Here is a Christian Cross barn door I built based on our Double X barn door plans. The door is constructed with a frame of 1×6 pine boards with cross lap joinery, with beadboard planks behind the...Read More
These Christian Cross barn door plans are the second in our series of DIY sliding barn door plans. These plans make it simple to build your own Christian Cross barn door using simple lap joints for th...Read More
Looking to build your own barn door? This Double X barn door is actually easier to build than you might believe. Due to using lap joints for the frame, the joinery is simple and there are no complicat...Read More
Reader build submitted by Mike Streza Based on the plans: Pallet Wood Console DIY Plan Brian was able to design the plan for this, thanks Brian! I am a beginner woodworker, but love to make stuff from...Read More
This version of our sliding door console plans is built primarily with off the shelf materials. It does not require any complicated cuts, and you can probably have your local big box store make the li...Read More
I love the fall of the year. The days are a little cooler and the nights and mornings are brisk. It’s a great time to sit around the fire pit and roast s’mores or just enjoy some time outs...Read More
As the summer growing season winds down, it’s time to start thinking about the seeds you harvested and turning those seeds into little plants. Growing plants from seeds means you can probably us...Read More
Reader build submitted by Brent C Based on the plans: This is built form Construction 2x10s, 2x4s, 3/4" plywood, 1/2" plywood, 1x2s, 1x4s, 4' barn door double slide. I’ve been building this for ...Read More
When you’re building boxes out of plywood, it’s always good to use clamping blocks to keep things square. These DIY clamping blocks are actually multipurpose. You can use them as corner cl...Read More
Have you ever needed to drill a hole in the end of small piece, or worse, a dowel? Or how about through the rounded face of the dowel? Neither of these is an easy task, unless you have a vise you can ...Read More
Have you ever seen one of those big front farmhouse porches with one of those beautiful swing beds? Did you ever want a swing bed of your own? Well, even if you don’t have enough room on your ow...Read More
If you’ve ever used a pocket hole jig, you’ve probably also learned that face clamps and pocket hole clamps come in pretty hand for keeping your boards aligned and tight when you are inser...Read More
This past weekend our son asked if we could do a little father-son project and make a wooden karambit. Now I’ve never made any karambit (or any knife) before, but I am fairly familiar with them ...Read More