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I roughly cut the top shelves of the hutches.       I’m ripping strips to make the moldings to fill the underside of the top shelves. To stay on...

I’ve been researching tall case clocks with an eye on building one for my home. but I’m troubled by the general lack of good proportioning in most if not all...

Question: After reading your latest article on the joinery bench, my son and I have agreed to build one for each of us to use in a room in the...

Universal Clamp Rack I’ve tried several designs for clamp racks but this one’s the best because it holds lots of different types of clamps. It’s also very simple to build....

Light-Duty Folding Worktable By Kevin Boudreau   Sometimes a guy just needs some space on which to spread out. That’s why I built this folding worktable for my compact workshop....

    I have a couple tools from which I frequently remove the dust collector hoses. I got tired of getting out my screwdriver and cranking out the adjustment bolt...

        I came up with this slick way to drill a large, straight hole in the end of a post. It works great and makes good use...

Years ago Don McConnell (now with Clark & Williams plane makers) shamed me into sharpening my own saws. He was down for a photo shoot and I mentioned that I...

          I recently built a project that required a tall vertical fence for my tablesaw. My tablesaw fence lacks a T-slot and I didn’t want to...

Jumbo Tape Dispenser I have five or six different kinds of tape in my shop, and last weekend I got fed up with rooting through a drawer to find the...

Serving Tray Make one or many: simple shop-made jigs guarantee success. By Tim Johnson Snacks, hors d’oeuvres or breakfast in bed: this tray delivers the goods in style. It weighs...

John Hemings started life as an enslaved carpenter at Monticello, home of President Thomas Jefferson. His Mother Betty, the daughter of a slave ship Captain and an unknown African woman,...