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    Surface Prep

    • Power-Tool Flattening

      Power-Tool Flattening

      December 17, 2020

      Use your shop sanders to help take the tedium out of the process of sanding.

    • flattening by hand

      Flattening by Hand

      December 17, 2020

      Hand-sanding, planing, and scraping can be better than power sanding for certain applications.

    • Q&A: Sanding to 500 grit

      June 4, 2020

      One reader asks Chris Becksvoort if sanding too fine will interfere with finishing.

    • Tips and techniques for taming tearout

      May 18, 2020

      Don't let gnarly grain stand in your way. Gary Rogowski outlines his strategies for handplaning woods that are prone to tearout.

    • Workshop Tip: Align sander disks faster

      April 16, 2020

      Dowels make it easier to line up disks perfectly and quickly.

    • Watch This: How to stop tearout

      March 26, 2020

      Gary Rogowski helps you understand every woodworker's enemy, tearout.

    • Workshop Tip: Capture the Right Sawdust for Repairs

      January 6, 2020

      Keep bags of dust organized by wood species so you can fill gaps and make repairs.

    • Tool Review: Sanding Nets by Festool

      December 31, 2019

      Regardless of what Adam Godet threw at Festool’s new Granat Net abrasives, they were more durable, cleaner, and clogged less than conventional sanding disks.

    • Foolproof Surface Prep

      November 4, 2019

      Working systematically, Bob Van Dyke demonstrates how to remove mill marks and tearout with a scraper, break sharp edges and corners with a block plane, and sand to an even finish with sandpaper.

    • How To Flatten and Sand a Chest of Drawers

      August 28, 2019

      For Chris Becksvoort, the belt sander is a workhorse for smoothing drawer sides and for flattening the fronts of drawers to cases

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