Bandsaw strategies for safe, straight cuts in solid stock
Tony O’Malley covers the basics of setting up and using the bandsaw for all your ripping needs.
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Common Woodworking Mistakes
There are many things we do wrong but we don’t know they’re wrong. In woodworking there are two kinds of mistakes: There’s the garden-variety gaffe where we simply cut a board too short or botch a dimension, and the …
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Soften machine corners with custom bumpers
Ease the sharp corners on your tablesaw and other shop machines.
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A 12-step program for regrowing forearm hair. I head through the main doors, down the stairs to the basement, arriving at the third door on the right. Like everyone else, I grab a cup of coffee before finding a seat. …
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Old Saw Handle Push Stick
I have two kinds of push sticks I use all the time. The first is the excellent Big Horn 10230 orange plastic push stick which is good for anything wider than ⅞” (otherwise, you’ll be risking grooving its sole). The …
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