Shop-Made Arts & Crafts Knobs

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Shop-Made Arts & Crafts Knobs

Dave Eklund Arts & Crafts, AW136, band saw, Door Knob, Furniture Projects, Projects, Router, Techniques

All it takes is a router and a bandsaw. You’ll only need two machines to make these Arts & Crafts style knobs: a bandsaw and a router table. Although the saw cuts can be done on a tablesaw; the bandsaw …
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Choosing Hand Planes

Tom Caspar AW136, Block Plane, Hand Tool, Hand Tool Fundamentals, Handplane, Jack Plane, Plane, Smoothing Plane

Match the size to the job–that’s the key Hand planes come in a bewildering variety of sizes. Why are there so many? I’ll help explain this mystery by dividing the field into four groups, in order of size: block planes, …
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Dovetail Jig Support Fence

American Woodworker Editors AW136, dovetail jig, Dovetails, Fence, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips

I love my dovetail jig except for one thing: If I forget to hold the router flat, it can tip backward off the front of the jig and ruin the job. To solve the problem, I made my own Lshaped …
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Support Clamp

American Woodworker Editors AW136, Clamping, Clamps, Panel, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips

To support a large panel while I drilled holes in the edge for dowels, I added a second sliding clamp jaw to a pipe clamp and clamped it to the edge of my workbench. -Steve Keller…
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EZ-Grip Router Wrenches

Serge Duclos AW136, DIY, Router Basics, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips, Wrench

I own several routers and they all have thin wrenches that are awkward to hold. To avoid frustration, I made the handles thicker by housing them in transparent plastic tubing from the hardware store. To keep the tubing in place, …
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