Miters: We’ve Got You Covered
No matter how carefully I cut miter joints for frames, I often end up with a slight gap in one or more of the corners. To hide them, I made …
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Turkey Baster Saves Liquid
Basted, not Wasted: When I need a small amount of paint or finish from a can, I don’t pour it into another container. Instead, I use an inexpensive turkey baster …
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Pull at the Front of your Drawers
The “Multi-Drawer Storage Center” in issue 287 (March 2023) reminded me of the one I inherited from my dad and still use. It features integral pulls that he turned into …
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Safer Sledding
My tablesaw sled sees a lot of use, but I was always a little nervous securing the workpiece with my hands during the cut. This hold-down fits over the fence …
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Workhorse Wedges
Wedges came in handy when I needed a jig to repeatedly cut accurately positioned mortises in table legs using my CNC router. The illustration shows the key components of my …
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Level Up: Make your Mitersaw Flush with your Bench
When I built my miter station, I used simple hardware to make the table of the mitersaw flush with the adjacent bench surfaces. I attached a pair of 2×4s under …
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