Posts Tagged ‘woodworking’

Build a 8-ft. homebuilt submarine DIY project

Build a 8-ft. homebuilt submarine DIY project

If you’re a skin diver of any experience you know that an electric powered sport submarine is great for underwater exploration.
Seated in such a vehicle, you can cover more bottom simply because you do not expend your energy in swimming and your precious air can be made to last much longer. Also, it’s great fun [...]

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Handmade guitar diy woodworking plans kit

Handmade guitar diy woodworking plans kit

Now you can REALLY make your own music with these original vintage plans for a acoustic guitar. Join the guitar boom with
a quality instrument you can make yourself.
WHAT MAKES THIS a good guitar? For one
thing, the materials. The top is fine-grain spruce
and the other parts are Honduras mahogany—
both “musical grade” woods. Cheap models may
use gumwood, [...]

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Colonial flip top table vintage diy woodworking project

Colonial flip top table vintage diy woodworking project

Built of bird’s-eye maple,
this Colonial table is sure to
draw compliments for the
craftsmanship that
took place in your shop.
With space at a premium in most
Colonial homes, the local cabinetmaker
was frequently called upon
to build a piece of furniture that
performed more than one function.
This table is typical of such pieces.
In addition to its basic role, it was
often used—with the [...]

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Float-a-home houseboat DIY

Float-a-home houseboat DIY

Who needs expensive waterfront real estate when you can build your own boat and live on the water?
This is a luxurious 21 footer. This houseboat is very stable, relatively easy to build and interior arrangement can be varied to suit your needs.
A houseboat is a unique water craft in that it combines most of the [...]

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Catamaran DIY boatbuilding

Catamaran DIY boatbuilding

By now everyone who digs boating has heard of the hobie cat., the sleek little catamaran that burst on the scene in the 1960’s and captured the attention of all the fast action sailors. Marked by assymetrical hulls and special trampoline support, the Hobie can reach speeds above 20 mph and perform with a rare [...]

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