Thin Rips on the Band Saw
As a guitar maker, I rip a lot of very narrow wood strips, which can be difficult and dangerous to cut on a table saw. Instead, I cut them on...
Cork Vise Facing for a Soft Touch
I’ve found that padding my vise faces with cork prevents them from marring many surfaces, especially softer woods or finished workpieces. I use 1⁄4“-thick cork, which is available by the...
Sharpening FAQ
Additional reading: Check out Michael Dunbar’s Sharpening Method Here are some general thoughts and advice on sharpening, as well as answers to some frequently asked questions. Every shop [...]
Sharpening Hand Tools
Michael Dunbar distills three decades of sharpening into a simple, inexpensive and do-able system. This is a subversive article. Woodworking gurus and companies that make expensive sharpening [...]
Regluing Doweled Chairs
Bob Flexner walks you through all the steps in repairing an antique factory-made chair that is glued with animal hide glue.
Longworth Chuck
This jig helps you easily reverse your work for base turning. Properly finished bowls never reveal how the turner mounted them. However, traditional methods for reversing a bowl to turn...
Easy Bolt Sawing
Over the years, I’ve shortened a fair number of long bolts to some desired size rather than traipsing to the hardware store for just a few of the proper length....
Simple Shaker Shelves
Clear finish updates the look of this classic design. This modified Shaker design, downsized from a set of creamery shelves, is adapted from a Shaker Workshops catalog. To ensure our...
Shop-made Pinch Rods
One of the most accurate approaches for checking a case or other assembly for square is to compare the inside diagonal measurements for equidistance. The easiest way to do this...
Out of the Woodwork: Old-school Persimmon Driver
Louisville Golf keeps links tradition alive – and with a satisfying thwack. By Don Weber Page: 96 From the April 2007 issue #161 Buy this issue now I’ve been a...
Woodworking Essentials: Setting Up Shop – Material Storage
By Scott Gibson Pages: 45-52 From the April 2007 issue #161 Buy this issue now It takes more than a room full of tools to make a productive woodworking shop....
Tool Test: Bosch Router Table
By Robert W. Lang Page: 30 From the April 2007 issue #161 Buy this issue now Benchtop router tables have been around long enough that all the bugs should be...
