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Video – Burr Puzzles with Tim Johnson Project – 12 Drawer Dresser Shop Project – See plans for adding a shop-made router lift to this table Technique – Arched-top frame...

If you're looking for the perfect slides or inserts for your dream cabinet, you might want to check out Hafele Wood Accessories. They carry a wide range of cabinet accessories,...

Tombstone Doors By Lonnie Bird Through many years studying and building 18th-century furniture, I’ve learned that this era produced countless fine examples of good design. One example is the [...]

Shop-Made Router Lift Features you can’t buy at a price you won’t believe. By Bruce Kieffer and Richard Tendick Router lifts are hot items these days and for good reason....

Q. I’ve been told that the gray wheels that came with my grinder will burn my woodworking tools and that white wheels are better. True? A. The stock wheels that come with...

Lee Valley's new Countersunk Washers solve the problem of screw heads splitting stock. The washer/screw combination applies force the same way a pan-head screw does, but is counterbored to a...

FRENCH COUNTRY TABLE30”T x 41"W x 62” – 84”LWalnut, boiled linseed oil, wipe-on poly. Tim RamlBaltic, SD “This table was the first time I used rough lumber for [...]

DISPLAY CABINETRon Spears60”T x 24”W x 12”DWalnut, ash, boiled lindseed oil. “All the solid wood comes form a local mill. I cut the wood into strips with beveled edges then...

TORPEDO LEVELS John Pickrell Boise, Idaho One level is made with zebrawood and bloodwood, the other from bloodwood and fir.

SHAKER BOXESJohn PickrellBoise, Idaho Cherry sides and bottoms with lacewood tops.

ROCKING HORSE Bill BrunLongwood, Fl  Materials: Red oak; wool yarn for the mane and tail; soft leather for the ears.Finish: Miniwax Red Oak oil based stain; four coats of Minwax [...]

WOOD PIE SAFEEd KoenigCherry, walnut, osage orange, purpleheart, Brazilian satinwood, bloodwood, mahogany, lacewood, sassafras, basswood, zebrawood, boiled linseed oil, turpentine and beeswax. [...]