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A preview of articles from
issue #193, October 2009
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Bench-top Risers
You’ll wonder how you ever assembled a project without these simple, versatile shop aids.
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Drop-Front Desk
With its compact footprint, this desk serves as a perfect computer workstation in the kitchen or bedroom. The handsome frame-and-panel case will be a focal point wherever you put it.
Create striking panels like the one on the desk’s door by just gluing veneer to MDF—no-vacuum veneer bags or special equipment required. Included with this plan is the accompanying article on Very Easy Veneering. Or, simply skip the veneering and use cherry plywood.
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Quick and Easy Rocking Horse
No cartoon DVD can take a child to places in his imagination with the speed of this rocking horse. You’ll be sitting tall in the saddle, too, knowing you built this pine pony using simple handheld power tools. So gallop on into your shop and let’s get started. The rocking horse seat rests 12” above the floor—ideal for children 12 months to 3 years old.
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Collector’s Magazine File
To celebrate WOOD Magazine’s 25th anniversary, show off your collection and your woodworking skills in this class magazine file. Each file holds 16 issues of WOOD Magazine. The complete 25-year set requires 12 files. Use your favorite wood species to contrast with the maple sides, or choose a variety of species—one for each file you build.
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Space-Saving Clamp Rack
Build the unit as shown or customize it to fit your wall space. It’s made of inexpensive 1x2 and 1x4 pine.
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Avoiding Biscuit-Joiner Blunders
Biscuit joints are simple to cut, but difficult to fix when done wrong. Here’s how to avoid the most common mistakes.
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Build and Install Beautiful Door and Window Trim
Your shop tells the world “I’m a woodworker,” use it to make the rest of your house say the same thing. By designing and milling your own window trim, you make a style statement by controlling the size, width, wood species, and profile beyond the limited selection in home center. And you’ll save money versus buying the premade stuff. With your custom trim in hand, we’ll guide you step-by-step through the process of installing it.
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Very Easy Veneering
Some projects beg for the eye-catching grain pattern of a highly figured, book-matched panel. But it can be tough opening your wallet to pay for an exotic piece of lumber, then gathering the courage to resaw and plane it. Veneer gives you that breathtaking look without breaking the bank—and applying it is easier than you might think.
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Save Money by Salvaging Lumber
Salvage your own hardwood lumber and save big bucks.
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| Tools and Features |
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A Tribute to Our Readers
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Wise Buys: Right-angle Braces
Machining stock precisely is only half the battle in creating projects with square corners. You also have to assemble and clamp the corners squarely. Here are three models we recommend.
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25 Best Tool Innovations of the Past 25 Years
Imagine a woodworking world without portable planers, one-handed bar clamps, and Norm Abram. That was the landscape when WOOD magazine made its debut in 1984. Looking back on the past quarter century, our editors came up with a list of the greatest breakthroughs since then.
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WOOD's First Quarter Century
WOOD’s goal, 25 years ago and today, is still to make the hobby of woodworking more enjoyable for you by providing a variety of shop-tested projects, skill-building techniques and in-depth tool reviews. See a few highlights of our first 25 years.
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Tool Test: Tablesaw Tenoning Jigs
Faster and cleaner-cutting than a dado set, these accessories make tight-fitting tenons in no time.
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Shop-proven Products
These woodworking wares passed our shop trials.
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Departments
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6 Editor's Angle
10 Shop Tips
18 The Shop Monkey
83 Ask WOOD
92 What's Ahead |
