The How & Why of Cutlists
Why you’re better off to look this gift horse in the mouth. There is a trap lurking within the pages of our magazine. It is also in most woodworking magazines, and many books. It is called the cutlist, and while …
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Author Archives: Robert W. Lang
Table Saw Tenon Jig
With five pieces of wood and a clamp, you can make vertical cuts safely. Most magazine articles about jigs miss the point entirely. Jigs exist to make work easier, safer and more accurate. They shouldn’t be complicated projects in …
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Craftsman Bookcase
If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing excessively. There are many bookcases in my house, but they’re a motley collection – poor cousins to the rest of the furniture. The really nice bookcases I’ve made have gone to …
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Using Grain Pattern to Choose Lumber
The end grain holds the secret to what stock to use where. The single-most important factor in the appearance of any woodworking project is the selection of the material. This isn’t what species to use or what color of …
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Essential Table Saw Safety
There’s no need to fear the most versatile machine in the modern shop.
by Robert W. Lang
pages 58-61
There are good reasons that the table saw is at the center of many shops. This machine revolutionized the way we make things. And in recent year…
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