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  1. Arts and crafts coffee table

    Project: Mission-style Coffee Table

    This Mission-style Coffee Table is attractive and functional, and can be put together in your workshop over a weekend.
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  2. Using a miter cutting sled to form a forty five degree angle

    Cutting the Perfect Miter

    When you set out to cut a miter joint, the key to ending up with a perfect 90 degree joint isn't so much in cutting two precise 45 degree angles. It has more to do with cutting two angles that add up to 90 degrees - precisely.
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  3. Examples of two types of veneer saw

    Hand Saw Overview: Veneer Saws

    It's a specialty tool, but for what it does, there is no better tool than a veneer saw.
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  4. April Wilkerson shows off her 8/4 walnut tabletop

    Video: Building a Walnut Dining Table Top

    In this video, April Wilkerson completes her kitchen table project, adding a tabletop with walnut breadboard ends.
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  5. Mac and cheese resting on trivet

    Make a Trivet with Rounded Edges

    This small trivet project might seem relatively simple, but it requires some special techniques, tool setups and prep work. A Magswitch Universal Featherboard helps make all the cuts easier and more safe. Featherboards securely hold the workpiece against the fence, freeing up your hands to control the workpiece through the cut.
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  6. Rockler Shop Stand Router Table

    Shop Stand Router Table Cabinet Project

    The Rockler Rock-Steady Shop Stand Kits are the perfect platform to create workshop cabinets, work tables or workshop cart systems. The Rock-Steady Router Table Stand Kit is the perfect size for our standard 32'' x 24'' Rockler table tops, leaving a 3'' overhang on all sides.This free plan shows you how to make and install two drawers and a shelf to add more storage and organization to this router table
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  7. Making rip cuts with a japanese style saw

    Hand Saw Overview: Japanese Saw

    Over the last ten years or so, Japanese style saws have become widely available in the US market, so I thought I would discuss them as part of this handsaw series.
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  8. Router cutting the edge of the board with a dust shield equipped

    Edge Trimming with a Router

    There are many tools that can be used to make the edge of a board straight – a table saw, a jointer, a hand plane...But if you're working without a jointer or in tight quarters with large sheet materials, using a router and an edge guide or a straightedge template is arguably the best way to go.
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  9. Cutting frame joinery with a coping saw

    Hand Saw Overview: Coping Saw

    After the classic hand saw, the next most effective saw to master is the coping saw.
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  10. Shop-made dining table with walnut base

    Video: Building a Walnut Dining Table Base

    In this video, April Wilkerson constructs the base for a walnut dining table.
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  11. Greene and Greene-style mission bedside table

    Project: Greene and Greene Bedside Table

    This Greene and Greene bedside table completes a set of bedroom furniture that includes a dresser and bed.
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