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A slab from green wood, some sturdy legs and a sylvan setting are all you need. Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the June 2006 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. “A [...]

No joints. Just jigsaw and go. After Hobbit Frodo Baggins destroys the One Ring in Peter Jackson’s epic film “The Return of the King,” there’s an emotional reunion scene when Frodo wakes up in [...]

Don’t let the dizzying array of choices get you discombobulated. By Bob Flexner Pages: 90-93 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Go to any home center and you will probably be [...]

Born out of the laminate industry, these routers are great tools for all kinds of woodworking projects. By David Thiel Pages: 76-80 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now I’ve been [...]

New TVs change the rules for designing cabinets. By Robert W. Lang Pages: 66-69 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now A few years ago, I called a contractor I was working for to [...]

By David Thiel Pages: 45-52 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Whether your casework is a bookcase, kitchen cabinet or highboy, the hardware you use to prop up the shelves, hang the [...]

Use your router to join wood along simple and complex curves. By Bill Hylton Pages: 36-39 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now If you rip a board in two, you can easily rejoin the [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 30 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now The hand-tool crowd lives and dies by the hand saw. But even for the rest of us, no matter how many electrons we [...]

By Robert Lang Page: 30 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Early in my career I was spoiled forever by a 42″-wide, three-head wide-belt sander. I can’t keep from comparing [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Dead-on accuracy from a drill press table isn’t necessary for woodworkers. But it sure is nice to be able to hold your [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now This is the first true router to bear the Ridgid name. A trim router was introduced about one year ago, but this is the [...]