| Build a Heavy-Duty Folding Shop Table |
Need more bench space? Here’s a folding worktable
that’s both big and strong. And we do mean strong. It sets up in a
minute for routing, sanding, planing—you name it—and folds up into a
super-compact unit only 5" thick. Here today, tucked away tomorrow.
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| Upgrade Your Crosscut Sled |
It's hard to beat a crosscut sled for making
accurate square cuts. Unlike a miter gauge, its right-angle setting
doesn’t need constant tweaking—cuts are always right on the
money. Unfortunately, crosscut sleds are typically heavy and hard to
store. Most develop an extra-wide saw cut in the fence and allow the
blade to throw sawdust in your face. This improved design solves all these problems.
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| Breaking News: Laguna Tools at Rockler |
Checking out Laguna
woodworking machines and accessories first-hand is about to get a whole
lot easier, because starting this month they'll be available in Rockler stores nationwide. Laguna bandsaws, tablesaws and cyclone dust collectors will roll in first.
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| Plumb Your Shop with Air |
If your shop has obstructions that make it difficult to run compressed air lines of iron or copper pipe, using rubber air hose
instead can save a lot of time and money. This method is often used in
manufacturing, to supply compressed air to and through large machines.
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| Add a Double-Duty Shop Stool |
In a crowded shop, this ingenious stool
makes a lot of sense. Get off your butt and raise the center section
of the seat to create an absolutely rigid support for use with a
bandsaw, tablesaw or drill press.
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| Win a Tablesaw! |
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| Build a Modern Router Table |
This new router table
eliminates problems that have plagued router tables for years, such as
too-small worktops, too-short, hard-to-adjust fences, finicky insert
plates, inadequate dust collection and having to kneel on the floor to
change the depth of cut.
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| 20 Furniture Projects—Now Available! |
Thumb through complete plans and how-to information for 20 different projects all wrapped up in one complete special issue.
You’ll enjoy 6 large projects, including a classic Stickley-style
sideboard, a frame-and-panel hope chest and a two-part bookcase. Six
medium-sized projects feature an outdoor chair and picnic table, plus a
Queen Anne footstool. For quick and easy projects, you'll find 8 ideas
for one-day items including a photo-album, a wall shelf and a turned
plate. Shipping now—only $9.99.
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