Projects

You're about to be marooned on a desert island. You're allowed one power tool to take with you. Which would it be? My choice would be a bandsaw. After the...

They're really easy to install. You simply drill holes and pop the hinges and mounting plates into place. Cabinet shops use sophisticated boring machines for production work, but all you...

OK, I admit it: Keeping both a pencil and tape measure close at hand is a problem for me. I generally have only one or the other, sometimes neither. SpeedClip,...

  It's hard to beat the convenience of a quick-acting clamp that you can grab, squeeze and tighten—all with one hand. The new Multi-Grip Clamps from Wilton have entered the...

Delta has put a new twist on miter saws by mounting the motor vertically, instead of horizontally, on its new 36-412 12-in. dual-bevel compound miter saw. The result is increased...

  I don’t have enough room for a permanent outfeed table for my saw. Instead, I mobilized my file cabinet (it’s great for storing saw blades, sandpaper, etc.) and added...

I use air tools for sanding, nailing and finishing. I usually work in my garage, but when the weather is nice, I often grab my sawhorses and move outdoors. I...

Clamping featherboards to my tablesaw was always a hassle until I discovered locking welding clamps. Their C-shaped jaws adjust to fit the webbed castings on the bottom of the extension...

I used to have trouble hanging onto my pencil, but now it's always at arm's length. I simply place magnets on each side of my shirtsleeve and twist a nut...

When it's hot, or when I'm gluing a complex assembly, yellow glue is hard to use, because it sets up too fast. To slow the drying, I just dampen the...

Installing a dado set on my left-tilt saw makes the scale on the rip fence un-usable. Here's why: The cutters stack from left to right, toward the fence, so each...

By Randy Johnson You don't have to spend much money to get a good computer-aided drafting (CAD) program for drawing woodworking projects. Fifty bucks will buy you a starter program...