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Table Saw Insert From a Kitchen Cutting Board
October 25, 2005

When I discovered the cost of aftermarket zero-clearance throat inserts for my tablesaw, I decided to make my own. I bought an ordinary white, high-density plastic kitchen cutting board, 1/2…
Router Dado Setup on a Table Saw
October 25, 2005

One way that the Biesemeyer and other similar tablesaw fences have changed the way we work is that the alignment guide is so accurate that you can make quick, confident…
Bandsaw Circle-Cutting Fixture
October 25, 2005

While I make no claims for reinventing the wheel, this bandsaw circle-cutting fixture has a few extra features that make it accurate, reliable and a pleasure to use. The fixture…
Center-Finding Jig for Bandsaw
October 25, 2005

Here is a simple bandsaw jig for finding the centers on square spindle stock. I have found this little jig so handy that I keep it right next to my…
Slotted Angle Plates in the Woodshop
October 25, 2005

Tablesaw tenoning jigs and many other woodworking fixtures require two faces to be at a precise 90¡ angle to each other. In the past, I have spent a great deal…
Bandsaw Dovetail Fixture
October 25, 2005

To cut dovetail joints, I start with the pins, cutting everything on my bandsaw. One problem that I ran into was that the table on my bandsaw like that on…
Cutting Board Router Table Insert
October 25, 2005

When I wanted to build a router table, I checked out the phenolic and acrylic inserts in the mail-order catalogs and decided they were too expensive. Then I came up…
Jig for Hand-Chopping Dovetails
October 25, 2005

This jig puts your chisel exactly where you want it when chopping dovetails. It guarantees that shoulder lines will be perfect on both sides of the pins and tails and…
Router-Cut Pocket Holes Revisited
October 25, 2005

I liked Michael Csontos' idea for making pocket holes with a router and a sliding ramp (Fine Woodworking #134, p. 20). But the fixture seemed complicated to build, and it…
Shopmade Steady Rest
October 25, 2005

In the process of turning dozens of spindles for a bed I was making, I found I needed a steady rest to stabilize the thin spindles during the later stages…

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