#247–May/June 2015
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User's Guide to PVA Glue
We’ve sorted through the formulations to help you choose the right yellow glue for any situation
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How to Make a Shaker Box
Master the basics, and you’ll be building these iconic boxes in bunches.
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Juice Up Your Joinery
Artistic tenons pack structural power with visual punch
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How to Build a Nightstand
Housed tenons deliver strength, and tapers create a refined appearance
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How to Build Beautiful Cases from Plywood
Smart joinery turns eye-catching panels into sturdy furniture
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How to Make a Double Bridle Joint
Twin tenons maximize strength and add decorative flair
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File Joints for a Perfect Fit
Finesse parts after handplaning to create snug joinery.
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Out of Nakashima’s Shadow
A chest designed with deference and difference
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Machinist’s Calipers
When you need an exact measurement, nothing beats this precision tool
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Side-Hung Drawers
Build smooth-sliding drawers that survive the seasons
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Asian-Flavored Apprenticeship
Aaron Levine's quilted Western maple and lacewood tansu chest offers lessons in veneering, NK-style drawers which are screwed together, and adding wheels, which are traditional on certain tansu. He picked…
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Traveling Tansu
This rolling tansu chest by Aaron Levine is based on a traditional Japanese furniture form, but when he designed it he was serving an apprenticeship and was at the very…
