Accessories - Page 53 of 91

I originally made this wooden lathe chuck to hold pieces of 1/4-in. dowel stock. But the design could be sized to fit any dowel or even to serve as a…

When I purchased my Delta 14-in. bandsaw, I decided not to buy the factory rip fence, because it clamps to the saw table only at one end. I do lots…

A good tablesaw tenoning fixture must be heavy, strong, rigid and accurate. That's why I made my massive tenoning fixture from an old laminated-maple, science-lab tabletop. The fixture has two…

Some of my projects require cuts at 12¡ or 15¡, but my tablesaw's miter gauge is limited to 30¡ to the left or right of the 90¡ setting. To expand…

I've found an easy way to set the back fence on a tablesaw cutoff box perfectly square to the cut line: Build the cutoff box to the dimensions you need,…

The scarf joint, which joins stock lengthwise without loss of strength, deserves more recognition outside its traditional domain of wooden boatbuilding. Here's how I make the joint for other woodworking…

The wooden puzzles I make require safe, accurate cuts of small pieces of wood. That's why I designed this cutoff box that uses ball-bearing guides, an acrylic base and Teflon…

As anyone who has ever tried to make a sliding table for a tablesaw knows, aligning the runners to the sliding table correctly can be frustrating. The trick is to…

Here's a quick and foolproof way to cut tapers. First draw the desired cut line on the workpiece in pencil. Set the saw fence to a width slightly greater than…

When I installed the insert in my router table, I didn't bother to rabbet the cutout hole to support the insert. Instead, I attached spacer blocks and two lengths of…