STL346: Ramon’s Rules for Jig Making
Mike and Amanda chat with Ramon Valdez about belt sanders, magnets, and making jigs.
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Woodworking Posts
Bells and Whistles
A lot of tools we’ve used for years haven’t changed much, mechanically. Some nice improvements have come along, as well as enhanced safety features, but these are sometimes just nice bells and whistles. Certainly welcome and great to have, but ……
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Winding Sticks
These simple tools are essential for dimensioning lumber by hand or machine. It’s hard to believe that something as simple as a pair of parallel pieces of stock can be a highly precise tool for flattening stock. However, once you’ve …
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Shaker Stepback
A classic furniture form revised for 21st-century entertainment. I have a love-hate relationship with my television. I love (too much, perhaps) to watch shows, but I hate having the TV out in the open as the focal point of my …
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Glue Metal to Wood
Need to glue metal to wood? The answer is easy — epoxy! Epoxy bonds many kinds of materials to one another, including wood, metal, fiberglass, masonry, tile, concrete, and plaster. It will not, however, bond to most plastics. TIP: On …
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Two Looks
Successful furniture designs draw viewers closer and reward them. Out of the corner of my eye it caught my attention, a fire-engine red 1966 Chevy Impala Super Sport. Memories flooded back to my first car, a model just like this …
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