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Dovetail Chiseling Mallet


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dovetail, drill, wood

Published June 4, 2010 at 12:46 a.m.
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When you don’t have $50 to spend on a beautiful, professionally made, dovetail chiseling hammer, make one for yourself! Visit your local Home Depot, go to the lumber section and seek out the discount lumber rack. Find an oak 2×4 painted green on the ends, because green means they are $0.51 each! Then, cut four equal square pieces from that 2×4, align them straight, glue them together real good, drill a 1” hole down the center, and shove that 1” diameter oak dowel rod through there and

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Box O' Tricks


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router

Published June 3, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.
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About four months ago, I took a two-day class with Steve Latta ... We built a dovetailed box with some inlay and a veneered lid ... The idea was to learn a number of techniques in this one project ... The box sat in my home workshop nearly finished since then ... I knew that there were some problems with it ... In the class, I was not able to work at my usual glacial pace and still keep up well enough to get everything that I could out of the class ... A few days ago, I decided to complete the

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"Don't Stress" glue ups


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clamps, clamps'

Published June 3, 2010 at 7:55 p.m.
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I got so tired of fighting with glueing up cutting boards ... Is everything lining up ? Is there slipping ? One clamp at a time !! ... So I spotted these flooring jacks in the HF catalog ... and I began to wonder ... I bet that I could use these to clamp cutting boards together in hopefully one shot ... I haven’t tried it yet, but I will let everyone know if there are problems ... I am thinking this is going to work just fine ... I may need to add regular clamps at the corners, we’ll see ...

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Machine set-up #1: Double stack


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clamps, sandpaper, wood

Published June 3, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
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An excellent way to increase the speed and efficiency of your shaper when running rails and stiles is to stack your cutters ... With the right set-up and coping jig you can quickly switch from rails to stiles and back again with no down time or resetting ... It all starts with your cutters and an appropriate width spacer ... Here I am using Amana’s mission style combo with a 3/4” spacer in between ... More on this later ... After finding the spot you want for the groove, run your stiles

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A Fancy Raised Panel


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router

Published June 3, 2010 at 11:11 a.m.
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As much as I would love to show you all the details of my current project, time just won’t allow it ... But there is one specific part of the process I wanted to show you: making the raised panels ... Now these aren’t your average raised panels, which we covered in detail in Raising Arizona ... The panels actually consist of a walnut and birdseye maple sandwich (you can see the completed doors to the left) ... The resulting effect give us a birdseye maple border around a unique piece of

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FastCap 3rd Hand Connector Pole


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clamps

Published June 3, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.
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Connects to the 3rd Hand Extension system (68849, sold separately) for increasedheight and versatility. Two sliding, hand-tightening clamps connect the included 48"pole to your existing system for applications that require extra height. This unit willconnect two 3rd Hand units (sold separately) together for a total height of 20 feet ... -> FastCap 3rd Hand Connector Pole - ... $24.99 ...

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5-Star Jig Knobs


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drill, router

Published June 2, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.
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Five-Star Workshop Knobs are ideal for jigs, router tables, drill presses and other similar applications ... They work great with our T-Slot System ... Choose from threaded insert or 1'' bolt ... -> 5-Star Jig Knob, through hole, 1/4'', 20 insert - ... SALE: ... $0.94 ... -> 5-Star Jig Knob, 1'' bolt, 1/4'', 20 bolt - ... SALE: ... $0.74 ... -> 5-Star Jig Knob, 1'' bolt, 5/16'', 18 bolt - ... $1.59 ... -> More >> ...

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All In One Contractor Router Plate


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clamps, router

Published June 2, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.
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Plate features an attachment that fits the standard T-Tracks on Contractor Clamps (soldseparately) to firmly guide your router in a straight line along the clamp. Plate attacheseasily to many popular routers for consistent and uniform performance ... -> All In One Contractor Router Plate - ... $29.99 ...

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SawStop Industrial Cabinet Saw (ICS31230: 3 hp, 1 phase, 230 V, 13 A)


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router, table saw, woodworking

Published May 31, 2010 at 7:46 p.m.
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I purchased this table saw in early April 2010 and it arrived in early-mid May 2010 ... The delay, I found out later, was due to the fact that SawStop was making a transition to the new, upgraded industrial cabinet saw ... Anyway, when the saw arrived, I was pleased to find out that SawStop had upgraded me to the new dust collection shroud, blade guard, and lock down throat plate for free ... There have been several very detailed reviews of the SawStop Industrial Cabinet Saw here at LumberJocks,

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Amana bits are great, the need for this set is not


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Published May 31, 2010 at 5:59 p.m.
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This is a fine set of bits ... The quality, workmanship and finish of all my Amana bits has been flawless ... Therefore this is not a bad mark about Amana router bits, they are the best you can buy in my opinion ... This is however a review of the actual need to have a set of bits like these ... I bought this set due to the fact that I have a kitchen on the floor with seven 45 degree corners ... Building faceframe cabinets, this equates to 28 faceframe stiles needing a 22.5 degree angle ... I

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