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How to Cut Dovetail Keys
How to create attractive and useful dovetail keys on a router table with a simple dovetail jig and dovetail bit.
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A Portable Saw Mill in Action
In this video, Sandor Nagyszalanczy shows the band saw mill going step-by-step through the process of turning a log into lumber.
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Creating Bushings for Your Grinding Wheels
Turning expert Ernie Conover explains how to create your own properly sized bushings to install on your benchtop grinder, replacing the ill-fitting and poorly sized plastic bushings that come with most modern wheels.
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Chainsaw Safety Primer
You can work safely with a chainsaw; all it takes is strict attention to basic safety practices and a well maintained saw.
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Buying Lumber from a Local Sawmill
Woodworker’s Journal editor-in-chief Rob Johnstone visits a few of the sawmills in his neck of the woods to show a glimpse of the milling process and give you an idea of the quality of wood you can receive from these small businesses.
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Build a Slab-Topped Sofa Table Using Loose Tenon Joinery
Thick pieces of wood sourced from a local sawmill provide a sturdy base for a large slab-topped sofa table, put together with loose tenon joinery.
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A New Way to Cut Box Joints
Woodworker’s Journal’s Chris Marshall shows how the INCRA IBox jig made setting up box joint cuts quicker and easier than a scrap jig when building his serving tray cart for the May/June 2013 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
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Pyrography and Woodturning
Ernie Conover offers his suggestions for purchasing wood burning tools and shows off his techniques for how to make art and lettering by drawing on wood with pyrography pens.
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How to Make Round Tenons on Square Chair Legs
Woodworker’s Journal Editor in Chief Rob Johnstone creates a simple router table jig that makes cutting round tenons on square chair legs easy and repeatable.
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Make a Bar Stool with Loose Tenon Joinery
While this stool might look a bit complicated at first glance, when you break it down to its components, this is a pretty basic bit of woodworking.
