Keith Goben

Zip ties secure earmuffs to a face shield for combination eye and ear protection you can make at home. I prefer earmuffs to earplugs and protecting my entire face with a shield rather than just safety glasses. When I couldn’t find this setup locally amid recent supply shortages, I made my own face shield/earmuff protection. I used nylon zip ties to secure the muffs to the face shield. To my surprise it’s both comfortable and easy to put on and take off.

How-To Use a band saw and a spindle sander to cut and fit tight corners in this common trim profile. By Keith Goben Issue 281 – March 2019 I think my way of coping the ends of quarter-round molding is time-saving and accurate, albeit limited to being done in a shop setting. As shown in the drawings, I begin by taking a mitered piece and sawing the curved portion with my bandsaw. Next I use my spindle sander—with a base of two shingles tapered away from the sander—to clean up the cut.