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I use a piece of 3/4-in. plywood over the bed of my thickness planer when I plane thin boards, to avoid lowering the head so tightly. This fixture also reduces…

A keyhole router bit cuts a T-shaped slot that is useful for hanging picture frames. However, with a couple of simple fixtures, you can also use this bit to mount…

I built this router-based pocket-hole ramp when I became frustrated with my drill fixture. The router slides down the ramps to cut a low, 6¡-angle pocket hole. It's quick and…

One of the things missing in my workshop was a hard surface to hammer against. I solved this problem by routing out the top of my workbench and inlaying the…

I don't own a duplicating lathe. So when I needed to turn several identical spindles, I designed the fixture shown in the sketch above. It was convenient to use and…

When cutting hundreds of identical pieces of wood to length for production work, a chopsaw is essential but not sufficient. To speed up cutting time, you need automatic removal of…

It bugged me that when I needed a number of uniformly sized wooden balls for bedpost finials, the only way to make them was to turn each ball from scratch…

Clamp a length of steel channel to your fence for extra reach when ripping on the tablesaw

While remodeling a Victorian-style wood-paneled bathroom, I needed one 5-ft. length of cornice molding to complete the job. After striking out with local suppliers and running up some hefty long-distance…

While making a round sunburst mirror frame consisting of 16 segments, I had to miter both sides of each segment at precisely 11-1/4¡ on my tablesaw to get a gap-free…