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Woodwork 

Winter 2012-2013

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  • Pull-Out Router Table

    by American Woodworker Editors     Wednesday, April 3, 2013
    Pull-Out Router Table Tired of pulling out that heavy router table every time you need it? Save space and your back by mounting your router table under a workbench with sturdy swing-up appliance hardware. Set-up and knock-down are a snap.You need 16 inches...

  • Power Tool Caddy

    by American Woodworker Editors     Wednesday, April 3, 2013
    Power Tool Caddy This plywood stand for power tools is compact and mobile.To lock the stand in place, just flip down the hinged board at the base. Cut the hinged board wide enough so it will lift the casters off the floor when you flip it down. Screw...

  • A Great Sawhorse

    by American Woodworker Editors     Wednesday, April 3, 2013
    A Great Sawhorse These sawhorses are sturdy and they fold flat for easy storage. Building them is a snap: joint and plane 2x4 stock to 1 in.; then rip to 3 in.Crosscut at 30 in. for the legs and 18 in. for the stretchers. Use a biscuit joiner and double...

  • Tool Storage Book

    by woodworkerBryan     Thursday, February 14, 2013
    Tool Storage Book Put a ton of tools up on the wall in this tool “book.”Hang 1⁄2- or 3⁄4- in.-thick plywood “pages”4 in. apart on horizontal 2x4s with 3-in. door hinges. Screw and glue 3⁄4-in. plywood blocks between...

  • Tablesaw Worktable

    by woodworkerBryan     Thursday, February 14, 2013
    Tablesaw Worktable Turn your tablesaw into extra workbench space with a piece of 3⁄4-in.plywood.Attach wood strips around the plywood edges for a snug,no-slide fit on the metal table. Caution: Always crank the blade below the surface and unplug...

  • Pegged Tablesaw Tools

    by woodworkerBryan     Thursday, February 14, 2013
    Pegged Tablesaw Tools For a nifty way to keep tablesaw accessories in reach, attach perf-board panels to the tablesaw stand. Drill holes in the legs of an open metal stand and bolt the perf-board in place.

  • Swing-Out Plywood Storage

    by woodworkerBryan     Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Swing-Out Plywood Storage I was looking for a way to keep my small inventory of plywood organized and easy to access. The garage at my town house is small, but I did have a narrow space along one of the sidewalls next to the overhead door. After some...

  • Spray Can Storage

    by woodworkerBryan     Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Spray Can Storage I’m a great fan of aerosol finishes, especially now that many of them have adjustable tips that make much less splatter. But my shop got so cluttered with half-used cans that I had trouble finding the color I wanted, so I built...

  • Deep Drawer Organizer

    by woodworkerBryan     Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Deep Drawer Organizer I built a deep drawer for my workbench so I would have lots of storage, but it created another problem. The tools I wanted were always at the bottom of the heap. I solved my frustration by adding an upper and lower tray. The upper...

  • New Computer Desk

    by Steve Newman     Sunday, May 13, 2012
    Old one was getting a bit beat up, one grandBRAT needed a desk for HIS computer. Decided to make a new bottomhalf, and just re-use the small hutch from the old one. It seems that I have a supply of Beech, and Oak, from that old garage that fell down....

  • Plank Table

    by Steve Newman     Monday, December 26, 2011
    The "Other Half" wanted a small Prep table for the kitchen. I had a plank of Oak out in the shop about 13-1/2' wide. I clean the old boy up, trimmed off the beveled edges to get things down to fit my 12-1/2" planer. I had a few other...

  • Reclaimed wood

    by Steve Newman     Wednesday, September 28, 2011
    Black Cherry, resawn from a floor joist. Quartersawn White Oak, from a barn rafter. Glued up the Cherry into a panel, cut handles in the QSWO , and miter the corners. Wood came from an old garage that was torn down, my cost was just the gas to hual the...

  • Dovetailed step-stool

    by acducey     Monday, August 8, 2011
    This was my first attempt at hand-cut dovetails (after several botched practice attempts using MDF). The stool is a modified version of a Weekend Project in American Woodworker by Frank Klausz. It is held together with nothing but three kinds of dovetails...

  • Camper sign

    by acducey     Monday, August 8, 2011
    One of my first projects after getting a router was this sign for our camper.

  • David Blackburn's "True Love"

    by David Blackburn     Thursday, July 28, 2011
    Here's a recent project that just won 3rd place in the San Diego Del Mar Fair for 2011. The piece is called "True Love". It's a 5' 15 drawer heart shaped that's on a swivel piece of stone. It's got lots of different types...
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