#217–Jan/Feb 2011

Articles

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  One Bench Plane Can Do it All

  Stretch your tool budget by using different blades in one low-angle jack plane.
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  Curved Bevels Made Easy

  Tablesaw sled creates facets, and a bit of sanding finishes the job
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  Two Nailers You Need

  These handy tools will make your life easier and your shop time more productive
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  Guide To French Polishing

  A step-by-step guide to an unmatched, traditional finish.
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  Beautify Doors With Divided Light

  A surprisingly painless approach for multi-pane doors
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  Playful Furniture That Breaks the Rules

  Unorthodox construction brings cabinets to life
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  Seven Lessons for the Aspiring Furniture Maker

  If you dream of making furniture but are not sure where to begin, take some advice from Monica Raymond. She set out to learn woodworking after she built herself a…
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  How to Make a Skew Chisel

  Garrett Hack demonstrates how to make a bevel-edge skew chisel.
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  The Hows and Whys of Dyes

  Explore the world of dyes and learn why they can be invaluable tools for getting the perfect finish on your project.
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  Make Any Table Saw Safer with a Shopmade Splitter

  Q: I stopped using the splitter and blade guard on my cabinet saw years ago because they interfered with too many cuts. I can’t afford a new saw with a…
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  Amperage Is More Accurate Than Horsepower

  Q: Greg Paolini recently tested dedicated plunge routers with 3-hp motors (“Heavy-Duty Plunge Routers,” FWW #214). All of the routers have 120-volt motors. As I understand it, a typical 120-volt…
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  Is There a Waterborne Finish as Nice as Solvent-Based Lacquer?

  Some product options for brushing and spraying.
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  When Sliding Dovetails Are Long, Taper Them

  Q: I understand the difference between normal and tapered dovetails, but when should I use the one versus the other? Craig Bennett, Morgantown, WV A: Standard sliding dovetails are useful…
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  Exotic Inlays

  Create eye-catching embellishments with stone, shell, and high-end plastics
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  End Grain on Display

  One of the main reasons the sideboard on the back cover is so eye-catching is its end-grain drawer fronts, made from tight-grained, old-growth pine. It is very uncommon to see…

Online Extras

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  Renaissance Man

  Soon after I turned into Michael Fortune’s driveway in 2002 to shoot a Master Class article on shaping curved furniture parts (FWW #159), I knew I had stumbled upon a…

Back Cover

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  Old-Growth Splendor

  Wood designed this sideboard with end-grain drawer fronts to highlight the part of the beam that first caught their attention.