Projects

Kitchen Stool Make round legs without using a lathe. By Seth Keller Few stools are as clean and elegant as this one. I built it with splayed legs to provide a stable footing. The multi-level [...]

  I’m using my shopmade horizontal router table to mill the stub tenons on the rails. I choose to use this tool to mill the rails flat on the table top instead of working vertical [...]

Showcase View your treasures from every angle. By Luke Hartle Any collection you want to display, from fish fossils to Baccarat crystal will look great inside this cabinet. It allows unobstructed [...]

Two-Drawer Coffee Table Pass-through drawers offer two-sided convenience. By Tim Johnson A coffee table isn’t just for coffee. It displays interesting reading and serves the Saturday night pizza. [...]

  Now that the cupboard casings are completed, the next step is making the doors. I have milled all the stiles and rails at the tablesaw.     I found a great way to sand the [...]

Hone an incredibly sharp edge with a $35 combo stone.   by Tom Caspar         For this woodworker, it doesn’t get any better than using a sharp hand tool. Not just [...]

   I’m using a trim router to distress the edges of the cupboards.        Since I was unable to use biscuits to attach the face frame to the lower shelf, [...]

  Trim routers are great tools, but the base is so narrow that they have the tendancy to tip over when milling edges. While one hand holds the router itself and steers, there is not much [...]

It’s easy to get carried away with the things we need for woodworking. We don’t have to look far to find someone with a better mousetrap for sale. I did a quick Google search on bench [...]

      To proceed with the glue up of face frames to the cupboards I rather use sawhorses to have more room under the cupboards. I must say that my cheap plastic sawhorses are holding [...]

    This is the last chance I have to sand the interior edges of the face frames. Once installed, it would be practically impossible to sand properly at the shelves level.     [...]

   Here is the completed cut of a face frame made with the jigsaw. Since I’m using the pattern guide to trace the decorative cuts, both hutches will be identical.   [...]