Tips and Techniques

Tricks of the Trade

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  Handy Office Supply Sandpaper Sorter

  Tired of finding random sizes and grits of sandpaper throughout your shop? This reader has a trick to help you get better organized.

  by Reader Submitted • Apr 16, 2019 • Tricks of the Trade

Workshop Organization and Storage

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  VIDEO: Build a Router Table Organization Cabinet

  Check out all the cool custom features that are part of this Router Table Organizer Cabinet project.

  by Chris Marshall • Dec 26, 2018 • Project Design, Workshop Organization and Storage, More on the Web

Jigs and Tools

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  Forging a Plane Iron

  Kimberly McNeelan shares her experience creating a plane blade and the process to use to create a blade for a home-made plane.

  by Kimberly McNeelan • Feb 28, 2019 • Jigs and Tools, More on the Web

Safety

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  VIDEO: How to Tune Up and Maintain Your Band Saw

  You’ll learn how to change a band saw blade, clean a band saw, tension a band saw blade, adjust the band saw blade tracking, adjust the band saw upper and lower blades guides, and test the band saw cutting.

  by Sandor Nagyszalanczy • Aug 29, 2018 • Tricks of the Trade, Jigs and Tools, Safety, More on the Web