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Large Pins, small tails
April 13, 2012

In dovetails in fine furniture I've often see craftsmen use very small pins along with large tails, but I don't ever recall seeing small tails with much larger pins. …
What joint is thi?
April 12, 2012

Sirs I am the secretary of our local woodworking guild in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. At the last meeting a member brought in two drawers he was restoring with the…
Using drawbore mortise & tenon joint on interior doors – Loose tenon joinery
April 3, 2012

I will be trying to make a number of doors for use inside the house. I have the tooling for my shaper to do the cutting/shaping but I come up…
Breadboard Ends
March 26, 2012

I am putting together a tabletop of plywood with breadboard ends using a tongue and groove joint. My problem is that I can't seem to get the two surfaces to…
Table apron tenons
March 4, 2012

I'm building a writing desk and will join my 4" apron to a 2" tapered leg - the tenon will be 3/8 thick, 1" long and 3" wide. In my…
Better holes for square pegs
March 3, 2012

I really like the David Getts's kitchen ("A Cabinetmaker's Kitchen Remodel," FWW April 2010), especially the contrasting pegs on the cabinets: I sent the article to our kitchen planner and…
How to repair finished face frame splits
February 28, 2012

Looking for some advice on how to best repair latent splits that have shown up on peninsula face frames. I am guessing all that can be done on split near…
Light colored thin dowels
February 28, 2012

I am building a small tray for keys, watch, wallet, cell phone, etc for a dresser top. I was startled to see the cover of FWW this month- mine looks…
Raised Panel Glue-up
February 24, 2012

Hello, I making raised panel doors in mahogany. The panels will be about 18" wide and 23" tall. My rough stock is 9-10" wide in various lenghts. Question is this:…
Using a safety file to pare dovetail pins
February 21, 2012

I was recently watching Stephen Hammer's dovetail series on this site and saw him using sandpaper wrapped around a card scraper to trim through dovetail pins. I tried out his…

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