Almost-Forgotten Handsaw Tricks
Chris Schwarz shares some handy, nearly-forgotten handsaw tricks to use in the shop.
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Category Archives: Tricks of the Trade
Use Car Jacks in the Shop to Lift & Level
I have long used my car’s scissor jack for house and shop projects including lifting a settled deck and leveling workbenches. And when I needed to install a new set of cabinets in my shop, I realized that a pair …
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Old-school Dowel Chamfers
Chamfering the edges of dowels can make them easier to install, and this reader has an old-school trick to simplify the process.
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Hoisting heavy sheets of plywood and MDF onto my tablesaw is not my idea of workshop fun. That’s why I devised this pivoting rack— and began storing my sheet stock vertically. The rack’s frame fits around the two base uprights …
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Use Light To Spot Finish Imperfections
Nobody likes wrapping up the last bit of finishing on a project and suddenly catching a run or imperfection you missed earlier. You can either ignore it, or more likely sand it down and fix the blemish. Thankfully, it’s easy …
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