Making a Box with a Pop-Up Insert

Swan conceived of a low-tech mechanism to add a small surprise to these boxes. Here he shows you how he made them and how the mechanism works:

DIY Retractable Ceiling Bed

Using a garage door opener and sliding-door hardware, Ana and Jacob White figured out how to rig up a retractable ceiling bed for their latest tiny house design:

Shop Tour

Linn from Darbin Orvar gives us a tour of her shop—or shops, I should say, as her work is divided (hand tools/power tools) between two freestanding structures outside of her house:

DIY Wood-Fired Hot Tub in Progress

This one's really just a bit of a teaser, as the finished build video isnt done yet: Ben Uyeda has been working on a design for a wood-fired hot tub. Here he's testing out the heating mechanism:

Using Biscuits For Shelf Pins

John Heisz has worked out a way to retroactively drill shelf pins, by not drilling at all: He uses a biscuit joiner and a couple of simple jigs.

How To Cut Mat Board

Chris Salomone shows you how to gussy up your walls, by framing your artwork in custom-cut mat boards:

Moving Into The Colorado Shop

If you've got a shop, hopefully you'll never have to move it. The Wood Whisperer famously built a huge "dream shop" outside his home in Arizona, but several years later he's now had to move to Colorado. Here he shows you the garage that will be his new shop, and some of the $6,000 moving process:

Turning an Ice Cream Scoop on a Foot-Powered Lathe

If you've got a lathe, that's a fast way for making last-minute gifts (assuming said gifts require handles). Here Shannon Rogers explains, then demonstrates: