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    #282-May/Jun 2020

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    Links and videos mentioned in Fine Woodworking issue #281

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      Articles

    • Build a contemporary pencil-post bed

      Jeremy Zietz gives this Shaker classic new panache with tapered facets, beveled cutouts, and ebonized ash.

    • All-in-one workstation for dovetails

      Mike Pekovich's simple stand holds the work for every step of the dovetailing process.

    • A comfortable Craftsman-style side chair

      Tom McLaughlin builds a Craftsman-style side chair with a reclined backrest, curved crest rail, and angled mortise-and-tenon joinery.

    • Tips and techniques for taming tearout

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

    • From the Editor: Partnership revolves around turning

      Fine Woodworking and the American Association of Woodturners launched a content partnership in February 2020.

      Departments

    • Fuming Wood with Ammonia

      Chris Gochnour explains how to darken wood without touching it.

    • How to Make Pierced Panels

      Learn how Brian Newell creates his pieced panels using precision scrollsaw work and delicate carving.

    • From the Bench: The problem with passion

      Nancy Hiller will tell you, when you're talking about having a passion for your work, it pays to know exactly what "passion" means.

      Workshop Tips

    • Workshop Tip: Simple setup hones planer and jointer knives

      With this jig and a set of sharpening stones, you can rehone even the "disposable" jointer and planer blades in your shop.

    • Workshop Tip: Extended chopsaw stop handles short cutoffs

      Stop-block design allows the stop to get real close to the blade, making it ideal for short cutoffs. It also has a built-in measuring tape.

    • Workshop Tip: Align sander disks faster

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

    • Workshop Tip: Braided sleeve helps vacuum hose navigate benchtop

      Sleeving keeps the corrogated vacuum and dust collector hoses from snagging on the sharp edges of a bench or machine table.

    • Workshop Tip: Quick, perfect octagons for turning

      A tablesaw and a tilted blade make it easy to cut a perfect octagon

      Tools & Materials

    • Tool Review: Cordless router by Milwaukee, Model 2723-20

      Asa Christiana takes a look at a cordless router that gets everything right.

    • Book Review: Chip Carving by Tatiana Baldina

      Chip carver Daniel Clay reviews a new book from Tatiana Baldina, one of today's most prolific and original chip carvers.

    • Tool Review: Spike Plate by Amy Grigg Designs

      Mike Mahoney calls this new spike plate "the ultimate version of a center faceplate."

    • Tool Review: Slab Stitcher Master Pack

      Adam Godet tests the Slab Stitcher kit, which makes adding bowties and other inlays routine and quick.

    • Tool Review: Trend Air Stealth P3(r) Half Mask

      Rollie Johnson tests out Trend's newest light, comfortable dust mask.

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