#277-Sep/Oct 2019
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Links from Fine Woodworking issue #277
Online extras from FWW issue #277 Video: A Deeper Look at Pull Saws You probably know that Japanese saws cut on the pull stroke. But there’s more to them. In…
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Side-Hung Drawers the Smart Way
Chris Gochnour explains how he installs side-hung drawers, from routing the dadoes in the case sides to making the runners to using spacers for a perfect fit
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Three Takes on Mid-Century Chair Design
Philip Morley, Libby Schrum, and Kris Burns give their insights into how they designed a modern lounge chair, including the critical details they included and the personal details they added to the iconic Mid-Century style.
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Build a Contemporary Sideboard
Chris Gochnour's sideboard combines usefulness, strength, and beauty in a contemporary case piece
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Tool Test: Cordless Trim Routers
We take a look at the Bosch GKF12V-25N 12V MAX EC, DeWalt DCW600B 20V MAX XR, Makita XTRO1Z 18V LXT, Ridgid R86044B, Ryobi P601 18V ONE+
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Great Results with a Belt Sander
It's noisy and it's dusty, but in a pro shop like Chris Becksvoort's, it's hard to beat the belt sander for producing great results quickly.
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Solid Edging for Curved Tops
Craig Thibodeau demonstrates how to get a durable, beautiful edge and a flawless fit
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Make a Post-and-Rung Stool from Green Wood
Learn how to use riven stock, wet/dry joinery, and natural hickory bark for the stool seat.
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From The Bench: The Rugged Journey of 600 Mallets
How the nonprofit GreenWood helped bring woodturning skills and bicycle-powered lathes into Honduras, sparking the creation of some 600 mallets that will be sold by Lee Valley. It's just one…
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Song of the Drawknife
Curtis Buchanan builds his "democratic chair" with the bare minimum of inexpensive tools and materials with surfaces directly from the drawknife, embellished with a bit of milk paint
Other
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Workshop Tip: Guide Pin Lets You Bandsaw and Rout Curves with the Same Jig
Template routing is easier and more accurate when you do the initial trimming on the bandsaw using this guide pin.
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Workshop Tip: Add a Light to Your Router
LED book light makes an inexpensive accessory for a trim router
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Workshop Tip: Tool-Storage Magnets Hold Handsaws for Sharpening
A piece of MDF and two inexpensive tool-storage magnets, clamped in a vise, holds blades tightly while filing.
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Workshop Tip: Use a Digital Angle Cube in Place of Winding Sticks
Digital angle cube resting on top of a handplane that spans the width of a board can be an effective way to judge milling progress.
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Workshop Tip: Dial-Indicator Base Delivers Safer Crosscuts
The magnetic base of a dial indicator serves as a movable, lockable stop to make crosscutting safer.
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Workshop Tip: Magnetic Featherboard is also a Work Stop
Works great on any cast-iron surface, including bandsaw, router table, and tablesaw.
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Workshop Tip: Use a File to Pare Hand-Cut Dovetails
A file can be a substitute for paring with a chisel. Flat side of a half-round file makes the surfaces smooth and helps joint slide together.
Workshop Tips
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Tool Review: Convertible Benchtop Router Table by Rockler
Ben Strano takes a close look at Rockler's clever stow-and-go router table
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Tool Review: Pocket-Hole Machine by Castle
Castle 100 pocket-hole machine
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Book Review: Joiner's Work by Peter Follansbee
Joiner's Work by Peter Follansbee
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Tool Review: Featherboard by Bow Products
Tim Rousseau takes a look at this unique featherboard designed to help resaw at the bandsaw
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Tool Review: Magnetic Dust Ports by Magport
Anissa Kapsales tests some ingenious dust ports that promise to make dust collection a little easier
