Milling - Page 9 of 15

Crosscutting wide panels using the table saw's miter gauge is awkward at best. Faced with a project requiring accurate crosscuts on 2-ft. wide, 6-ft. long panels, I investigated commercial sliding-table…

Back in the days before I had a radial arm saw in my shop, I worked out a cutoff table to use with my portable circular saw. The fixture consists…

Faced with the problem of jointing two 2x10 lengths of sugar pine for a carved sign, and not having a jointer, I used this method to produce an almost perfect…

To produce veneer slices on the bandsaw, we use a sharp blade, a tall rip fence aligned with the line of cut for each particular blade and an easily adjusted…

I recently had to plane some Brazilian rosewood to a thickness of 3/64 in. To prevent the work from shattering in the planer, I double-taped the rosewood to a piece…

Because feeding short boards through the planer may result in snipes and even kickbacks, the operation should be avoided. But when the job is necessary, here's a way to make…

I'm always looking out for interesting hardwood scraps, split firewood and small logs for turning blocks. But hand-feeding the irregular shapes through the bandsaw to cut them into usable pieces…

Here is the procedure I used to accurately mill the surface of a 4-ft.-dia., 288-year-old ponderosa pine section destined for a museum exhibit. I utilized the shop door as a…

I don't have a planer. So when I needed to thickness stock for some custom moldings, I built this attachment for my hand-held power planer that makes quick work of…

Bandsawing a short section of log into a rough circular blank for turning is a hazardous endeavor. Because the log is unstable, the blade tends to grab, increasing the possibility…