Planning for Success
It always stirs up an uproar when we post a question online about the usefulness of the project cut lists we provide in the magazine. Readers voted resoundingly to keep…
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Author Archives: Steve Shanesy
What is the Value of Woodworking?
There is an old book we used to print called “How to Make $40,000 a Year with Your Woodworking.” Years ago I dubbed it our only offering in the fiction category. Sure, there are enterprising woodworkers who …
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Easy Way to Biscuit-join Edgebanding
by James Quinlivan
Page 12
I edge-band plywood shelves with solid wood, attaching the edge-banding with #20 biscuits. It’s no problem at all to hold the plywood shelf solidly while cutting the slot; that’s what bench dogs and an end vise do so well…
Read moreTornado Table
One afternoon – start to finish – is all it takes, even for a new woodworker. This may be the easiest (and coolest) table you’ll ever build. If mid-20th century modern furniture design were as popular as the Arts …
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Router Plane Auxiliary Base
I had a project on which I needed to rout out a large area about 3⁄8” deep. It was a wooden case for a Nook reader, and the eReader had to fit into the excavation. I had …
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