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Locking Miter Joint for Legs You need a special router bit to tackle the locking miter joint, but it’s useful for many projects. The basic idea is to mill one board flat on the router table and the adjacent board held vertically against the fence. This creates a perfect joint with one bit and one…

Here are the online extras for the June 2024 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Interested in having the magazine delivered directly to your mailbox (physical or email) six times a year? Subscribe here. Download: Nautilus Star Instructions Download: Kitchen Utensils Template and Sled Dimmensions Download: Kitchen Utensils DXF Files Deep Dive: Shop Cabinet Details A…

Online extras from the April 2024 #277 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Carve a Ringneck Pheasant These are all Holbein Oil Paints because I like the ratio of binder to pigment. But you can find nearly all of these colors in other brands, they just may have a slightly different name.) Zinc White Foundation Umber…

Online extras from the December 2023 #275 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download: Stacking Burger Toy Templates  

Online extras from the October 2023 #274 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download: Coping Saw Full-Size Template

Online extras from the April 2023 #270 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download: Drop Leaf Table Drawer Instructions Download: Chess Board Full Dimensions

Ready to play one, two, or maybe all three of your new shop-made games? Here are some game rules to help you out: (Looking to print these out? – download the easy-to-print PDF)Kubb (Viking Chess) OBJECTIVE: Be the first team to knock over all the other team’s kubbs, followed by the king. GAME PIECES: Batons…

Related: Shaker-Inspired Sewing Counter Shaker Sewing Counter: Glue-Up Tips  The glue-up for case pieces is ALWAYS a little nerve-wracking and though this particular Shaker-style Sewing cabinet is no less daunting given its frame-and-panel construction, following these tips can make everything a breeze:  TIP #1:  Pre-Finish Before Glue-up = Massive Headache Avoided     First, you’ll want to save yourself the headache of cleaning glue out…

The overwhelming majority of the August 2014 Online Extras are posted (and the one or two that are still “tk” will be added later this week. Visit PopularWoodworking.com/aug14, then click on the title of each article post to get a preview of each article and to access the extras. In “Craftsman Wardrobe,” for example, you’ll…

Turning a standard rolling pin (“French Rolling Pin,” page 25)     Tips for Buying and Using Rough Lumber (“18 Shop Storage Tips,” page 32)     Plans for a benchtop tool cabinet (“18 Shop Storage Tips,” page 33)     Shop-made drill press cabinet (“18 Storage Shop Tips” page 34)     Jewelry box…

Video Using a Detail Spindle Gouge (“Turning Wood,” page 20)     Video Air-Tensioned Bandsaw (“Air-Tensioned Bandsaw,” page 48)     Video The Flutter Test (“Power-Tool Friendly Workbench,” page 56)     Video Flip-Top Mortiser Cabinet (“Flip-Top Mortiser Cabinet,” page 54)     Video Build a Flammables Cabinet (“Finishing Cabinet,” page 68)     Light-Duty…

Video Chad’s squaring blocks (“Bow Front Corner Cabinet,” page 37)   Video Chad’s thin-ripping jig Plans for the thin-ripping jig (“Bow Front Corner Cabinet,” page 41)   Video Power-tool workbench in action (“Power-Tool Friendly Workbench,” page 56)   Drill press mortising (“More On the Web,” page 6)   Blade storage box (“Blade Box,” page 11)…

Learn how to sharpen and use a detail/spindle gouge (“Turning Wood: The Detail/Spindle Gouge,” page 28) Watch the elliptical jig in action (“The Amazing Elliptical Jig,” page 55) Download scales for the Recipe Calculator (“The Recipe Calculator,” page 47) Torsion Beams (“How to Rout a Large Arc,” page 67) Download the pattern for the Radial…

Now online: almost all of the online extras (we’re still working on a video or two) for the November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Visit popularwoodworking.com/nov13 for some videos, links to free articles, related blog posts and more – including our new Reader Gallery (more soon to come on that). The print issue drops…

Video Make The Enigma Cube (“Enigma Cube,” page 32) Video What’s A Spill Plane? (“Spill Plane,” page 49) Video Surfacing Jig (“Micro-Lam Serving Tray,” page 46) Video JessEm Dowelling Jig (“Well-Equipped Shop, Versatile Doweling Jig,” page 18) Video Microdial Tapering Jig (“Well-Equipped Shop, Precision Tapering Jig,” page 20) Brushing Shellac (“Uncle Bob’s Table,” page 42)…

Video Squaring Blocks (“Planter Table,” page 68) Video Precision Circle-Cutting Jig (“Rotary Box,” page 34) Video Joint with a Thickness Planer (“Make A Butcher-Block Top,” page 60) Lock Miter Bit (“Workingman’s Boot Bench,” page 50) Drawer Boxes (“Workingman’s Boot Bench,” page 50)   Rotary Box (“Rotary Box,” page 34) Laptop Electric Slide Guitar Patterns (“Laptop…

