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Auxiliary Tailstock for Boring
October 25, 2005

To bore holes through lamp bases and similar turned items, I made an auxiliary tailstock to hold the work so I could pass a long drill bit through the regular…
Bending Wood Without Steam
October 25, 2005

Here's how to bend wood using a solution of hot water and Downey fabric softener. First build a container of black 6-in. ABS pipe by cementing a cap on one…
Circle Guide for the Router
October 25, 2005

This fixture for routing circles has several advantages over commercial circle guides: it's cheaper, it cuts circles smaller than the router base and it allows repeat set-ups to precise radii…
Pin Router Attachment
October 25, 2005

By bolting a simple router arm and an auxiliary table to my drill press, I can convert it to a pin router. This lets me take advantage of the drill…
Thickness-Sander Attachment for Lathe
October 25, 2005

The sketch above shows the thickness-sander lathe attachment I made to sand dulcimer tops and sides. The design is similar to the sanders shown in Fine Woodworking #21, p. 50,…
Enlarging Flute Bores Revisited
October 25, 2005

Here's my variation on the method Vasco Pini uses to enlarge the bores of flutes (Fine Woodworking #35, p. 16). First drill a pilot hole through the flute blank with…
Chamfering Tambour Strips
October 25, 2005

Here's a jig I developed to safely chamfer the edges of narrow strips, such as tambours. It consists of a straight piece of scrap as long as the strips and…
Dressing Thin Stock
October 25, 2005

This jig allows you to dress stock to thinner than 1/8 in. on a conventional thickness planer. Without it the thin workpiece will vibrate and often splinter on the ends.…
Hand-Feed for the Parks Planer
October 25, 2005

Here's a simple way to get an infinitely variable feed rate on a Parks Model 97 thickness planer, without altering any part of the machine. Simply install a hand crank…
Scissor-Jack Fence
October 25, 2005

After years of enduring the inconvenience of removing and resetting numerous small bolts to adjust the fence on my router table, I made an adjustable fence that makes the whole…

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