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Reducing the Diameter of Dowels
October 25, 2005

The sketch shows an old patternmaker's trick to reduce the diameter of a dowel. Simply chuck a router bit in a drill press and clamp down a couple of scrap…
Routed Miter Joint
October 25, 2005

I recently had to make two 24-in. long splined 45¡ miter joints to join a coffee-table top to its sides. Since the tabletop was too large for me to use…
Edge-Sanding Fixture
October 25, 2005

Here's a fixture that turns a belt sander into an edge sander. Simply build a wooden fixture that supports and locks your belt sander in a horizontal position. Bolt the…
Expansion Chuck
October 25, 2005

I needed a lathe chuck to hold work without screw holes. This shopmade expansion chuck is invaluable for turning small trays, dishes and vases. A single 1/4-in. machine screw pulls…
Increasing the Bandsaw’s Throat Capacity
October 25, 2005

To increase the throat capacity of my bandsaw, I designed two blade guides to replace those provided with the saw. The new guides twist the blade outward 25¡, as is…
Adjustable Slot-Mortising Table
October 25, 2005

Recently I rescued an old American 16-in. tablesaw from the junkyard. The machine had a slot-mortising chuck on the end of the arbor and provisions for bolting on a mortising…
Router Jigs for Making Molding
October 25, 2005

The sketches above show two jigs which, when used with a portable router, can produce both semicircular and straight molding in patterns difficult to produce with a shaper. The first…
Two Methods for Turning Duplicates
October 25, 2005

Turning copies of a spindle on a hand lathe can be tedious work. Templates, gauges and other gadgets help but don't substantially increase speed and accuracy. In contrast, this method,…
Making Louvers
October 25, 2005

This simple jig cuts the pins on the ends of the individual louvers in homemade louvered doors. It consists of a V-notched base, which slides in the tablesaw's miter-gauge track,…
Making Sectional Molding
October 25, 2005

Sectional molding for cabinet doors is easy to make on the tablesaw and lathe. Cut the straight sections on the tablesaw with a molding head. To make the semicircular section…

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