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Router Guide Bushing Organizer
Keeping all your parts and pieces in one place is an issue in just about everyone’s shop. This reader has an easy (and cheap!) solution for keeping your router bushings in one spot.
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Making a Simple Arc-drawing Jig
You could bend a batten to help draw an arc, or you can put together this user’s quick, simple and adjustable jig.
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Valentine’s Gifts from the Shop?
Woodworkers share whether they do — or don’t — make shop-made gifts for Valentine’s Day. Plus, some take offense to a mention of Galentine’s Day.
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Old Table, New Desk
This reader was tasked with building an industrial-style desk for his nephew’s home office. A few reclaimed pieces (including an oak library table) later and he has a rather impressive piece.
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Interactions with Other Woodworkers, and with Spiders
Reactions to interacting with other woodworkers – and with spiders.
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Drum Sander Grit Reminder
This reader was inspired by a past trick to remind himself what grit sandpaper he had loaded on his drum sander.
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Router Bit Tune-up Jig
This reader had some trouble holding his bits for cleaning or switching bearings, until he built this clever jig out of MDF scrap.
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The “$400 Desk” Project
Readers react to Rob’s tale of a desk project grown beyond its initial scope with their own tales of projects with a life of their own — and with questions of just what that thing looked like.
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Pipe Clamp Holder for Bench Vise
This reader shares his design for converting a benchtop vise into a holder for wide or narrow workpieces.
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Hoping for a Different Result
Repeated actions, cold weather reports and warm fuzzies.