#188–Tools & Shops 2007

Articles

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  Quick-to-Make Tool Cabinet

  Attractive design stores all your tools in a small space
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  Set Up Shop for $5,000

  Choose wisely and your first set of tools could be your last.
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  Dust Collection Demystified

  Choosing and configuring a system to fit your needs, with guidelines on capacities and suggestions for ductwork layout
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  Get a Handle on Your Chisels

  Invest new life into old socket chisels with shopmade handles.
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  Tool Test: Spindle Sanders

  Oscillating drums smooth curves quickly and easily
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  Wiring a Garage Workshop

  Plan smart, and you’ll know what to tell the electrician
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  All About Impact Drivers

  Is there a place for them in furniture-making shops?
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  Japanese-Style Dovetail Saws

  Fast-cutting Japanese saws are affordable and razor-sharp out of the box.
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  Lie-Nielsen at 25

  Woodworking entrepreneur rekindled an interest in serious hand tools
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  That Magic Moment

  Finally achieving a fully-stocked shop is memorable, but to bypass the work join our contest for a shop full of new tools
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  Head to Head: Midi-Lathes

  Light-weight lathes from Rikon and Steel City Tool Works a good size for furniture making
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  A Timber-Frame Dream

  Make it affordable by finding a company that recycles old barns
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  Make a Chisel Handle

  Create a custom handle for your socket chisel in ten steps and practice basic hand-tool use along the way.
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  Quick Tip: Choosing Bench Dogs

  Round or square? Find out what's the difference between each version of these workbench accessories
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  Build a Simple Crosscut Sled for the Table Saw

  This essential tablesaw jig ensures square cuts.
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  Why Leave Marks on Dovetails?

  Q: I don’t understand why people leave a layout line marking the tails on a dovetail joint. Other layout lines and marks never show on a finished piece, so why…
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  Fine-Tuning a Jointer

  Q: I recently changed the knives on my 6-in. jointer and set them level with the outfeed table. Now the jointer leaves boards slightly concave in the middle. Do I…
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  Working with Live-Edge Boards

  Q: I want to use some live-edge boards in my work. What’s the best way to strip the bark to reveal the surface below? Amir Fahzad, Negril, None A: There’s…
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  A Crazy Glue Problem

  Q: I recently bought a spalted maple pen blank. One end was fairly soft and punky, so I tried to stabilize it with cyanoacrylate glue. But that generated a wisp…
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  Quieting an Air Compressor

  Q: I work in a basement shop, where I use a small, noisy, “pancake” air compressor. Can I enclose it in a cabinet to soften the noise? Jeff Dinardo, Concord,…
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  A Gym-Floor Finish in the Kitchen

  Q: About 15 years ago, I made an oak countertop that I coated with gym-floor finish. Now it’s time to refinish the wood. Should I use some form of polyurethane…
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  Low-Cost Scraper Plane

  Learn how to convert a low-angle plane to a scraper plane simply by changing blades.
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  Furniture Mill

  Gregg Lipton turned 1860s era water-powered sawmill into a dream shop

Online Extras

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  Spindle-Sander Basics

  Explore the anatomy and uses of an oscillating spindle sander
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  Using a Japanese Pull Saw

  An alternative to the western-style dovetail saw, the lesser-known pull saw is versatile and produces a thinner kerf.
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  Lie-Nielsen: Unplugged

  Hand tool scion Tom Lie-Nielsen talks about the evolution of his company in a one-on-one interview
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  The $5,000 Shop

  View the complete list of tools included in our Complete Woodworking Shop giveaway contest
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  Sorting Out Straight Router Bits

  Two flutes or one, spiral or straight, bearing guided? Discover the best bits for any routing task.
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  Top Picks in Ready-Made Workbenches

  Take a tour of the winning benches from our review and find out why we picked them