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Greene and Greene-Style Hall Table Exquisite detailing turns ordinary into extraordinary. By Bruce Kieffer People just love this wonderful little table with its soft-colored mahogany, ebony [...]

10 Tips for Perfect Miter Joints Make Micro Adjustments with a Disc Sander No tool can tweak a miter’s fit as easily as a disc sander can. You can shorten...

I like to keep my fix-based routers handy and ready to go with my favorite bits. Of course the bits prevent me from storing the routers standing up. That's why...

My favorite woodworking projects are clocks—big ones or little ones. If it ticks, I’ll make it. My latest venture provided me with the challenge of flattening the face of some...

  To strengthen miter joints in narrow stock, use face frame biscuits. They're like standard biscuits but smaller (about 1-3/16 in. long), so you can use them in stock as...

High-Style Low-Cost TV Cabinet Simple joinery makes it easy to build – plywood makes it inexpensive. By Gary Wentz The striking style of this cabinet was inspired by visits to...

Hoosier Cabinet Recreate and American icon. By Tim Johnson Eighty years ago, before built-in cabinets were common, every modern homemaker wanted a “Hoosier” cabinet in her kitchen. As a baking...

Template Routing Tips By Randy Johnson ??If you want to get the most from your router, you need to master template routing. Once you learn the basics you can spend...

Shaker Stand By Tim Johnson Though it looks modern, the original version of this three-legged stand was built almost two hundred years ago in a Shaker community. Simple, purposeful and...

Two-Wheel Mobile Base Here’s my quick and cheap solution for making a contractor-style tablesaw mobile. I glued a piece of 2×4 to a 2×6 and added a pair of 2-in....

Sharpening Jig for Jointer and Planer Blades I’ve tried several different shop-made jigs for sharpening my jointer and planer knives but this one has proved the simplest to use and...

Quick-and-Easy Storage Boxes I finally found a use for all that scrap plywood I've been hanging onto. I made a bunch of small storage boxes with it and a small...