Joinery - Page 50 of 69

I've found that expensive slot-cutting machines aren't really needed for plate joinery. A 5/32-in.-wide, three-wing slot cutter mounted in a router table works well. To use the router for edge-to-edge…

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…

I found Mac Campbell's article, "Barred-Glass Doors" (Fine Woodworking #72) most informative, and I would like to offer a suggestion for cutting precise miters on small-scale stock to augment the…

Anyone who has attempted to make picture frames with a radialarm saw knows how difficult and frustrating it is to set the arm to a perfect 45¡ angle. I developed…

I made this fixture for my drill press to cut the slots for biscuit joints. The fixture holds the workpiece and acts as a guide for a 5/32-in.-wide three-wing slot…

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…

Inspired by the tool cabinets featured in Fine Woodworking #105, I decided to construct a cabinet for my own tools. Because the design called for eight hand-dovetailed drawers, I needed…

My variation on routing dovetails involves cutting the pins with a router equipped with a 1/4-in. straight bit and a bushing that follows an acrylic template. I mark the pins…

I recently received an order for drawers joined at the front with sliding dovetails. Because the drawers were of many different sizes, I needed to make a router jig that…

A commission for six identical boxes led me to develop this router-table jig for cutting spline mortises in outside corners. The jig is used with a slot-cutting bit. To make…