#276-July/August 2019
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Links from Fine Woodworking issue #276
Online extras from Issue No. 276 of Fine Woodworking magazine. August 2019
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How to Dye Wood with Indigo
Heide Martin uses a vat-dying technique with its roots in fabric dying to give vibrant indigo color to her furniture.
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Shopmade Winding Sticks Guarantee Accuracy
Whether you're checking for twist in a board, a glued-up assembly, or a specific joint, there's nothing like a pair of winding sticks for a simple, foolproof method.
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Free Plan: Mid-Century Modular Wall Unit
Anissa Kapsales's wall-unit features mitered cases combined with a unique hanging system for versatile storage
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The Basics of Milling Lumber
Key machines and smart strategy for making boards foursquare
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Create Perfect Double Tenons with a Router
Simple template offers accuracy and repeatability
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Indigo Tray Table
A removable parquetry tray transforms a simple, three-legged table
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Strong and Stylish Dovetailed Dividers
Three options for these classic components of casework
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How to make dovetailed dividers with a built-in bead
Will Neptune shows how to add dovetails to keep dividers square when the case has inset drawers with cock beading
Other
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Workshop Tip: Tablesaw Outriggers Let You Use a Smaller Sled
MDF panels held in place with rare-earth magnets serve as simple outriggers to support large workpieces when using a smaller crosscut sled.
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Workshop Tip: Use a Pencil Sharpener to Make Tight Plugs in Any Wood
Start with a square stick, chamfer it to an octagon, use a pencil sharpener, and presto! You have tight-fitting plugs.
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Workshop Tip: Floor Vise Makes Adze Work Safer and Easier
Adapting a tip from Dave Fisher's "Carve a Greenwood Bowl," (FWW #263), a reader uses a clamping jig to secure large bowls on the floor while working with a two-handed…
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Workshop Tip: Lock Down Your Layout Tools With Sandpaper
A straightedge will stop shifting if you secure sandpaper to the back.
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Workshop Tip: Relief Cut Makes it Easy to Chop Out Dovetail Waste
The kerf left by a Western-style handsaw, located in the center of the dovetail waste, makes it easier to chop out between narrow pins.
Workshop Tips
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Tool review: Jet Hybrid Tablesaw-JPS10-115
Hybrid saw packed with features
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Tool review: Festool CT-VA-20 Cyclone/Pre-separator
Festool’s new CT-VA-20 Cyclone Dust Collection Pre-Separator, promises to cut down on the number of bags you have to buy
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Tool Review: Asabeing Tool Roll
Mary May takes a look at the handy 14-pocket tool roll
