Building a storage shed

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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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

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

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

CNC router plans are a great starting point for anyone wanting to build a CNC router.Th

Hi Tom,

Why don’t you give us a watered down version of what you look for in a router?

Brent
Your wish is my command
here is the information without the photographs taken from my artic

When opening the box containing this Craftsman Router Combo, I was immediately surprised by the amount of “stuff” in the case. It was very well laid out, with everything in a place that seemed to mak

Owning a CNC router would have been unthinkable for a small woodworking shop just a few years ago. The high cost of these remarkable machines meant that CNC routers were out of reach for all but th

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The Woodworking Router is the most precise cutting tool in your shop. If not, you can learn how.

Pat Warner, woodworking router expert, had a great influence on me. His orig