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5 Uses for Router Tables You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Think you know all the ways to use a router table? You might have to think again.
Template routing, cutting joinery, edge profiling; It’s well known that router tables are versatile to...

Flush Trim Edge Banding without a Flush Trim Bit (Quick Tip)
If you make a lot of plywood furniture, you’re familiar with edge banding — where you hide the edges of plywood with a strip of hardwood.
Don...

Router Table 101: Intro to One of the Shop’s Most Versatile Tools
If I could only have one power tool in my shop, it would be my table saw. But a very close second would be my router table.
Router tables are...

How to Simplify Joinery Assembly (Quick Tip)
Want an easier time assembling precise joinery like dovetails or mortise and tenon joints?
This technique not only helps mating pieces come t...

Hand Planes Essentials: 11 Tips for Setup and Technique
Using a hand plane is one of woodworking’s greatest joys — or greatest frustrations if you’re just getting started.
When I was a beginner, I ...

Quick Tip: Checking Table Saw Blade Alignment
A huge part of table saw safety happens before your saw is even on.
I’m talking about blade alignment, where you check that the blade is para...

7 Tips for Better Miter Joints and Seamless Mitered Boxes
Miter joints are simple. But that doesn’t mean they’re easy to get right.
Think about it.
A mitered box has eight edges cut at 45°. Even if t...

Quick Tip: The Ruler Trick for Sharpening Hand Plane Blades
If you can sharpen a chisel, you can sharpen a plane iron. But there’s one key difference that makes sharpening plane irons a lot easier.
On ...

The Truth About Sharpening Tools: What Actually Matters (and What Doesn’t)
How do you get a group of woodworkers to brawl? Ask them the best way to sharpen a chisel.
In the world of woodworking, few topi...