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Categories: Assembling Your ProjectOctober 13, 2020What's the best glue choice for a butcher-block cutting board?Read more -
Categories: Assembling Your ProjectSeptember 06, 2020Successful panel glue-ups start with the right choice of adhesive, but it doesn't end there.Read more
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Categories: Assembling Your ProjectAugust 20, 2020Replace messy, mismatched wood putties with custom wood plugs you make yourself.Read more
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Categories: Assembling Your ProjectJuly 27, 2020Table saws are perhaps the most versatile tool in a woodworking shop. In this video, we demonstrate how to do classic frame-and-panel construction using just a table saw.Read more
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July 09, 2020Learn how to make and use router templates when you are building your woodworking projects. Router templates can help you do three main things: First, they can help you trace complex shapes onto your project parts quickly and easily. Once you’ve got the template, you don’t have to lay all of this out again manually. Second, you can use your templates to actually make your project parts with a router and the right bits. And finally, you can keep your templates for possible re-use. That can save a lot of layout time down the road, if should you decide to make the project again.Read more
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Categories: Assembling Your ProjectJune 18, 2020Toughen up your work surfaces and jig facings with plastic laminate.Read more
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April 10, 2020Template routing makes this inlay easy.Read more -
Categories: Assembling Your ProjectMarch 30, 2020One of the slickest ways to get the lid of a box to fit the box perfectly is to make them one and the same. You assemble all six sides of a box into one piece – and then cut the lid from the box.Read more
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July 03, 2019Wooodworkers I talk to who haven't tried working with veneers tend to think that it's just too difficult. This couldn't be further from the truth. Veneering is an easy woodworking technique that is both fun and creative. In the last issue I covered the simple task of veneering a drawer face.Read more
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June 04, 2019A great way to make curved woodworking project parts is by laminating thin strips. Glue is applied between the wood strips and then they are clamped in a form that matches the shape of the final curve.Read more
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May 15, 2019The BeadLock joinery system makes it easy to create rock-solid mortise and tenon joints. All you need to make them is your hand drill and this Beadlock® Kit. Ribbed tenon design prevents racking and increases the amount of precious face-grain glue surface. The result is an extremely strong, totally concealed joint. Included shim set allows you to mortise a variety of stock thicknesses, as well as to offset your mortises.Read more