Shop Tips - Page 149 of 164

You can easily convert a radial-arm saw to a pin router. This tool will open up a whole new world of operations, and make many familiar tasks, such as rabbeting…

Here's how I reverse the rotation on my lathe for sanding turned bowls. This approach reduces the problem of the faceplate unscrewing from the spindle, as often happens if you…

This variable dado fixture will allow fine adjustment of the dado width from bit diameter to double the bit diameter. The fixture works on the principle that one edge of…

When routing grooves, some people draw a line on the work where the groove will be, then calculate where to clamp the fence. Others draw the line where the fence…

Frustrated with hollow-chisel and router mortises, I made this drill-press mortising fixture, which works even better than I expected. Its secret is a pair of precision ball-bearing drawer slides. Precision…

Here's how to produce simulated clapboard siding for dollhouses with a router and an easy-to-make subbase. First, to make the subbase, bevel a 3/4-in. thick, 6x10 block on the tablesaw…

We developed the fixture above to take advantage of our belt sander as a wide-surface grinder. Because the sanding belt has much more surface area than an abrasive wheel, the…

This simple radial-arm saw method makes it easy to cut mirror- image angled rabbets on the ends of a workpiece, as required for the skirt of a splay-legged table for…

This shopmade steady rest can be set up to support the middle of a long, thin spindle, or it can be used as a tailstock for center-boring. Derived from a…

This simple little jig is extremely useful for routing blind spline slots in spline-mitered frames. Nail or glue together scraps of the frame lumber into the configuration shown in the…