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      <title>Sliding-head Scratch Stock</title>
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      <title>Shaker Stepstool</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Back when the Shakers started making furniture in the late 18th century, the only tools available to them were powered by people. You can build these sturdy shelves using hand or power tools.]]></description>
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      <title>Standing Desk Part 2: 18th-Century Stock Prep</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Different goals allowed period woodworkers to work quickly.]]></description>
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      <title>Drawboring Resurrected</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Have modern glues and clamps rendered this ancient joinery technique obsolete? Absolutely not.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A stint in the U.S. Navy would never have been survivable without the help of a new skill -  carving.]]></description>
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      <title>The Secret to Handscrapers</title>
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