Video Tiny carving (mentioned in “Great American Woodworker: Steve Tomashek,” p. 27) Template Routing (mentioned in “Plywood Play Table,” p. 57) Drawer Slips (mentioned in “Monticello Lap Desk,” p. 44) Medieval Folding Stool (Full-size patterns for the leg and rails) Leg Pattern Rail Pattern Wooden Handscrews (mentioned in “Wooden Bar Clamps,” p. 60) Ginormous Shop…

Video An Eccentric Chuck in Action Adjustable Circle-Cutting Jig Wooden Tail Vise Name That Chuck! Fast-and-Easy Drawer Boxes Loose-Tenon Joinery   See all Web Extras here…

All about commercial tenoning jigs Complete plans for a shop-made tenoning jig Drill Press Mortising Butterfly Inlay   See all Web Extras here…

Video Paul Seller’s Mini-Master Class Thermally modified wood Accurize Your Tablesaw Plans for building a shaving horse Plans for building a steam box Shopmade handscrews Skew planing   See all Web Extras here…

Inset Doors Lock Miters Restaurant tub storage cabinet Cope-and-stick arched-top doors Lipped drawers     See all Web Extras here…

  Video Tommy Mac’s Dream Shop Video Convert a battery charger into a transformer for a wood-burning pen. Primer on Japanese pull saws. Pocket-screw joinery basics. 12 tips for better biscuit joining. Click the links below to download a full-size pattern of the Portsmouth card table leg.   Federal Card Table Leg 1 PDF Federal…

Torsion Beams Tips and Techniques for Finishing Oak 6 Steps for Tuning Your Bandsaw How to Flatten Wrinkled Veneer Make Spalted Wood Coat Rack Full Size Plan PDF Wooden Burr Puzzles   Download Four Full-Size Patterns for the 3-Legged Stool   Download the Leg PDF here   Long Stretcher PDF   Short Stretcher PDF  …

Online Extras for the April 2009 issue include a video about how to use glue for veneering, full-size patterns of the top and bottom side profiles of the Greene & Greene Medicine Cabinet, additional step photos of the Writing Desk project as a PDF slide show, and more.

Online Extras from the June 2008 issue include a slide show of pictures from the Tillers International woodworking school in PDF format.

Online Extras from the December 2007 issue include a drawing showing the location of the workbench dog holes, full-size drawings of the Gustav Stickley Poppy Table for $3.00, download instructions from Shaker Workshops for weaving the Mission Chair seat, and more.

Video Tablesaw Bowl Making a bowl on a tablesaw? Watch how it’s done! Video Fast Finish Rub-Out Finish the finish. Here’s how to make a brushed on finish feel as smooth as silk. Raised-Panel Tablesaw Jig A jig for cutting raised panels on the tablesaw. Zero-Clearance Inserts Plans for making zero-clearance throat plates. Handles for…

Online Extras for the February 2011 issue include how to cut the hinge in the the folding bookstand article, a link to Adam King’s podcast interview with Michael Fortune, the Right Way to Prepare Lumber PDF, Shaker Wall Cupboard Sketchup file and more.

Online Extras for the August 2010 issue include a free SketchUp model of the Step Stool project, our free video tour of the Roubo Workbench, a free SketchUp model of the workbench project, our free video demonstrating how to make 4° wedges, a free 3D SketchUp Model of the birdhouse project, a SketchUp model of the dining table project and more.

Online Extras for the February 2010 issue include the Stickley Music Cabinet 3D SketchUp Model, a video of the Star Tools Marking Gauge in action, and step-by-step instruction on creating a painted a trompe l’oeil “inlay.”

Online Extras from the November 2009 issue include a video tour of Megan’s LVL Workbench, the 3D Google SketchUp Model of Megan’s LVL Workbench, the 3D Google SketchUp model of the Knockdown Computer Desk, a video of Kevin Glen Drake turning a chisel handle and learn why he uses a skew chisel, and more.

Online Extras for the June 2009 issue include a video of Marc Spagnuolo using his favorite pushsticks and featherboards, download full-size patterns of the Deck/Dock Chair leg profiles in PDF format, a SketchUp model of the Joiner’s Tool Chest project, and several more videos.

Online Extras in the February 2007 issue include full-size patterns for the Creole Table, and the full-size patterns for the Thorsen House Side Table.

