#211–Mar/April 2010

Articles

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  The Right Way to Use Contrast

  Make your furniture stand out by combining different grain, figure, and colors. Just don’t overdo it
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  Perfect Hinges Every Time

  Built around the hinge, this routing template is fast and flawless
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  4 Ways to Make Panels Pop

  Doors are dominant on most cabinet designs, so dressing up door panels is an easy way to make furniture stand out.
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  Make Your Own Marking Gauge

  This shopmade marking gauge works better than anything on the market.
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  Sand Between Coats for a Flawless Finish

  Game-changing products make the job easier and achieve better results.
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  10 Tips for Mail-Order Lumber

  The Internet has made it easier to find exceptional wood, but you need to be an educated shopper
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  How to Add Quarter Columns to Your Furniture

  Make classic fluted columns of any length, without a big lathe
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  How Woodworkers Tame Tearout

  Zero-clearance trick applies to almost every tool in the shop
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  New Sawblades from Forrest and Delta

  Since its introduction in the early 1980s, Forrest’s Woodworker II blade (model WW 10407125) has become something of a gold standard for general-purpose blades. So when the company announced a…
• Blades for Chip-Free Cuts on Sheet Goods

  Delta has recently introduced a range of full-kerf (0.125 in.) sawblades designed to be used on tablesaws with at least 3 hp motors. I tested the 10 in. 50 tooth…
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  Cut Slotted Screw Holes in a Drawer Bottom

  Q: I like the chamfered screw slots found on the bottoms of many drawers. What’s a good way to make them? Carl Engel, Pawtucket, RI A: A slotted screw hole…
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  Foolproof Finish for the Kitchen

  Give your kitchen cabinets the protective film of finish they need.
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  Change Machine Height to Improve Comfort

  Q: I’m over 6 ft. tall and have a bad back. Bending over to use my tablesaw and jointer just isn’t comfortable anymore. What can I do to make them…
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  Rectangular Benchdogs are Quick to Make

  These workbench helpers are a great way to use up hardwood scraps.
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  Rough-Turn Bowl Blanks Before Storing

  Q: I have a large walnut slab that I’d like to cut into bowl blanks and turn on my lathe. What’s the best way to store the blanks so that…
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  Leaded glass made easy

  The leaded-glass for these doors are simple to make and they really help to finish out the Stickley style for this piece.
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  A Lesson in Curves

  Hank Gilpin’s designs are driven more by the wood than by a preconceived notion of how the form should look. In another shop, the wood for these pieces might have…