Six Small Shop Solutions

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Six great ideas for space-challenged woodworkers to get more out of their small shops.
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Workshop tip: Add retractable casters to any machine

FineWoodworking Casters, Mobile Bases - Dedicated, Shop Design, Shop Projects, Shop Storage And Furniture, Workstations

Mobile machines make working in a small shop easier.

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Upgrade Your Workbench and Outfeed Table

Logan Wittmer Jigs and Fixtures, Shop Projects, sponsored, Sponsored Post, Workbench

Welcome to my home shop. It’s fairly small — about 14×24 and located in our finished basement. It houses my collection of hand tools, lathe, table saw, router table, drill press, band saw, and various smaller “benchtop” type tool…

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Miter Saw Dust Collection Box

American Woodworker Editors AW148, Dust, Dust Collection, Dust Collectors, Miter Box, Miter Saws, Miter Table, Projects, Safety, Safety Techniques, Shop Projects

Effective control for a notorious sawdust creator In addition to being versatile, accurate and virtually indispensable, my sliding miter saw also excels at spewing sawdust and resisting effective dust collection. I tried connecting a shop vacuum, but e…

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EZ Planing Sled – Future Improvements

Yoav Liberman Plane, Planing Sled, Shop Blog, Shop Projects, Warping

As it often happens with my ideas, the moment I start thinking about some type of innovation or another I gravitate to my sketchbook and try to evolve it on paper until I feel certain it has ripened enough and …
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