Cutting
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Cabinet/Card Scrapers
These thin, flexible pieces of steel can come to your aid for a variety of smoothing and cleanup tasks that surpass a sander or hand plane. Sharpening them correctly is key.
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Tips for Planing Rough Stock
There are several ways to flatten a board. One of the most efficient ways to flatten a board is by using a powered thickness planer.
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Low-tech Laser Accuracy for a Miter Saw
This reader wanted laser accuracy on his standard miter saw. He explains how he did it in this reader tip.
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VIDEO: Power Carving a Dough Bowl
Learn how Rob Johnstone used the Arbortech TurboPlane to carve a dough bowl. Mounted to your angle grinder, the Arbortech TurboPlane can be used to shape, sculpt and plane a huge variety of wooden objects.
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Dado Cut Router Jig
A shop-made jig for your router that allows you to easily cut perfect-fit dado grooves.
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Which Saw Blade Should I Buy?
How many teeth? Thin kerf or regular kerf? Blade coatings? When to sharpen? How to clean? We answer the most common questions about saw blades.
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Cutting Circles on the Band Saw
A simple shop-made jig for your band saw will have you cutting perfect circles in no time.
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Video: Band Saw Tips for Woodturners
Ernie Conover discusses the improvements made to modern bandsaws and how they can be used to help in a woodturning shop.
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VIDEO: How to Minimize Thickness Planer Snipe
Whether you use a stationary planer or one of the many benchtop planers on the market, you’ve probably wondered how to deal with a common problem called snipe.
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CNC Routing: Five Fast Facts
Why would CNC routing be a benefit to a home shop woodworker? We explain some of the benefits of adding technology into the workshop.
