
Karen Lynch Williams Nothing says "I love you" like opening a present from my husband and finding a right-angle clamp and large face clamp... he does love me! Teases me all the time that "most wives want diamonds but I'm happier with a woodworking tool or something for my barn. Ya'll have a Merry Christmas!

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A few months ago I had an internet conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. In Googling the woodworking activities in the area, I came across a club, the North Carolina Woodworker, which is mostly an online woodworking organization...

WOOD Magazine Our shop and office will be a ghost town after today. Have a Merry Christmas, and let us know if Santa brings you some cool tools this yule.

WOOD Magazine Nix inaccurate fence with hardboard template.
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When making cuts with a portable circular saw, setting the distance from the straightedge to the edge of the baseplate often takes time and multiple measurements. To simplify this procedure, rip a hardboard ...

WOOD Magazine Build an adjustable, miter-gauge fence.
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Most auxiliary fences that bolt to a miter gauge eventually start to look pretty ragged. If you use one for mitering, beveling, dadoing, and such, you eventually wind up with big chunks missing.

I just finished up a sleigh-full (well, minivan) of Christmas gifts in my shop—and just in time! I had been working on a china cabinet for my wife, but put that on hold so I could make some projects to give as Christmas gifts. ...

Tony Olsen I was looking for an outfeed roller to replace one that the roller broke on. I like the Ridgid style of a flat plate, as the roller always wants to track the board to one side or the other. I built this one and put it on the old stand.

I built the tablesaw this sled. The sled measures 24×24”. The front and rear fence are 1” thick (two pieces of ½” plywood laminated face to face) and 3” high. The fences are glued to the top of the ½”-thick plywood base. The back fe...

Switching over to the new blog system had me traipsing down memory lane a bit. And I realize that I’ve not updated you on the progress of my tablesaw mobile base. ...

WOOD Magazine Dowel stock can serve as blade guides for precision sawing.
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While working on a project that required precision sawing, I discovered that the fiber blade guides on my bandsaw were shot. Unable to find new guides locally and unwilling to wait a week for mail-order delivery, I looked for a temporary solution in my shop. The answer was in my dowel stock.

The 2009 portion of The Woodworking Shows season ended in Chicago this last weekend. The bitter cold earlier in the week moderated somewhat for the show’s opening on Friday. Attendance was good The 2009 portion of The Woodworking Shows season ended in Chicago this last weekend. ...

WOOD Magazine For quick-draw blade retrieval, try this scrollsaw bandolier.
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Most hot-shot scrollsawyers don't waste time changing blades. And this storage strip puts the blades close at hand, yet secure and out of the way.
























