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Shoji frame indexing jig

September 28, 2021

I came up with this I'm sure I'm not the inventor, but it has made producing the frames very easy and very accurate.
How to cut angled tenons and angled mortises???

September 16, 2021

Dear fellow woodworkersI have a new woodworking project coming up that requires both angled tenons and mortises to fit into each other. I have searched Fine Woodworking and the web…
Can casting resin be used to create a custom mortise routing template?

August 31, 2021

I am wondering if casting resin can be used to create a custom mortise router template? As some background, I have a slab table that to be "reverse engineered". Let…
Lonnie Bird’s Secretary

August 23, 2021

Never mind. The light just went on and I know what I have to do.
Kumiko jig modification

August 19, 2021

I'm following the excellent kumiko article by Mike Farrington and made the jig for cutting the notches.The first thing I noticed was the safety of running a jig with the…
Shooting board modification

August 14, 2021

I built the shooting board that Mike Pekovich describes in his “Essential Jigs” video. The one with the plastic speed square for 45 degree miters. I have a hard time holding…
Doweling jig

August 7, 2021

I think I’ve posted before and maybe beating a dead horse, but, recommend a doweling jig tool. I’ve looked a Jessum, and hoping Woodpeck issues another onetime tool of their…
Best jig/method to cut thin rods

May 7, 2021

Hello! I am trying to make wooden rods from spruce 7mm (thickness) and about 30cm long, or a bit longer. (9/32 x 11 13/16 inches).Except for the method with the…
Yet more Veritas sharpening gubbins!

April 25, 2021

Once a week I peruse the Lee Valley website for things I can't buy in the UK without paying enormous postage, customs and sales tax amounts; and then waiting weeks…
Mitre Sled

April 13, 2021

I recently made Mike Pekovitch's dedicated sled for mitred boxes (Tools & Shops #286 Tablesaw Sleds for Joinery) complete with the split-level base. I have a problem with a piece…

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