#188–Tools & Shops 2007
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Quick-to-Make Tool Cabinet
Attractive design stores all your tools in a small space
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Set up Shop for $5,000
Choose wisely and your first set of tools could be your last
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Dust Collection Demystified
Choosing and configuring a system to fit your needs, with guidelines on capacities and suggestions for ductwork layout
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Get a Handle on Your Chisels
Invest new life into old tools with shopmade handles
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Tool Test: Spindle Sanders
Oscillating drums smooth curves quickly and easily
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Wiring a Garage Workshop
Plan smart, and you’ll know what to tell the electrician
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All About Impact Drivers
Is there a place for them in furniture-making shops?
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Japanese-Style Dovetail Saws
These fast-cutting saws are affordable and razor-sharp out of the box
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Lie-Nielsen at 25
Woodworking entrepreneur rekindled an interest in serious hand tools
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That Magic Moment
Finally achieving a fully-stocked shop is memorable, but to bypass the work join our contest for a shop full of new tools
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Head to Head: Midi-Lathes
Light-weight lathes from Rikon and Steel City Tool Works a good size for furniture making
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A Timber-Frame Dream
Make it affordable by finding a company that recycles old barns
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Make a Chisel Handle
Create a custom handle for your socket chisel in ten steps and practice basic hand tool use along the way
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Quick Tip: Choosing Bench Dogs
Round or square? Find out what's the difference between each version of these workbench accessories
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Build a Simple Crosscut Sled for the Tablesaw
This essential tablesaw jig ensures square cuts.
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Why Leave Marks on Dovetails?
Q: I don’t understand why people leave a layout line marking the tails on a dovetail joint. Other layout lines and marks never show on a finished piece, so why…
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Fine-Tuning a Jointer
Q: I recently changed the knives on my 6-in. jointer and set them level with the outfeed table. Now the jointer leaves boards slightly concave in the middle. Do I…
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Working with Live-Edge Boards
Q: I want to use some live-edge boards in my work. What’s the best way to strip the bark to reveal the surface below? Amir Fahzad, Negril, None A: There’s…
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A Crazy Glue Problem
Q: I recently bought a spalted maple pen blank. One end was fairly soft and punky, so I tried to stabilize it with cyanoacrylate glue. But that generated a wisp…
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Quieting an Air Compressor
Q: I work in a basement shop, where I use a small, noisy, “pancake” air compressor. Can I enclose it in a cabinet to soften the noise? Jeff Dinardo, Concord,…
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A Gym-Floor Finish in the Kitchen
Q: About 15 years ago, I made an oak countertop that I coated with gym-floor finish. Now it’s time to refinish the wood. Should I use some form of polyurethane…
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Low-Cost Scraper Plane
Convert a low-angle plane simply by changing blades
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Furniture Mill
Gregg Lipton turned 1860s era water-powered sawmill into a dream shop
Articles
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Pro Portfolio: Furniture Mill
Historic mill in Cumberland, Maine, now home to a contemporary furniture maker and his shop
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Spindle-Sander Basics
Explore the anatomy and uses of an oscillating spindle sander
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Using a Japanese Pull Saw
An alternative to the western dovetail saw, the lesser-known pull saw is versatile and produces a thinner kerf
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Lie-Nielsen: Unplugged
Hand tool scion Tom Lie-Nielsen talks about the evolution of his company in a one-on-one interview
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The $5,000 Shop
View the complete list of tools included in our Complete Woodworking Shop giveaway contest
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Sorting Out Straight Router Bits
Two flutes or one, spiral or straight, bearing guided? Discover the best bits for any routing task.
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Top Picks in Ready-Made Workbenches
Take a tour of the winning benches from our review and find out why we picked them
