Cutting
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Making Tenon Stock
Once you’ve cut your mortises, you need to join them together, while there are many pre-cut options, A.J. Hamler explains options for making your own.
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Working with Loose Tenons: Router Table
A.J. Hamler rounds out the discussion of mortise cutting by making them quickly and easily at a router table.
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Working with Loose Tenons: Drill Press
A.J. Hamler examines one of the most common and simple methods for cutting mortises by cutting them out with a drill press.
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Working with Loose Tenons: Beadlock
A.J. Hamler continues this mortise-and-tenon joinery cutting series, this time taking look at Rockler’s Beadlock system.
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Working with Loose Tenons: Festool Domino
A.J. Hamler explains how to make sturdy joints for your next project using the Festool Domino.
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Using Rail-and-stile Router Bit Sets
Matched bits cut joints for cabinet doorframes, plus a panel groove and a decorative profile.
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Cabinet/Card Scrapers
These thin, flexible pieces of steel can come to your aid for a variety of smoothing and cleanup tasks that surpass a sander or hand plane. Sharpening them correctly is key.
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Tips for Planing Rough Stock
There are several ways to flatten a board. One of the most efficient ways to flatten a board is by using a powered thickness planer.
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Low-tech Laser Accuracy for a Miter Saw
This reader wanted laser accuracy on his standard miter saw. He explains how he did it in this reader tip.
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VIDEO: Power Carving a Dough Bowl
Learn how Rob Johnstone used the Arbortech TurboPlane to carve a dough bowl. Mounted to your angle grinder, the Arbortech TurboPlane can be used to shape, sculpt and plane a huge variety of wooden objects.