Tune Your Bandsaw Learn how to tune up a bandsaw. Handles for Turning Tools Learn how to make and fit ferrules on tool handles. Bandsaw Table Lock Make a lock to prevent your bandsaw’s table from tipping. Hot Pipe Bending How to use a hot pipe bending jig. Mouse House project plans Mouse House Door…

  Video Gluing Tips Learn some pointers on spreading glue.   Torsion Beams Get the complete plans.   All About Vises See more information on buying a workbench vise.   Free Sawhorse SketchUp Plans Download plans that are easy to modify.   Turn A Plate Learn how to turn a wooden plate.   Modern Tail…

  Big Board Tips Learn 5 ways to flatten a wide board.   Finishing How-To Learn more about finishing walnut.   Machine Smarts Learn to master your mortiser.   What’s Inside A Tree? Read the story of figured wood.   See all Web Extras here…

Wedged Mortise & Tenon Learn how to make a wedged-tenon joint. Hand Plane Troubles? Troubleshoot your tool. Tips for Dovetailing Frank Klausz shares four time-saving techniques. Routed Picture Frames Use common bits to make interesting moldings.   See all Web Extras here…

Online Extras for the February 2008 issue include step-by-step instructions on cutting through and half-blind dovetails, a SketchUp file of the drawings of the Chimney Cupboard, instructions on cutting hinge mortises by hand, a PDF document showing the use of Glen-Drake tools, Marc Adams safety rules for using the jointer, and more.

Online Extras for the October 2007 issue include blog entries on miter stands for your shop, and a PDF story on the clamps you need for your shop.

Online Extras from the December 2009 issue the Wood Whisperer video on Flush Trim bits, the video of Trevor Smith’s students building boomerangs and then send their projects soaring, the Great Woodshops article, “Legendary Rocker,” about our visit to Sam Maloof’s workshop, and more.

Online Extras for the December 2010 issue include a video tour of this 1740’s Pennsylvania piece, the free 3D SketchUp model of this chest of drawers, the 3D Google SketchUp Model of the G&G frame, shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture, the 3D Google SketchUp Model of Moxon’s Ingenious Bench Vise and more.

Online Extras for the December 2008 issue include a PDF of the clock face pattern for the Stickley Mantel Clock, an article about the Stickley Mantel Clock’s fumed finish, a SketchUp model of the Stickley Mantel Clock project from the Google 3D Warehouse, and a behind-the-scenes video about testing miter saws.

Online Extras for the November 2010 issue include the free SketchUp model for the Hanging Corner Cupboard, the free SketchUp model for the Contemporary Shelves, the complete SketchUp model for the William & Mary Bookstand and more.

  Small Tools Cabinet Download plans for this benchtop toolbox.   Build Your Own French Doors Learn how to build exterior French doors.     Outdoor Finish If you want the wood to show through on your outdoor projects, you need a clear finish.     Wooden Storm Door Learn how to build a wooden…

Learn how to cut square mortises using a drill press.     How to make zero-clearance inserts     More about Greene and Greene furniture     Learn how to turn perfect pommels.       See all Web Extras here…

Get complete plans for this bed. Also, see how a wood-toned aniline dye enhances curly maple.     Learn more about shellac.     Tips for using a brad nailer.     Get complete plans for this table.     How does sanding affect staining?     How to marbleize wood   Little Table Templates…

Woodcarving by Jeffery Disko     Learn More About Sliding Miter Saws – Choosing a Sliding Compound Miter Saw – Tool Test: 12″ Sliding Compound Miter Saws – Tips for Mastering the Miter Saw – Mobile Miter Saw Stand     Dust Collection Tips     The Ultimate Miter Saw Stand     Wedged Mortise…

See hot pipe bending first hand.     Elegant Tabletop Fasteners.     Learn how to make perfectly fitting miter joints.     See how to build an easy-to-make fully-featured router table.     See a classic American blanket chest built with a Leigh dovetailing jig.     See a do-everything miter saw stand.  …

Moxon Vise (“Plane Cabinet,” page 34)     Knife Hinge Installation (“Plane Cabinet,” page 39)     Exterior Finishes (“Lantern of Candlelight,” page 40)     Wedged Mortise and Tenon (“Joinery Exposed: The Wedged Mortise and Tenon,” page 55)     See all Web Extras here…

#147 April/May 2010 Future Woodworkers of America:www.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/Lvshops Trestle Table Planswww.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/LargeTrestleTable Bent Lamination Video:www.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/BentLam Homemade Polish Video:www.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/PlanePolish Perfect Pommels:www.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/PerfectPommels How Do You Sand?www.AmericanWoodworker.com/147/Sanding   Bandsaw Box Full-Size Template:www.Americanwoodworker.colm/147/PushButtonPattern      

Projects – Top Notch Router Table Tools – Bandsaw Blades Video – Marbled Finish Shop – Bandsaw Fence Techniques – Finger Joints

Techniques – Office Cabinet Drawer Lock Router Bits Projects – Build a Torsion Box Workbench Projects – Greene & Greene Details

Shop – Hyper-Organized Shop Tips – 16 Tips for Sharpening Techniques – Sliding Dovetails Projects – Cherry Coffee Table

Video – Glazing a picture frame Projects – The Stickley Arm Chair Projects – Cherry Sideboard Full-Size Plans

Video – Burr Puzzles with Tim Johnson Project – 12 Drawer Dresser Shop Project – See plans for adding a shop-made router lift to this table Technique – Arched-top frame and panel doors Project – Treasured Wood Jewelry Box