Projects

  Bandsawn Tapered Legs Tips and tricks to make your legs look better and the job go faster By Tom Caspar 1. Cut riftsawn legs The riftsawn section of a...

Q & A: Dovetail Jig Set-Up Q: I’ve fallen in love with my dovetail router jig, but my big frustration is setting the depth of the dovetail bit each time....

Adjustable Tongue-and-Groove Set Lots of tongue-and-groove router bit sets are designed for 3/4-in. material. They cut 1/4-in. tongues and 1/4-in. grooves. A new bit set from Freud ($70) is [...]

Tablesaw Worktable Turn your tablesaw into extra workbench space with a piece of 3⁄4-in.plywood.Attach wood strips around the plywood edges for a snug,no-slide fit on the metal table. [...]

Q & A: Board Feet Calculation   Q: I used to buy planed and jointed lumber (S4S) at a home center where it was sold by the lineal foot.Now that...

The April 2013 cover project is a “City Sideboard” built by Mario Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. The sideboard, which is sized for smaller, contemporary spaces, is [...]

Q & A: Rusty Router Collets Q: Returning to my shop after working outside this summer, I noticed a rusty film on my router collets and bits.What’s the best way...

Mobile Router Center This rolling router center has onboard storage for all your router components, folds into a tidy package, serves as an extra work surface and rolls out of...

One of the oldest designs for a dining table is also one of the most highly engineered and contemporary. But will its unusual dimensions work in a modern home?  By...

At-Hand Tool Storage By Bob Ungar I hate fumbling around in drawers or digging into cabinets for tools.That’s why I love perf-board. It displays my hand tools out in the open where...

Q & A: Truing a Framing Square   Q: I just inherited my grandpa’s framing square. It’s big and heavy and I’d like to use it but it isn’t square!...

Q & A: Rub-Joint Gluing   Q: My panel glue ups drive me nuts because the boards slide around whenever I clamp them together. Then I end up beating them...