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Making Fluted Panels Revisited
October 25, 2005

Here's an improvement to Wayne Kulesza's method for making fluted panels (Fine Woodworking #67, p. 8). First, determine the proper fence angle to produce the flute width desired, then clamp…
Sawing Veneers on the Bandsaw
October 25, 2005

To produce veneer slices on the bandsaw, we use a sharp blade, a tall rip fence aligned with the line of cut for each particular blade and an easily adjusted…
Cutting Circles with a Jigsaw
October 25, 2005

A jigsaw can quickly cut circles or large holes with this simple trammel made from scrap plywood. Cut the trammel leg to any convenient length, and make the head large…
Production Chamfering
October 25, 2005

This setup helps you quickly sand an even chamfer on small parts. Build a trough with a slit in its bottom and position the trough straddling an inverted belt sander…
Planing Fine Thicknesses
October 25, 2005

I recently had to plane some Brazilian rosewood to a thickness of 3/64 in. To prevent the work from shattering in the planer, I double-taped the rosewood to a piece…
Flexible Hold-In
October 25, 2005

Most featherboards or hold-ins utilize an angled board with numerous sawkerfs cut into one end. The flexibility of these featherboards is pretty limited, so they must invariably be reset after…
Milling Radiused Corners on Tabletops
October 25, 2005

Faced with the prospect of milling 80 identical radiused corners on a run of restaurant tables, I came up with the "Corner King" jig shown in the sketch. It's built…
Routing Dado Joints
October 25, 2005

In the high-school furniture-making class I teach, we use a router and a parallel guide like the one shown above to cut most of our dado joints. Even though the…
Wooden Lathe Chuck
October 25, 2005

I originally made this wooden lathe chuck to hold pieces of 1/4-in. dowel stock. But the design could be sized to fit any dowel or even to serve as a…
Angle Finder for Cutting Coves
October 25, 2005

To cut coves accurately on the tablesaw, you must clamp the fence to the table at the correct angle, because the angle determines the shape of the cove. This simple…

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