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It sure is cute – but is it useful? Few tools spark the affection of so many as the Stanley No. 1 size bench plane. Regardless of one’s interest, the small plane has a way of catching everyone’s [...]

Methods that allow wood to move with the seasons. About a decade ago, I made a drop-leaf table for a book of projects. When it came time to mount the top, I just drilled pilot holes and drove cut [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Pages: 60-65 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now I’ve been attending tool shows to see new woodworking machinery and hand tools for 10 years now, but the [...]

By Scott Gibson Pages: 49-56 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now In a much earlier era, cabinetmakers didn’t spend much time worrying about where to put machines in their shops. [...]

By Robert W. Lang Page: 34 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now Making dados for casework starts with the choice of using the table saw or the router. If you prefer the router, [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 34 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now Planemakers have long used floats to shape and true the critical surfaces of wooden handplanes. But [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 32 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now As a devoted band saw user, I’ve always resisted the bowsaw, which was used by early American and English [...]

By Robert W. Lang Page: 32 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now Traditionally, a shop-made featherboard is used to hold a small or narrow workpiece firmly against a fence or [...]

After a couple years in the shop, it’s still the router we’d choose. By David Thiel Page: 30 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now When routers with a single motor that fit into [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 10 From the December 2006 issue #159 Buy this issue now Many woodworkers talk about the craft as if there are rifts between two camps of builders – the hand-tool [...]