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A preview of articles from
issue #187, November 2008
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Super-Simple Router Table
Here's your low-cost ticket to accurate, convenient, and safe
table-mounted routing.
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Quick-and-easy fluting jig
Mount your router to this simple-to-build jig, and guide it arrow
straight down the workpiece to rout flutes with dead-on precision.
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Pencil-post bed
Slender tapered bedposts give the pencil-post bed it name. Topped with a
canopy--called a "tester"--this beauty fits many decorating styles.
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Cover project: Nightstand
Tapered legs lend this nightstand a lithe look, and two generous drawers
make it a practical bedside table. Build it on its own or as a companion
to the pencil-post bed.
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Bow-front display case
With its adjustable framed-glass shelves and open sides, this
easy-to-build display will let your collectibles shine.
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Calendar frame
Make any calendar look right at home in this simple but elegant frame.
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Deco desk clock
We all have'em; wood scraps too little to be of much use, but too
beautiful to toss out. Now you can fashion those exotic or figured
castoffs into a handsome timepiece.
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Buy the best bed-joint hardware
3 rock-solid bed-rail options that will let you rest easy.
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Tool Test: Hybrid tablesaws
These machines combine features of contractor and cabinet-style saws. Is one for you?
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Cut perfect tapers the first time
Two easy-to-make jigs help you precisely taper workpieces from 8" to 80" long.
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Make any tablesaw a top performer
Jigs and tricks make benchtop machines, and even hand-me-down saws, dead-on accurate.
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The 22 all-time best shop tips
From the thousands of Shop Tips that WOOD magazine has published during
the past 24 years, our editorial staff picked out the cream of the crop.
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Departments
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8 Shop Tips
78 Ask WOOD
92 What’s Ahead
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