Working with epoxy is all the rage right now, and it’s common to pour epoxy alongside a piece or two of wood. You can easily level the resulting...
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Cut Upholstery Foam With a Bandsaw
The bandsaw is an incredibly versatile woodworking tool. I use my Laguna 1412 all the time for notching, resawing, as well as cutting curved...
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Turning pens on your lathe is a blast, and offers some great advantages:
Continue ReadingCNC: How to Fly Cut Your Spoilboard
The spoilboard on your CNC router is a disposable commodity. Not in the sense that you’ll throw it out and get a new one, but in the sense that your...
Continue ReadingMatching an Antique Finish
I like to restore antique furniture, especially when it’s a classic piece of arts and crafts history. My favorites are rocking chairs and armchairs...
Continue ReadingCNC: Create a Textured Dome
It’s easy to create a hand-carved look on a domed lid using VCarve Pro software and your CNC router.
Continue ReadingTurn a Magnetic Bottle Opener Without a Hardware Kit
Here’s a bottle opener with a unique design that you can quickly produce in quantities. The cute little opener costs virtually nothing to make, and...
Continue ReadingMake a Mortise and Tenon Joint
If you own a router table you can easily produce a mortise and tenon joint. Commonly used in furniture construction (tables and chairs) mortise and...
Continue ReadingHow To Make a Router Table Lock Rabbet Joint
I love the lock rabbet joint. It’s incredibly strong, providing lots of glue surface and mechanical grab between the parts. With these set up tricks...
Continue ReadingWoodworking Projects: Make a Log Cookie Coffee Table
Log cookies, or rounds as they are also know, can be the beautiful foundation for your next woodworking project. Add hairpin legs, and just like that...
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