High-Tech Router Table
My former router table was, shall we say, the lowest of low-tech. It was a rickety, stamped steel bench-top model with an underpowered motor and...
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Category: Wood Working Machinery
Table Saw Cutoff Sled
June 26, 2023
Irina
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There’s a persistent idea in woodworking that bigger is better. We need the most powerful saw motor, the largest slabs, the widest jointer. Now normally...
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Narrow Belt Sander
April 8, 2023
Irina
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“Why build a power tool when you can just buy one?” I get that question a lot. The easy answer is to save money. And...
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Loose Tenon Jig
April 8, 2023
Irina
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My palm router probably has just as many joinery miles on it as it does for profiling and shaping. Fitted with a straight bit, I...
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DIY mobile planing trolley
April 8, 2023
Irina
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A thickness planer allows you to work with lumber in thicknesses you can’t find in a hardware store or home center. Portable planers, sometimes called...
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Setting Up A Workshop
March 24, 2023
Irina
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A horse stable transformation creates the heart and soul of a workshop haven. Where most would see an old pole barn, Bill Houghton saw a...
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How to make a Project Center
March 13, 2023
Irina
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Make your power tools work big in a small footprint with this project center. It combines a tablesaw cabinet, router table, and outfeed support in...
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Make Your Own Vacuum Bag for Pressing Veneer
January 21, 2023
Irina
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Cast off the damps and cauls. The power of atmospheric pressure puts damping success in the bag. Veneer provides the perfect way to add exotic...
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Small router table
January 21, 2023
Irina
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Kevin Alviti comes up with a smart, space-saving solution for his busy workshop. My workshop is small but almost perfectly set up to make the...
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Routers for Router Tables
January 21, 2023
Irina
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Routers are great tools for shaping edges in furniture making, but they also have a number of other uses, as John Bullar discovers in the...
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