35 – Wood hardware – fasteners
Rob Brown explains when and how to use the three most common types of wood fasteners: dowels, biscuits, and loose tenons.
Rob Brown explains when and how to use the three most common types of wood fasteners: dowels, biscuits, and loose tenons.
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Two weeks ago, I helped a good friend, a hobbyist woodworker, get settled in his new home.
Project: This is a push-over
One of the most daunting woodworking shop tasks is ripping stock or parts on a table saw. Especially when the stuff is small and/or close to the rip fence. This simple jig will calm your mind, give you confidence and allow you to better control the workpiece while making ripping operations.
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How to: An Appreciation of Black Walnut
Walnut is one of the most highly prized domestic woods, and for good reason. For colour, grain, figure, workability and other valuable attributes, the wood is in a class all by itself among domestic hardwoods.
Know your tools: Reciprocating saws
The reciprocating (a.k.a. recip) saw is the preferred choice for making aggressive cuts in wood, metal (steel, aluminum, copper and cast iron) and plastic.
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Using Festool connectors to make a pair of sawhorses
