Building a storage shed

Wood stock, particularly the stuff that passes for dimensional lumber at modern-day home centers, isn’t the most agreeable of products. It often isn’t fully dried when found on the shelves, and becaus

Watching the experts on TV use the Porter-Cable 4212, you’d be inclined to think that you could simply open the box, insert a workpiece & route flawless dovetails.

Not exactly.

While the 421

I’ve owned one of these for about a year and a half and have cut some beautiful dovetails using this system.

Set-up is easy and explained well by the manual. Incramental adjustments are easy, and

Photo 1: Clamp the straightedge

Assemble a “T-square” jig with a 1×2 and a 1×6. Clamp it to your work piece.

Photo 2: Rout the dado

Cut the dado using the 1×6 as a guide.

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Occasionally, when working in the wood shop, there are woodworking tasks that are a bit out of the norm, tasks that are a bit tricky to properly and safely complete. In these cases, the best way to h

The task of cutting large panels is relatively easy with a table saw. By the same token, making square cross-cuts on planks is a piece of cake with a miter saw or a properly tuned radial-arm saw.

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If you have a woodworking workshop, it is likely that you will need a woodworking jig. Jigs are useful for repetitive tasks in many woodworking projects, and help in making complex tasks quicker an

[Is this what we're supposed to do? Just post anywhere, on one of our favorite KOW plans for the Kreg giveaway?]

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Woodworking is a job, for which one requires to work with precision and skill. Mistakesduring wood working may spoil the whole piece. In wood working, there are some things, which should be donerep