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Fixture for Turning Feet on Bowls
October 25, 2005

This fixture is for those woodturners who appreciate a neatly turned foot on the bottom of a bowl or plate. Unlike other fixtures I've seen, it won't bust your knuckles,…
Routing Table Saw inserts
October 25, 2005

Drilling two nail-sized holes in your tablesaw insert lets you tack the insert to a rough-cut blank and pattern-rout a replacement wooden insert that's exactly the size of the original.…
Cheap Faceplates
October 25, 2005

A bit of work will convert an inexpensive, common plumbing floor flange into a lathe faceplate for bowl turning. The biggest problem is that the threads on the floor flange…
Making Tenons on Chair Rungs
October 25, 2005

Here's how to use your router table to produce tenons on the end of chair rungs, quickly and accurately. First, chuck a rabbeting bit into the router and raise it…
Clear Router Subbase
October 25, 2005

I make router subbases out of 3/16-in. Plexiglas, to increase visibility. Jerome Crawford, Durham, N.H. Fine Woodworking Magazine, October 1987 No. 66
Steady Rest for Baseball Bats
October 25, 2005

For years, the eighth graders in my woodworking class have wanted to turn baseball bats. I've always put them off because the small diameter of the bat's handle invariably results…
Jig for Sliding Dovetail Housings
October 25, 2005

I use a simple but effective jig to cut housings for sliding dovetails in drawer construction. The jig consists of an L-shaped shelf, a fence to guide the router and…
Making Fluted Panels on the Tablesaw
October 25, 2005

When I needed two 7-ft.-long fluted panels for the front entrance of my house, I made this simple angled fence and cut the flutes on my tablesaw. The fence is…
Doweling Guide
October 25, 2005

Before we discovered this simple steel guide for doweling the joints on cabinet fronts, we tried several other approaches, including an expensive two-spindle horizontal drill. Make the guide out of…
Mitering Trim on the Bandsaw
October 25, 2005

When I needed to miter a few dozen 1/8-in.-thick cock beads, I first tried a chop box, but found it produced severe chipping behind the cut. So I built the…

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