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A preview of articles from
issue #181, December/ January 2007/ 2008
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Cover project: Modular shelving
Four simple components that can be arranged in infinite combinations for
ultimate flexibility.
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Dollar coin holder
Show your patriotic pride—and your presidential coin collection—with
this handsome display.
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Drop-leaf harvest table
Big enough to seat six or small enough for two, this table expands
to fill a dining room or shrinks to fit a coy breakfast nook.
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Candle wall sconces
Add ambiance to any room with these candleholders, made from
cherry and accented with copper tray liners and back inserts.
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Three-box ensemble
These catchall containers with beautiful finger joints are deceptively
simple to make. Included with the box plans are completed jig illustrations
and instruction to make the box-joint jig.
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| Tools
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Setting up and using rule-joint router bits
Two common router bits combine to form a foldable edge for drop-leaf
tables.
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Shop-tested: Tablesaw blades
Can one general-purpose blade really crosscut as well
as it rips? Turns out several do, as our tests reveal.
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Hot new tools for 2008
Our editors pick the tools and accessories that will be making
news (and sawdust) in the next 12 months.
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Wood-joint torture test
We sacrifice dozens of door and drawer joints in the name of
science—and better woodworking.
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| Techniques |
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Create a super-smooth filled finish
Even open-grained oak can be smooth as glass when you plug those
pesky pores. If you’ve buried the tip of a ballpoint pen into the
grain of a red-oak desktop as you write, you’ve learned one benefit
of a filled-pore finish.
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Four ways to secure a tabletop
These mounting methods will keep your tables from popping their
tops. The trick to mounting a tabletop is securing it firmly to the table
apron while still allowing the wood to expand and contract across its
width. Here are four methods, utilizing scrapwood or special (but inexpensive)
hardware, which achieve both goals. |
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Interchangeable box joints
This strong, timeless joint gets a makeover thanks
to a no-dough tablesaw jig. |
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How to install table-leg connectors
These easy-to-install brackets speed up making and moving your
tables.
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Departments
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8 Sounding Board
10 Shop Tips
88 Ask WOOD
108 What's Ahead
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