AW Extra 7/12/12 – Router-Made Drawer and Door Pulls
Router-Made Drawer and Door Pulls If you’re after a sleek, clean look, a wooden pull that’s an integral part of a door or drawer front is a great solution. By Brad Holder You can make [...]
Versatile Router-Bit Storage
When it comes to router-bit storage, I could write a book. I've tried everything, but I think my latest design is a keeper. I prefer to keep my bits protected in a drawer. At first, I just [...]
AW Extra 8/9/12 – Lock Rabbet Drawer Joinery
Lock Rabbet Drawer Joinery Here’s a router-made drawer joint that’s quick, simple and self-aligning. By Randy Johnson For fast, easy, accurate joinery in everything from kitchen-cabinet drawers [...]
AW Extra 12/6/12 – Making Lipped Drawers With A Dovetail Jig
Making Lipped Drawers With A Dovetail Jig By Tom Caspar You can do more with your half-blind dovetail jig than meets the eye. You’ve probably used it to make drawers with plain, inset fronts, but [...]
AW Extra 9/27/12 – 5 Router Jigs
5 Router Jigs Improve your accuracy and control. By Bill Hylton Why buy a commercial jig when making one yourself will triple your enjoyment? First, you’ll experience the joy of building a [...]
Template for Rounded Corners
This guide takes only a minute to make and helps you make perfect corners in four different diameters. Simply use a different sized coin (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) to create the four radii. [...]
Rounded Corners In A Jiffy
Getting rounded corners that match is a cinch with this template. Legs fastened to both sides automatically center the template on the workpiece. Once the template is [...]
Perfect Holes for Router-Bit Tray
I decided to organize my router bits by making a tray from a scrap block of wood. But I soon discovered that my 1/2-in. shank bits wouldn't fit into 1/2-in.-dia. holes – the holes [...]
Convenient Benchtop Protection
My workbench is beautiful and I want to keep it that way, so I cover the top with builder's paper ($7/140-ft. roll at my local home center) whenever I'm gluing or staining. But the heavy [...]
AW Extra 12/13/12 – Tenoning Jigs
Tenoning Jigs By Tom Caspar Tenoning jigs make the complicated world of mortise-and-tenon joinery a lot simpler. I’ve used a homemade wooden jig for years. I stand a rail upright on the tablesaw [...]
Tablesaw Jig Clamp
I added this hold-down to my tablesaw's sliding cutoff jig and find it a great convenience, because the height of the clamp is easily changed. This clamp uses a standard bar-type caulking [...]
Slipping Edges
Sharp edges and thin laminates have a way of slipping under the tablesaw fence and ruining a project—or worse. My answer is to lay a piece of 1/4-in. hardboard or plywood up against the [...]
