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The homemade dadoing jig illustrated in Christian Becksvoort's article "Building a Chest of Drawers" (Fine Woodworking #68) is similar to the one I made several years ago. Mine differs in…

Recently I needed a quantity of tapered wood rods to make drop spindles for spinning wool. The spindles' diameter had to taper from 1/2 in. to 1/4 in. evenly along…

I use this jig for routing the sliding dovetail housings for the legs of small pedestal tables and stands: It's fast to set up and very accurate. I made the…

Because feeding short boards through the planer may result in snipes and even kickbacks, the operation should be avoided. But when the job is necessary, here's a way to make…

This fence-straddling push stick was originally designed to fit a Biesemeyer fence, but it could be adapted to practically any fence fitted with auxiliary face boards, as shown in the…

You don't have to steam an entire length of stock if you only want to bend part of it. Just wrap the section you want to bend in a damp…

You can make all sorts of custom screw-drive centers for the lathe quickly and inexpensively by utilizing particleboard screws. These screws, which have only recently become commonly available, feature large,…

When I purchased my Delta 14-in. bandsaw, I decided not to buy the factory rip fence, because it clamps to the saw table only at one end. I do lots…

This sliding motor mount for the lathe offers several advantages over the usual hinge-type mount. The device prevents the motor from jumping when a lathe tool gets hung up in…

Trimming solid-wood edgebanding on plywood with a plane or belt sander can be a trying task, so I designed this simple trimmer fixture, which holds a horizontally mounted router. An…