#296-MAY/JUN 2022

Build a small box with mitered dovetails

Elegant, small, and playful, this dovetailed box makes a perfect present

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Online Extras from FWW Issue #296

Online extras from Issue No. 296 of Fine Woodworking magazine. June 2022
Is it OK to copy projects from the magazine?

A reader is curious about the ethics of building other people's designs.
Greenwood: Carving a wooden cup

This cup, with design roots in Scandinavia and Japan, offers a quiet lesson in carving a small object.
Low pencil-post bed

Traditional form gets a trim in this update to a classic
The versatile disc sander

Often overlooked, the disc sander has earned its spot in the shop.
Build a small box with mitered dovetails

Elegant, small, and playful, this dovetailed box makes a perfect present
Spindle turning basics

Lock in the foundational skills of spindle turning.
Make a wooden brush

Just because a bench brush is made to tackle a mundane chore, that doesn't mean it has to be boring.
Clever jig for sanding ovals

Jeff Miller's oval jig features a wild mechanism that produces miraculous results.
From the bench: The large green tool chest

It was just a big old chest full of hand tools, but the mysteries within inspired a child to pursue a lifetime of woodworking
Ash and ice

Start with some big blocks of ice. Watch them melt. Then create your furniture design.

Workshop Tip: Open blast gates without bending and reaching

Flexible tubing and cord makes the mechanism easier to operate.
Workshop Tip: Turn a drafting square into a shop square

All you need is some gray primer and a plastic drafting square.
Workshop Tip: Simple, effective setup for trimming plywood edging

Simple setup works on router table or shaper.
Workshop Tip: Protect clamp bars with waxed paper

This precaution keeps glue squeeze-out from gumming up your clamps.
Workshop Tip: Protect outdoor furniture with epoxy foot pads

Masking tape creates a well into which you can pour an epoxy foot.

Tool review: Metabo HTP M3612DA cordless plunge router

Check out the new cordless plunge router from Metabo HTP.
Tool review: True Position TP-1935 hardware locating jig

If you're matching up differently sized pieces of casework, the TP-1935 from True Position Tools has you covered.
Tool review: Diablo SandNET sanding blocks

This Diablo SandNET kit boasts longevity and integrity.
Tools to look out for this spring

Woodpeckers adjustable track saw square and the South Bend 3-phase 19-1/2-in. drill press are worth checking out.