Multifaceted Woodworking

Woodworkers, a one-track mind? Never! Woodworkers apply their hobby skills to all aspects of their lives: in this issue you'll find instructions for making upper cabinets for your kitchen, a fold-up greenhouse for your yard, and a dovetailed tool chest to store your hand tools. When you're done building projects -- for whatever aspect of your life -- you can read about chestnut wood, 10"miter saws and in-the-shop experiences with the SawStop.

Upper Kitchen Cabinets: Using frameless construction methods, Bill Hylton shows you how to make all the parts before assembly — saving you time as you build wall cabinets for your kitchen.

Fold-Up Greenhouse: Growing your own food or flowers? You can make your growing season last longer and extend your woodworking "season" as well with this build-in-a-weekend, easy-assemble greenhouse.

Tool Review: 10: Miter Saws From cutting power to cutting accuracy, from dust control to ease of angle setting, Sandor Nagyszalanczy puts 10" miter saws through their paces to determine what's best for you.

Dovetailed Tool Chest: Show off your skills -- and some special lumber -- with this showcase of a project: through- and half-blind dovetails, a coved lid and brass hardware all contribute to the kind of project that served as a woodworker's advertisement "back in the day."

American Chestnut: Back from the Brink: The tale of a wood that beat the odds: once nearly wiped out by a deadly blight, American chestnut is making a comeback.

Today's Shop: How well does the SawStop saw stop accidental cuts in a real shop setting? George Vondriska explores the answer.

Jigs and Fixtures: Waste not one bit of sandpaper with master woodworker Ian Kirby's cutting jig for efficient use.

Woodturning: What do you need for spindle turning? Betty Scarpino tells you the tools.

Finishing Hotline: The best finishing options for outdoor projects.

Tricks of the Trade: A shop-made jig improves drill press dust collection.