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You can tune up your band saw to resaw veneer without expensive fences or blades. The subject most often written about in woodworking magazines is probably cutting dovetails. In second place – [...]

No matter what your style of woodworking, you need a basic set of hand tools. Here’s where to begin. When I came to America, I had a lovely wife, two suitcases and 50 bucks. Oh man, where do I …

An easy interlocking joint begets great strength and style.

Impossible? No. Impossibly easy. If architect and furniture designer Alvar Aalto (Finland, 1898-1976) is considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern design, then Eileen Gray (Ireland, [...]

Get extra outfeed space without sacrificing precious floor space. By Eric Hedberg Pages: 84-85 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Who says that table saws aren’t “hip?” This [...]

Achieving a glass-flat surface is a lot easier than you might think. By Bob Flexner Pages: 79-83 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now After spending countless hours building a [...]

Woodworking magazines present a distorted view of reality. We show ourselves working on projects using the latest and greatest tools, and it’s easy to start thinking you really need this stuff to [...]

We spend three days with the world’s most expensive planes. Are they just jewelry? Or do they work better than your plane? By Christopher Schwarz Pages: 52-59 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy [...]

By David Thiel Pages: 41-48 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Over the past six chapters of this primer on Casework Construction we’ve focused on how case pieces are built: the [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now In a world of mid-sized routers offering both a fixed and plunge base, the Triton MOF001KC is a competitively priced, [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 28 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now I’ve long been a fan of large shoulder planes and have many miles on my Lie-Nielsen 073, which I bought the [...]

By David Thiel Page: 27 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Our staff has an ongoing discussion about the best way to make dados. Whether using a dado stack or router, the trick is [...]