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    #197–Mar/April 2008

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    Designing Boxes

    The creative process is easier when you understand the options.

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    • Designing Boxes

      Designing Boxes

      The creative process is easier when you understand the options.

    • A Portable Book Rack

      An updated version of an Arts and Crafts classic. Read how the author builds it, watch a video of his technique for cutting through-mortises with no tearout, and order complete project plans.

    • Tool Test: Forstner Bits

      For unmatched quality and precision in your drilling, you can't beat these bits. We look at 18 brands to see which are best

    • Expanded Results from the Forstner Bit Tool Test

      View the complete findings from our test of 18 brands

    • 8 Tips for Flawless Moldings

      Smart router setup and technique yield crisp profiles and silky surfaces

    • best finish for mahogany

      The Best Finish for Mahogany

      Choose a recipe and technique that takes advantage of mahogany's unique personality.

    • Tapered Laminations Made Easy

      A single jig tapers the plies on the bandsaw and then guides them through the planer

    • Try This Versatile Mortising Jig

      An adaptable clamping surface holds curved and straight parts alike

    • New Twist on a Sleigh Bed

      Curved slats and simple carving make this bed stand out from the crowd

    • oil and wax recipe

      Oil and Wax Recipe

      This hand-applied finish requires no specials skills and brings out the beauty in the wood.

    • Bevel-Up vs. Bevel-Down Planes

      It makes a difference whether a plane blade's bevel faces up or down. Learn why in this short article

    • Are You Getting the Most from Your Combo Square?

      Learn basic techniques to set up shop machines, lay out joinery, and fine-tune workpieces with this versatile measuring tool

    • How to Get the Most from Your Combination Square

      Combination squares excel at a whole lot more than just marking lines across a workpiece. Learn a variety of ways to use this versatile tool.

    • Hide Glue: A Closer Look

      Age-old technology has unmatched advantages: It’s quick-setting, transparent to finishes, easy to clean up, and reversible

    • Sculpt Your Own Hardware

      Have your wax design cast in solid bronze

    • Veneer Virtuosos

      A sampling of the stunning creations from the latest Veneer Technologies competition

    • How They Did It: The Carving Demystified

      Learn the secrets behind David Esterly's intricate carvings. Find out how he holds his work down, joins the workpieces, and finishes them

    • Rebuilt Batteries Cheaper Than New

      One editor puts Primecell and Voltman Batteries

    • kids woodworking project plans; woodworking for kids; easy, fun, kid friendly wooden craft

      Kid's Woodworking Projects

      A series of interesting and entertaining projects that kids as young as 7 can make all by themselves (mostly)

    • Cut Through-Mortises with a Router

      How to use a template and guide bushings to make through mortises with no tearout

    • Resawing and Mitering with Doug Stowe

      In this excerpt from his DVD on box-making, Doug Stowe shows two ways to resaw stock and how to match the grain across a mitered joint

    • Understanding Quartersawn Figure

      Q: After resawing pieces of old, quartersawn oak, I found that some of the boards with rings that were 5º to 10° off perpendicular to the surface showed even better…

    • How to Get Around Planer Snipe

      Q: Whenever I run a board through my thickness planer, it winds up with snipe at one or both ends. The infeed and outfeed tables are level with the planer…

    • ‘Over the Top’ Panel Shaping

      Q: I recently acquired a 5-hp, 1-1/4-in. spindle shaper. I intend to make a set of raised panels on it using a very large cutting head, and I am concerned…

    • Precise Dovetails: Tips for Laying Out Tails

      Andy Rae shares his secrets for making a dovetailed drawer that's square, flush, and flat at the corners.

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