This quick-set marking gauge features a knife cutter that scribes razor-thin layout lines either with or across the grain. It'll be a handsome and useful addition to your fine tool collection.

Every family has its stories to tell, and some deserve to be shared in a visible way. This frame shadowbox is the fruit of John Kelliher, one of our art directors, to showcase his father's memorabilia received during World War II. It's custom-sized to fit specific things, but the box is certainly adaptable to other collections of treasures your family has to display. Here is John's story and his method for building the project.

Those bottom corners may look impossible, but a simple tenoning jig and table saw setup make the work easy.

The table is 22" high with an 11" square top intended to stand beside an easy chair to accommodate the accompaniments to leisure seating, such as snacks, drinks, and reading materials.

Sometimes the best way to learn furniture design is to reproduce an antique. That's what we'll do in this project, taking our measurements and joinery directly from a century-old cupboard our author found years ago. The original was built solely with hand tools. For a real trip back in time, sharpen up yours and try to do the same.

Start with a classic design, meld fine machine joinery with a few hand tool operations, and you have a beautiful introduction to Arts & Crafts chairmaking. This will be an involved project, but there's no reason to fear its construction. Most of the joint cutting can be done by ordinary shop machines with excellent results, and the handwork amounts to fine paring and fitting.