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Routed Box Joint
October 25, 2005

I enjoyed Patrick Warner's article on the box joint (Fine Woodworking #14, Jan. '79). I like the visual results, strength and ease of assembly the joint allows. Like Warner, I…
Making Dowels with the Router
October 25, 2005

Here's how to make dowels of any size with a simple router setup. First drill a pilot hole through a 2x4 the same diameter as the dowel you want to…
Making Dowels with the Table Saw
October 25, 2005

I prefer to make my own dowels for several good reasons. I can make any size dowel in any length from any wood. My system is simpler and certainly less…
Reducing the Diameter of Dowels
October 25, 2005

The sketch shows an old patternmaker's trick to reduce the diameter of a dowel. Simply chuck a router bit in a drill press and clamp down a couple of scrap…
Routed Miter Joint
October 25, 2005

I recently had to make two 24-in. long splined 45¡ miter joints to join a coffee-table top to its sides. Since the tabletop was too large for me to use…
Adjustable Slot-Mortising Table
October 25, 2005

Recently I rescued an old American 16-in. tablesaw from the junkyard. The machine had a slot-mortising chuck on the end of the arbor and provisions for bolting on a mortising…
Sliding Dovetail Fixture
October 25, 2005

While attempting to rout long sliding dovetails on the end of shelving joints, I found it impossible to keep the over-wide and long shelves perpendicular to my router table. Here…
Low-Tech Horizontal Boring Machine
October 25, 2005

My home-built horizontal boring machine isn't as sophisticated as M.G. Rekoff's (Fine Woodworking #37), but it's simple in design and sturdy enough to do an outstanding job. Its simplicity comes…
Variable-Width Dado Fixture
October 25, 2005

This variable dado fixture will allow fine adjustment of the dado width from bit diameter to double the bit diameter. The fixture works on the principle that one edge of…
Flip-Up Router Fence
October 25, 2005

When routing grooves, some people draw a line on the work where the groove will be, then calculate where to clamp the fence. Others draw the line where the fence…

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