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| Popular Woodworking November 2009 (Issue 179) |
Price: $5.99
This month's cover project is an LVL Workbench where an 18th-century workbench design is met with a modern material – laminated veneer lumber. John Wilson uses basic tools and straightforward techniques to guide you through building a classic Shaker Swing-handle Carrier. Charles Bender shows you why Secret Drawers are as fun to make as they are to discover. A Knockdown Computer Desk creates portable storage for a computer tower and books. Kevin Glen Drake reveals how a mini-lathe won't break the budget and gives basic tips on Turning for Furniture Makers. You'll learn how to improve the look and feel of your handplanes by Making Totes & Knobs for Handplanes. Adam Cherubini gives his Philadelphia chair A Period Finish and Bob Flexner walks you through The Thick & Thin of Veneer Repair. Our I Can Do That column features a handsome Simplified Stickley Bookcase and we put the American 'Bad Axe' Saws to the test in this month's Tool Test. Marc Spagnuolo answers the question of whether it's better To Build or Buy? and Rob Porcaro shows you how to build shop-made Dovetail Markers. Plus Letters, Tricks of the Trade and more!
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| Out of the Woodwork: Regulae Stultis Sunt |
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By
Darrell Peart
Page number: 72; Article length: 1 pp.
"Rules are for fools." In woodworking, as in life, there are many rules and they are there for a good reason – but it's foolish to follow them blindly.
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| It's a Secret |
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By
Charles Bender
Page number: 54; Article length: 4 pp.
Secret drawers and hidden compartments are as much fun to create as they are to discover. Learn the history of some common hiding places as well as how to construct such secrets as the Quaker lock and the sliding dovetail key.
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| Making Totes & Knobs for Handplanes |
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By
Charles Murray
Page number: 45; Article length: 3 pp.
Custom grips can make the difference between a usable plane and one that just gathers dust.
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| I Can Do That: Simplified Stickley Bookcase |
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By
Glen Huey
Page number: 30; Article length: 2 pp.
Taken from the Spring 2005 issue of Woodworking Magazine, we've modified this Stickley Bookcase design to be built without any complex joinery.
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| Tool Test: American 'Bad Axe' Saws |
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Popular Woodworking staff
Page number: 26; Article length: 3 pp.
We review the Bad Axe Tool Works saws as well as Makita's compact Impact Driver, new floats from Iwasaki, Rockler's new Portable Crosscut Sled for benchtop table saws, and Milwaukee Brad Point drill bits that allow you drill to precise measurements.
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| Arts & Mysteries: A Period Finish |
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By
Adam Cherubini
Page number: 20; Article length: 3 pp.
Adam Cherubini walks you through the thought process and application of a period finish on the Philadelphia Chippendale Chair.
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| Tricks of the Trade: Band Saw Lumber from Logs |
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Popular Woodworking staff and readers
Page number: 14; Article length: 3 pp.
This month's winner describes a jig for safely sawing small logs on your band saw. Plus make a sanding pad using a garden supply, laying rubber on clamps, building an adjustable dado-routing jig, making magnetic clamping blocks, a blade-cleaning tray for removing pitch from table saw blades, and a trick for snipe-free planing.
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| Letters: Why Don’t You Ever Show Table Saw Jigs for a Unifence? |
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Popular Woodworking staff and readers
Page number: 10; Article length: 2 pp.
Learn about the differences between a Unifence and Biesemeyer-type fence. Plus choosing the bit for drilling dogholes, a case for bevel-down planes, choosing the right plane for finish-planing end grain, correcting problems when ripping on a table saw, and selecting a finish that is child-safe.
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