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Try Digital with a Free Project

David Thiel — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:49 +0000

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, you’ve likely heard that print is dead and digital is the new reality. That may be a slight exaggeration as I, for one, still enjoy turning pages. However, there is no doubt that whatever the future holds, we will be consuming information in many new forms – and … Read more »

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Building a Handmade Try Square

David Thiel — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:11:39 +0000

Jim Tolpin’s newest book, “The New Traditional Woodworker” teaches the reader how to work with hand tools by using them to build useful bench and shop tools. Each project builds on the skill learned in the preceding chapter. This process makes for an easy and fun learning curve. One of the more attractive project tools … Read more »

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Tool Racks-Then & Now

Robert W. Lang — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:03:20 +0000

Every now and then I get a question from a reader about the tool rack that hangs in the window of our shop behind my workbench. The rack in question was originally made in May 2007 for an article in Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine. Like most good ideas, it isn’t mine. Chris Schwarz made … Read more »

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Rolling Clamp Rack

mgodfrey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:04:00 +0000

When you’ve got so many clamps that it’s a problem getting them to where the work is being done, build this rolling clamp rack!

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Making a Deluxe Router Table – Final Installment

Pop Wood Editors — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:00:30 +0000

This isn’t the simplest project you’ll ever make ,but it may be one of the most useful. It involves making mortise-and-tenon joinery and raised panels, fitting a drawer to its cabinet, using mechanical drawer slides and setting them up to work in tandem rather than side by side in the usual manner. You’ll make miter … Read more »

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Jim’s Redesigned Router Table – Finished

Jim Stack — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:03:00 +0000

This is it! The final installment on how to build a deluxe router table. Read more »

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Jim’s Redesigned Router Table Part 2

Jim Stack — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:03:00 +0000

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Jim’s Redesigned Router Table Part 1

Jim Stack — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:03:00 +0000

This newly redesigned router table is packing tons more storage space and sporting a totally overhauled chasis while retaining its cool running router carriage and dust collection system.

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Click here to Download the Complete and Final Plans (PDF).

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