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A preview of articles from
issue #174, December2006/January 2007
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Super-easy contemporary wall shelf
A great way to use plywood scraps, and, we’ll cover in detail how to disguise those plies with edge banding.
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Drop-down finish-drying rack
A great solution for small shops.
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Heirloom corner cabinet
Display and store your fine collectibles in this beautiful space-conscious project. The attractive molding and trim profiles are made using common round-over, cove, and Roman ogee router bits. Add easy-to-install, low temperature xenon lights to cast a soft glow on treasured pieces in the finished project.
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Gift-perfect wine box
Build one or more of these memorable containers for presenting holiday surprises.
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Child’s dresser and changing table
Keep all of baby’s necessities in one tidy place with this dual function design. As your child grow, remove the changing pad and let the youngster choose drawer pulls that match his or her developing sense of style.
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Time-honored bracket clock
Create this contemporary version of a centuries-old, English-inspired timepiece. The case assembles with straightforward rabbet joinery, and full-size patterns make shaping the peaked pediment and its onlay a snap.
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Wedged-tenon bench
Make through-mortises the simple way—by using a tablesaw coupled with edge-glued parts. Later, you’ll assemble the bench using eye-catching joints that feature keys and wedges in contrasting woods.
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Conquering crown molding
It adds an elegant look to projects, but few things intimidate woodworkers more than cutting and installing crown molding—until now
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Applying edge banding to plywood
Because of its strength and stability, plywood can be a woodworker’s best friend. Bit its edges are just plan ugly, Disguise those plies with edge banding.
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Make portable power tools do more
Discover shop-proven strategies to elevate your circ saw, jigsaw, and portable drill to the stratosphere of performance.
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23 tablesaw tricks and techniques
If you think of your tablesaw as a machine simply for ripping or crosscutting, you’re selling it short. To give you a fresh perspective, we mined the minds of the WOOD magazine shop guys and unearthed their favorite time- and work-saving tablesaw tips. Here’s a mother lode of helpful hints you can put to work in your shop today.
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How to build two rock-solid joints
Besides fortifying mortise-and-tenon joints, these two variations add visual interest to your projects.
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Tools and Materials
Wise buys: 3 bandsaw guides
Our editors put three guides to the test.
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Hot new tools for 2007
See 14 innovative woodworking products designed to Improve convenience and accuracy while saving time.
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Departments
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8 editor’s angle
10 sounding board
12 ask WOOD
16 shop tips
116 what’s ahead
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