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  • Crown Molding on the Tablesaw

    by American Woodworker Editors     Thursday, September 24, 2009
    by Tim Johnson Finding factory-made crown molding to match your cherry or walnut dream project isn’t so easy. Most lumberyards only stock crown molding in pine and oak. Ordering by mail is slow and expensive, especially if you only need a few feet...

  • Tablesaw Tips Videos

    by Tim Johnson     Monday, February 23, 2009
    "Just Right" Tablesaw Blade Tightening (1:56) Squaring a Tablesaw Blade (1:35) Dead-on Dado Shimming (2:35) Precise Tablesaw Fence Alignment (1:50) Friction-Free Saw Table (2:25)

  • Coved Doors on the Tablesaw

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, January 29, 2009
    Make beautiful raised panels without a router table and expensive bits. The tool of choice for most small-shop woodworkers who want to make raised panels is the router: A large one, generally 3 hp, hung in a router table, plus a set of specialized bits...

  • Tablesawn Circles

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, January 29, 2009
    It's easy to cut perfectly round tabletops of almost any size on your tablesaw. All it takes is a simple jig ( Fig A ) and careful setup. With this method, you can safely cut dia-meters from 12 in. to within an inch of your saw's rip-fence capacity...

  • Tenoning Jigs

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, January 29, 2009
    Tenoning jigs make the complicated world of mortise-and-tenon joinery a lot simpler. I've used a homemade wooden jig for years. I stand a rail upright on the tablesaw and clamp it to a tall box that slides on my fence. Most shop-made jigs have two...
 

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