Techniques

Laminate Flooring for Zero-Clearance Inserts Rather than mess with gluing up plastic laminate, I use a piece of laminate flooring when making zero-clearance inserts. Laminate flooring is great [...]

Tablesaw Tapering Jig I recently built a pair of garden benches that required several identical parts that were tapered on both sides. To make the job easier, I built this...

        Here’s a quick and easy way to align your tablesaw fence with your miter slot. Plane down a board until it fits into your miter slot...

Pivoting Outfeed Support I recently saw an outfeed stand that had a pivoting top. The pivoting action prevents a workpiece from catching the front edge of the outfeed top. Instead,...

Rigid Routing Sled A routing sled is a great help when coping the ends of rails and stiles. But I had a problem when I built my first sled. The...

Anti-Slip Dust-Collection Table Here’s a pair of sanding helpers that work great together. The rug pad provides a soft anti-slip surface. The Peg-Board, combined with the holes in the rug...

          It seems like I’m always misplacing my push sticks, blade wrench, featherboards and other small tablesaw accessories. To solve my problem I added a shallow...

        Here’s my solution for storing skinny things like wood trim and edge banding. I bought a 12-in.-dia. by 8-ft.-long cardboard concrete form at a home center...

        Fifty bucks and a few hours is all it takes to put together this finishing booth. It keeps overspray off my tools and dust off my...

Staining Pine Make this inexpensive wood look like a million bucks. By Tim Johnson Purchase the complete version of this woodworking technique story from AWBookstore.com. 1. Brush on two generous...

  One last molding to mill. I install this ogee bit in the router table and I align the fence barely in front of the bearing. Used in the router...

Basic HVLP Spray Techniques How to succeed at spraying a waterborne finish. By Jon Stumbras   When it comes to finishing, we’re all looking for easy answers that give professional...