Projects

JOINTER ACCESSORY TRAY
• Tired of searching your shop for push pads, square, or other jointer accessories? This project keeps these helpers close at hand
FOLD-FLAT WORKBENCH
• This rock-solid worksurface stores slim when not needed
3 GREAT SCROLLSAW PATTERNS
• Welcome plaque, songbird, and warblers
SIDELESS SIDE TABLE
• At first glance you might not notice, but this project has no side or back panels
TURNED CAKE PEDESTAL
• Here’s a chance to hone both your spindle and faceplate turning skills

Skill builders

IMPROVE YOUR TABLESAW’S DUST COLLECTION
• Three tips to improve tablesaw dust collection from the top down
3 EASY WATER-RESISTANT FINISHES
• Can ease-of-application and water-resistance exist in a single finish? We found three. But we cheated
WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT SAWDUST
• These dozen ways to recycle sawdust might even make you question thin-kerf blades
BEAT BLADE AND BIT BURN MARKS
• Doing everything right but still getting scorch marks from your router bits and tablesaw blades? Try these pointers
END-TO-END JOINTS THAT WORK!
• Forget the old “board-stretcher.” When you need longer stock, the right end-to-end joint can solve your problems as easy as 1 + 1
MAKE THE MOST OF COLOR-CHANGING WOODS
• Here’s how to slow, prepare for, or even use wood color changes to your advantage

Tools & materials

HOW TO BUY THE RIGHT DUST COLLECTOR
• No charts, no math, no bull
DOVETAIL DRAWERS: BUY ‘EM OR BUILD ‘EM?
• We analyze the process of ordering and installing custom-made drawers and how it affects your wallet
SHOP TEST: 4-JAW LATHE CHUCKS
• Whether you turn bowls, platters, hollow vessels, or finials a 4-jaw chuck provides all the holding power you need
SHOP-PROVEN PRODUCTS
• Deep-boring drill press, face-frame clamps, and more