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Mitering Trim on the Bandsaw
October 25, 2005

When I needed to miter a few dozen 1/8-in.-thick cock beads, I first tried a chop box, but found it produced severe chipping behind the cut. So I built the…
Disposable Doweling Jig
October 25, 2005

When joining face frames, make this doweling jig from 1-1/2-in.-long scraps from the frame's rail or stile and a piece of plywood. Bore the two guide holes in the block…
Routing Dado Joints
October 25, 2005

In the high-school furniture-making class I teach, we use a router and a parallel guide like the one shown above to cut most of our dado joints. Even though the…
Carcase Dadoing Jig
October 25, 2005

The homemade dadoing jig illustrated in Christian Becksvoort's article "Building a Chest of Drawers" (Fine Woodworking #68) is similar to the one I made several years ago. Mine differs in…
Sliding Dovetail Jig
October 25, 2005

I use this jig for routing the sliding dovetail housings for the legs of small pedestal tables and stands: It's fast to set up and very accurate. I made the…
Pivoting Router Mortising Fixture
October 25, 2005

Because I needed to cut more than 400 mortises in a short period of time, I built this pivoting router fixture. With it, I can cut two mortises in about…
Jig for Routing Sliding Dovetails
October 25, 2005

After reading Mac Campbell's article on sliding dovetails (Fine Woodworking #62, p. 80), I was compelled to use the joint on a project. The jig for cutting the pin that…
Dovetailing with a Laminate Trimmer
October 25, 2005

The most time-consuming part of dovetailing drawers is the tedious tap-tap-tapping with mallet and chisel to cut the half-blind pins in the drawer fronts. So, when I was faced with…
Mitered Box Jig
October 25, 2005

When making small boxes with mitered corners, I find it very time-consuming to set the tablesaw to the required dead-accurate 45¡ cut. Hence, I made this little jig, and with…
Stop Blocks for Mitered Corners
October 25, 2005

One of the reasons I purchased a motorized miter box saw was so I could cut 45¡ miters for picture frames. Lacking an extension table or fence to which I…

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