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Porter Cable 895PK - First Impressions

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router, wood

Published July 13, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.

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It was almost like Christmas day this afternoon: my new PC 895PK arrived care of our friends at UPS ... I immediately opened the box, then the case, and then the router and plunge base from the plastic bags ... Oh my! The router is a delight to look at, almost to the point where you might not want to get it dirty ... Notice I said “almost.” The motor housing is very well machined and moves through the fixed base like butter ... The base castings are flawless (something missing from the

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Dovetail Joints

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Published June 13, 2010 at 5:10 a.m.

Quality dovetail joints are a hallmark of fine woodworking, and the manner in which the dovetail joints are fitted is one way to tell the talent level of the craftsman who built the piece. Dovetail joints can be used to make boxes, drawers, chests or a number of other types of connections. Learn the various types of dovetail joints, and how to create tight-fitting dovetail joinery ...

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Dovetail Chiseling Mallet

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dovetail, drill, wood

Published June 4, 2010 at 12:46 a.m.

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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Published June 3, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.

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.

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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Published June 3, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

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.

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.

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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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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5-Star Jig Knobs

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drill, router

Published June 2, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.

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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