Projects

        Adding a dust collection system to my shop was a great move, but it wasn’t cheap. I did manage to save money by making my own blast gates. The main component of [...]

        Rather than buy a set of raised-panel router bits, I use this tall fence on my tablesaw. It’s simply a plywood box that slides on the rip fence. I use two bar [...]

      Woodworking in my basement workshop used to leave a layer of dust everywhere until I hung window shades from the ceiling. Now I box myself into a temporary “clean [...]

      My disc sander is indispensable for both quick wood removal and final smoothing. I got tired of changing and wasting discs every time I needed a different grit, though, so I [...]

      I love using dust collection with my orbital sander, but the hose always caught on the edge of my workbench. I fixed this problem by suspending the hose and cord using a [...]

      My HVLP spray gun came equipped with a standard metal fluid-pickup tube. It works fine until I tip my gun to get inside a cabinet. Then the gun sputters and spits because the [...]

      Arrgh, another burned cut! Don’t you hate it when this happens? Here’s a fix. Shim out the workpiece with thin cardboard and take a second light cut. Burning most [...]

      I transformed this dresser for my daughter, who didn’t like the way her husband’s metal tool chest looked in their apartment. For these newlyweds, shop space [...]

10 Techniques for Tighter, Faster, Stronger Miter Joints By Gary Wentz Miter joints provide one main advantage over other joints: A miter joint hides end grain and brings face grain neatly [...]

  All the face frame pieces being cut, I temporarely stabilize them with a clamp.     Now I clamp the pattern guide I made earlier and I draw all the decorative curves on the lower [...]

Tablesaw Picture Frame Safely make shaper-quality molding on your tablesaw without fancy jigs. By Eric Smith and Richard Tendick This how-to story has a picture-perfect ending. In fact, you might [...]

Speaker Stand with Hidden Storage By Gary Wentz Don’t you love hearing great sound with your movies at home? A pair of these oak stands puts today’s small speakers at the ideal height—3 ft. above [...]