Milling Lumber - Page 9 of 14

PBS host of "The Woodwright's Shop" entertains in this lively demonstration

A sled lets you use just your planer to mill wide boards to any thickness.

For the woodworker in a small, low-budget shop, Tim Hanson's router-surfacing fixture (Fine Woodworking #77, pp. 42-43) offers the advantages of simplicity, accuracy and small storage requirements. When I set…

This is a great board-straightening fixture. Simply press one end of the crooked board into the nail at the head of the fixture, allowing the board to overhang the plywood…

A Methods of Work item in Fine Woodworking #84, p. 18 illustrates a carriage fitted with a pipe clamp to hold small logs as they're being bandsawn. The jig I…

Here's an easy, accurate way to rip short logs on the bandsaw to make bowl blanks. First, determine the best line through the length of the log, and then place…

Almost all woodworkers hate to throw away short lengths of twisted or warped wood. But sending these boards through a thickness planer usually doesn't eliminate the problem the wood only…

I needed to joint the edge of a 1-1/2-in.-thick tabletop laminated up from two pieces of 3/4-in. particleboard. The piece was too long and unwieldy for my jointer, and I…

If you don't have a jointer, this easy-to-use jig lets you joint boards with a router. The method depends on a simple aluminum-angle-edged guide board and a commercial-grade flush-trimming bit.…

Here is a cheap, easy way to straighten a rough-edged or crooked board on the bandsaw. Screw a length of aluminum or steel-bar stock to the bottom of the board.…