Woodworking Videos
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Browse through our Woodworking Videos posts, with short how-to excerpts, below.
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Circle Sanding Jig
In the February 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I use a simple jig to quickly and accurately make perfect circles. There are a couple of steps before using the jig. The circles are first marked with a compass and cut on the band saw, just outside the lines. The circles need to be marked Continue reading»
Tool Test: New Mortiser from General International
I always say that the most-used machine in my shop is a table saw. Second to that is a floor model mortiser – I learned back in 2000 how important this machine was to a guy building period furniture. (I wore out two benchtop units before I ponied up the cash for the big boy Continue reading»
An Accurate Affordable Square
The other night I was polishing the back of my favorite chisel I never use. I pondered my reflection in the shimmering metal, and wondered if I could get it shiny enough to enable time travel. I seemed to be getting close because I felt such a strong connection to woodworkers of days gone by. Continue reading»
Video: Secret Compartments & Spice Box Drawers
From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now The August 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is making its way to subscribers (it will be on bookstore racks in a few weeks). As a result, I'm beginning to get questions about the Spice Box drawer layout and construction, as well as the secret Continue reading»
Tricks of the Trade
This month's winning trick is a nifty solution for Slide-out Tool Storage, from Dyami Plotke
Edited by Kari Hultman
Pages: 14-15
ADDITIONAL IMAGES: See the construction process of the slide-out tool storage cabinet.
VIDEO: Tricks-in-Action shows you a free video of one of this issue’s tricks in use in our shop. Watch “A Better Dado Setup” – as well as a few of our other favorites.
WEB SITE: Visit the new Tricks of the Trade page online.
BLOG: Tricks editor Kari Hultman writes about woodworking on her blog, The Village Carpenter.
IN OUR STORE: “601 Woodshop Tips & Tricks,” by Graham McCulloch.
Video: Making Tools with John Economaki
The TS-2 Master Try Square is one of two tools that started Bridge City Tools (the other was the SA-2 Scratch Awl), and for our next issue, John Economaki is writing a bit about his own history, the history of his company, and about how to make the TS-2 (which is no longer in production Continue reading»
Trick of the Trade: Carabiner Cord Holder
Dan Urban, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., sent in this Trick of the Trade that appears in our June 2011 issue (#190).
