Computers are omnipresent in life today. In manyhomes there is one in each bedroom. Even the kids have to have one.Every one of these machines makes noise. Not a lot, but it is stillnoticeable. The most effective way of eliminating the noise createdby a computer is to move it to a different room. In this article weare going to review what it takes to connect to a computer througha wall. If the wall is insulated, your PC experience will becompletely silent.

The system consist of a wall plate and cables. At the locationof the compu

I recently finished the carcass for a row oflower storage cabinets in my woodshop. The carcass will hold 6columns of 3 drawers stacked on top of one another. The lowestdrawer is designed to store tool boxes. It is almost 18" high. Thefull extension drawer slides make excellent use of the dead spacein the cabinet. The user has easy access to the drawer's contentwhen the slides are fully extended. The middle drawer is 6" high.It will contain containers of screws, material, boxes. The upperdrawer is only 4" high. It will contain frequently used tools

With all my woodworking equipment squared awayin the new cabinet wall my attention moved to the pile of autoparts, oil, and lawnmower parts. All of these parts are dirty,oily, and unpleasant. I do not want them anywhere near mywoodworking tools. Since I do have a woodshop, I decided to build afull height storage cabinet for just these parts.

The Design

A full height cabinet is no different from a normal cabinet. Theconstruction methods are the same. The full size cabinet is justtaller. It can be built by stacking two

It is true that one can never have enoughstorage in a shop. I decided to make a dent into the chaos that ismy shop and build storage cabinets.

The cabinets follow the same design as wall cabinets found inkitchens. In fact, these are kitchen cabinets. They are just asmuch practice for my upcoming kitchen remodel as they are anecessity.

The Design

The carcass is made from pre-finished 3/4" plywood. The faceframe and doors are paint-grade poplar.

My design dedicates the entire w

One way to create visually interesting highquality doors is rail and stile construction. The ease ofconstruction and high quality results of this method have made it afavorite in cabinet shops.

Required Tools

The tools needed to build such a door are a table saw todimension the stock, and a shaper to cut the appropriate profilesin each piece.

Besides a good blade for the table saw, you will need arail&style cutter for your shaper. A multitude of cutters withdifferent profiles are widely avail

I recently discovered Spaceballs as a tool for aligning floating panels.Spaceballs, as the name implies, are small rubber balls that fillthe expansion gap around a panel. The panel compresses the ball.Since there are Spaceballs in the gaps all around the panel, thepanel is pushed into the center. Each ball compresses roughly thesame amount. The panel resting spot becomes the absolutecenter.

Panel expansion is still possible since the Spaceballs can becompressed further if they are subjected to a greater force

Indoor antenna often work well enough to receiveFM signals. AM signals and other types often require line of sight.To receive these signals at reasonable level an out door antenna isneeded. Lets take a look at what's needed to install one.

1) An antenna mast

Most antennas are designed to be installed on an antenna mast.Mast range in size from a pole a few feet long to atelecommunications mast measuring 10-30ft. Most homeowners will getby with a simple pole mast.

The

The mudroom, or entrance room, in your house isone of most useful rooms in your house. It is the space to storeyour outdoor clothes and shoes. A quality built-in locker does justthat. It keeps everything organized, and offers a place to sit andchange. The built-in look will also make an impression on visitorsas well.

The Design

The design of this project includes upper cabinets, a benchchest, a back, and two dividers. The upper cabinets are built justlike standard kitchen cabinets. You can look at other threads onHin

The water heater in many homes is located in thegarage. Often it is simply attached to one of the walls. When theowners move in stuff starts piling up in the garage. The water heatand the feed pipes soon disappear under a collection of seldom usedthings.

One solution to this problem is to enclose the water heater in autility closet. The closet, which is basically an oversize armoire,physically separates your home's heating appliances from theworkspace that is your garage.

Design

Begin by planning the

Everyone has heard the old saying: "You cannever have too many clamps". While I am sure this statement is nottrue at the extremes, it still seems like I have to use everysingle clamp I own at one time or another during a project.

Clamps are one of the most frequently used tools in the shop.It's only fitting store them in a prominent place in the shop. Hereis my design for storing my simple collection of parallel jawclamps.

The Design

I recently added a closet to my shop to keep the dust off theco