Jigs and Tools
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VIDEO: Cutting Dado Slots with a Plunge Router
Learn how to make a simple router jig for cutting dado slots. This simple jig makes it easy to cut accurate dadoes with a router.
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PROJECT: Cylindrical and Round Object Drilling Jig
A jig to steady round objects, and let you successfully drill holes in them.
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VIDEO: Strong and Simple Dowel Joints with Triton Doweling Joiner
You can use a drill/driver to make dowel joints, but the Triton Doweling Joiner makes this task even easier. We take a closer look at this tool and show you how it works.
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Bench Chisel Basics
These must-have woodworking tools are a common feature in woodworking shops — those of professional and home shop woodworkers alike. Here’s some background on these shop stalwarts, and advice for a starter set.
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VIDEO: Straight-line Ripping with a Track Saw
Chris Marshall explains the benefits of using a track saw not only in ripping large panels, but in making crooked and waney edged boards perfectly straight and ready for your table saw.
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Sharpening with a Grinding Jig and Buffers
Getting the right geometry and a keen edge will make all the difference in the world for your turning output.
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Additional Bevels for Turning Deeper Bowls
Bowl gouges: grind a second bevel, or even a third. Woodturning expert Ernie Conover explains how in this guide and video.
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Scrapers: A Simple Tool with Many Uses
Gouges and chisels aren’t the only necessities for a woodturner. It’s time the simple — and necessary — scraper gets the respect it deserves.
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Making a Miter Cutting Sled
A swiveling arm and multiple pre-set stops enable this table saw sled to cut miter angles quickly and accurately.
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A Quick Look at the SawStop Model JSS Jobsite Saw
Now, the company’s blade brake technology can protect end users wherever they need to cut wood — in the workshop, on the jobsite or out in the yard.
