I’ve spent waaaay too much time either cutting and notching tube to close up ends or making ugly corners. Wouldn’t it be so much easier to be able to miter the corners like you would a piece of wood? You can, it seems, with the Evolution Rage 3.

It’s built pretty much like standard wood miter saws, with two big changes: First, it spins at around 2,500 RPM instead of 3,500+ like wood saws. Second, Evolution fits it with their special Rage blade, which they claim will plow through steel, aluminum, and wood. Specifically, their website claims the saw/Rage blade combination will produce up to 750 cuts in “mild steel box section.”

Tech specs are what you’d expect in a 10″ saw: a max cut depth of 3″ at 90 degrees or 1-9/16″ at 45-degrees, and a max cut width of 11-13/16″ at 90-degrees and 8-1/4″ at 45 degrees. Evolution lists a duty cycle for it, too, at 30 minutes. It’s not exactly quiet, though, checking in at a claimed 98 dB(A) under load.

Street pricing seems to vary wildly, but expect to pay in the $300-$400 range for the saw itself and anywhere from $30-$65 for replacement blades. (At least Sears carries them, so if you needed one in a pinch it looks like you can get blades locally. Still, online prices look a lot cheaper.)

10″ TCT Multipurpose Sliding Miter Saw [Evolution]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
Street Pricing (Replacement Blades) [Google Products]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]

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From the Flickr Pool: Wood Pens

post from Toolmonger: The Week In Tools on 26 May 2011 04:35:09 PM. © Toolmonger: The Week In Tools

I’ve heard no shortage of belly-aching over custom wood pens. They often get dumped on for one reason or another and honestly, undeservedly so. I have always been a fan of anything one can custom-make and pens are no different. Pens like these from reader rboyett2001 are a great way to spend a little time in the shop and get a sweet-looking writing utensil out of it on the other end.

The main complaint I hear is that you buy a kit and make a pen according to plan and that’s not real woodworking. Well, yes, of course it is. Case in point: A friend of mine just started making custom wood pens and once the first few had been spun off the lathe he showed them to his buddies who proceeded to crap all over his work. Telling him “anything like that just isn’t considered real woodwork.”

Here’s a secret, folks: If you worked the wood and finished a project, it’s woodwork. If there’s any other definition I’ve never heard of it. The important part is you built something and you enjoyed the process. Perhaps it leads to other larger projects or perhaps you just start building pens like a madman. Either way it’s a great way to pass the time in the shop. These two pens make me want to give it a go myself.

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Cool Architectural DIY Ideas

post from Toolmonger: The Week In Tools on 26 May 2011 04:35:09 PM. © Toolmonger: The Week In Tools

I can’t tell if the blog from whence these photos came is a link farm or what, but they sure have collected a lot of interesting photos that seem tailor-made to inspire slick home DIY ideas. Take, for example, the picture above, which Interior Design Magazine says comes from “Sztuki Cafe.” Now imagine building a set of a few of these for your kid’s room.

Or how ’bout this one:

I bet you could score ply scraps from all sorts of places. Sure, it’d be a bit of work, but this might make for a truly interesting office desk.

This one’s possibly my favorite. Imagine doing something similar for a coffee table.

Anyway, if you’ve been looking for some far-out ideas to spin via your woodworking skills, you might enjoy digging around in this site a bit.

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Outdoor DIY Signs for the Pool

Good morning! I posted about these projects at The DIY Club a couple of weeks ago but I want to share the tutorial here too. :)
For Mother's Day this year, I made two outdoor signs for my mom. She loved them!
Materials:Wooden Plaques Deco Art Patio Paint Deco Art DecoupageFabricVinyl letters/stencilsMinwax PolycrilicDowel rodGorilla Glue2 screw eyes
Tools:Paint brushesRockler Bench Cookies
Here is how I made them. I had the opportunity to use Deco Art's Patio Paint. It's specifically designed to hold up outdoors in different weather conditions.
My mom purchased this Waverly fabric last year to recover her swing and outdoor cushions. I cut a piece of fabric to fit the top of the wooden plaque.  Apply a layer of Decoupage to the top of the plaque. Smooth the fabric into place (the Decoupage acts as a glue). Coat the fabric with a layer of Decoupage. It goes on white but dries clear... Rockler Bench Cookies elevate my projects and make painting so much easier!
Deco Art Patio Paint is perfect for outdoor crafts! I painted the frame using the pretty "Larkspur Blue".
Let paint and decoupage dry. For this project, I used vinyl for my lettering. You could also use stencils and paint or free hand if you're good at that sort of thing.   I applied another coat of Decoupage over the vinyl lettering to seal.

Once the Decoupage was dry, I sealed everything with Minwax Polycrylic. All done. I used two screw eyes and ribbon at the top for hanging. It's hanging by two small chains from her top deck as a sign to the bottom pool patio underneath.

When there's a pool party going on, my mom handwrites a note and tapes it to the front door to direct guests to the back yard. I thought a yard sign leading the way would be a fun idea.

I painted a wooden plaque in the shape of an arrow using Deco Art's Patio Paint in Woodland Brown. Just the front/top side. This time I applied my vinyl letters... (bench cookies!)
and painted the entire sign using Larkspur Blue Patio Paint.  I painted over the vinyl 'sticker' letters. Then pulled them off when I finished the coat of blue, revealing the brown underneath. Finish with a coat of Polycrilic. All done!
For the arrow sign, on the back I made a "welcome" so she could just turn the sign when there's no party going on.
I don't have pictures of this step, but drill a hole in the bottom of the arrow sign. Insert a little Gorilla Glue into the hole and insert the dowel rod. The arrow post sticks into the ground and is positioned in the front yard.
I can't wait for the long Memorial Day weekend to get here - POOL PARTY! What are your holiday weekend plans?

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Win Free Ice Cream for a Year

Are you obsessed with ice cream?

If so, you might want to consider entering the Ben & Jerry?s Pint Challenge for the chance to win a YEAR SUPPLY OF ICE CREAM.

Ben & Jerry?s and ReadyMade challenges you to create a cool, original project using Ben & Jerry?s iconic pint. Along with stocking up on a year supply of ice cream, the winner will also snatch up a prize package from Ben & Jerry’s and have their project featured in a Ben & Jerry?s advertisement in an upcoming issue of ReadyMade! (Yes, we are for serious, and by the way… how sweet is that?!)

It’s totally free to enter, plus you have a couple months to craft up something awesome! Here are the details.

Enter: Go to readymade.com/pintchallenge

Submit: A photo or a sketch about your pint project (you can enter multiple times!).

Deadline: The Pint Challenge contest is now open and entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., E.T. on 7/24/11.

Good luck, we hope to see one of your projects gracing the pages of ReadyMade!

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