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Last night I pursued one of our naughty cats into my oldest daughter’s closet, where I saw something that was just shocking. It was a …¦ well, it’s difficult to describe. Imagine a [...]

One of the magazine issues on our 2000-2007 CD was damaged during our efforts to squeeze it smaller, and the text looks garbled or missing when you try to read it. So we’re going to provide [...]

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 a lifetime exploring its many [...]

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 elegant, [...]

Do you ever wonder what goes into creating a magazine cover? I got a chance to bring along our camera so you can join us on a trip while we photograph Senior Editor Robert W. Lang’s new [...]

What's the one thing you need most when you're shaping dozens of raised panels on a router table? Power! These 3-hp monsters deliver plenty. There are two completely different kinds of [...]

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. non-swiveling [...]

  Swing-Out Plywood Storage I was looking for a way to keep my small inventory of plywood organized and easy to access. The garage at my town house is small, but I did have a narrow space [...]

Locating and drilling dowel holes is usually so fussy it drives you nuts! A self-centering jig works fine on stock of equal thickness, like a face frame, but you may have a hard time setting it [...]

Zero-clearance throat plates are one of the best accessories you can put on your tablesaw. With a slot that tightly fits the blade, you get less tear-out and no trapped offcuts, with both [...]

No two ways about it, sanding stinks! A drum sander can eliminate the drudgery, but not everyone has room in their budget, or their shop, for a huge expensive machine. The new 10-20 Plus Drum [...]

Resawing a wide board sure pushes a bandsaw to the max. The more rigid the upper arm, the better, because you'll get a smoother cut. The upper arm is generally stiffer on a saw with a welded [...]