This small box took Burkin 30 hours to create, with a big chunk of the time spent tweaking the design, The box is made of sapele, curly maple, and spalted maple; the finish is wipe-on varnish.
Photo: Mark Schofield
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Leigh RTJ400 Router Table Jig
Spacing: Fixed Stock width (max.): 16 in. Stock thickness: 1/8 in. to 13/16 in. for through-dovetails (pins board can be 1-1/4 in.); 1/8 in. to 13/16 in. for half-blinds Half-blind depth: 3/8 in. to 19/32 in.
To create a quick, precise handsaw for smaller joinery cuts, Jeske took a thin, razor-sharp, Japanese-style blade and tensioned it in a frame made of carbon fiber and aluminum, adding a traditional wood handle.
The Powermatic smoothed boards excellently. It has a plastic insert that sits shallow of the fence, where thin boards tended to catch when flattening faces. The Powermatic was the only model that uses a knob to adjust the angle of the fence—a nice feature—except that locking it caused the fence to move slightly, which made it tricky to square the fence. But when locked, the fence did not move. The 90° stop was easy to set but wasn’t reliable. The guard was finicky to install and would often not snap back fully after a board passed by.
Create jigs and shop fixtures with the versatile MICROJIG® MATCHFIT Dovetail Hardware. Now it is possible to rout your own tracks, eliminating the need for an aluminum T-Track. This hardware moves through the dovetail tracks below the surface, allowing you to create a variety of jigs that move freely and tighten down anywhere you can rout a groove. Create your own fences, stops, hold-downs, and assembly fixtures.
For the ultimate warmth, glow, and clarity, in a hard-wax oil, Adam Godet recommends Tried & True Original. To get there, however, you’ll need to buff it between coats.
With its graceful curves, cabriole legs, and ornamental back splat, a Queen Anne side chair is a bucket list build for many woodworkers. Dan Faia had a very specific Queen…
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