Techniques

Align Bandsaw Wheels By Dave Munkittrick & Bruce Kieffer Q. I’ve tried everything to get good resaw results on my bandsaw, but the blade still wanders. What gives? A. If you use a sharp [...]

4-Way File Cabinet Arrange your files any way you want! By Andy Rae Imagine the ultimate home office: an executive desk, a comfy swivel chair, your computer and phone within easy reach, pens and [...]

Pipe Clamp Pad-Stands They don't come any simpler than this! Take squares of plywood, 6" on a side, and drill holes in them to make great clamp pads.They raise the clamps up off the [...]

  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 a [...]

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 table. [...]

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 wood before I apply the glue. I admit [...]

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 cutter I add knocks the scale [...]

  My shop has limited storage space, so my tablesaw accessories used to cram its tuck-under drawer and cover the extension table. My new accessory storage wall makes everything accessible [...]

Hauling my benchtop planer or miter saw out every time I needed to use one or the other was hard on my back until I devised this mobile base. It makes both of them readily accessible and stores [...]

I don't have room in my garage shop for a permanent clamp table, so I made this folding version from a leftover 2-ft.-wide sheet of 3/4-in.-thick plywood. Folded, it's less than 2 in. [...]

When I need holes drilled too far from the edge of a board to use my drill press, I reach for this handy drilling guide. It allows me to position the bit exactly and assures that I’ll drill [...]

      Since I don’t have a router table, routing narrow stock is doubly tough. First, it’s hard to hold the stock in position. Second, it’s virtually impossible [...]