Projects

12 Tips for Better Biscuit Joining Improve performance and expand function. By Richard Tendick 1. Make Corner Splines Decorative corner splines sure make an ordinary box look great. But they can [...]

Two jigs let you crank them out flawlessly! By Randy Johnson Everyone I know has a drawer stuffed with photos that are waiting to be framed. What often keeps us from getting those treasures up on [...]

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 of my tall floor-mounted drill press. To make the jig, I first swung my …

Safely make shaper-quality molding on your tablesaw without fancy jigs. By Eric Smith and Richard Tendick This how-to story has a picture-perfect ending. In fact, you might want to round up some [...]

This shop-made table saw jig makes quick work of reinforcing miter joints. By Matthew Teague I love the clean look of a mitered box that has continuous grain wrapping around the corners. It’s an [...]

Tablesaw Box Joints A shop-made jig with micro-adjust guarantees perfect joints. By Tim Johnson Box joints are the savvy woodworker’s alternative to dovetails. Strong, great-looking and quickly [...]

Improve your accuracy and control with these 5 router jigs. By: Bill Hylton Why buy a commercial jig when making one yourself will triple your enjoyment? First, you’ll experience the joy of [...]

Unlock your saw’s full potential. by Seth Keller   The tablesaw’s power and precision put it at the center of everyone’s shop. Despite this honored position, a tablesaw is mostly used [...]

This rolling clamp rack holds about 50 clamps, takes up minimal floor space and can be built in an afternoon. When you’ve got so many clamps that it’s a problem getting them to where the work is [...]

  Simple, Sturdy Sawhorse Project By Randy Johnson Here’s one of my favorite sawhorse designs. They provide such stable hard working support that I tend to refer to them as workhorses. [...]

By Jim Stuard This shop cabinet squeezes 13 cubic feet of tool storage into less than 3 square feet of floor space. If you’re like most woodworkers, your shop is packed to the gills with tools, [...]

We’ve made it three seasons without building a workbench for I Can Do That. It’s been requested and we’ve wanted to make one for a while but we just hadn’t gotten to it. [...]