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Understanding the Big Three
Woodworkers know one thing for sure: They want to use Titebond wood glue. But which one of the big three – Titebond Orig...
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Pull together miters using everyday bar clamps
Use your bar clamps to pull together tricky miter joints using simple clamping jigs like these…
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The best clamp pads are the ones you make yourself
Most bar and pipe clamps come with plastic pads to prevent marring the object being clamped. Inevitably those pads fall ...
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Squeeze-out happens – here’s how to deal with it
Despite your best efforts, glue will sometimes squeeze out of joints. When that happens be prepared by doing this…
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Two glues work better than one when attaching many small pieces
When you need to attach a lot of small wood pieces, clamps just aren’t practical. At those times, try…
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A pencil mark ensures perfect plug alignment
Wood plugs look best when their grain aligns with the grain surrounding them. To ensure that, mark a pencil line…
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Shop-made mini pedestals speed finishing tasks
Applying paint, stain, or clear finishes to two-sided items such as doors can take a lot of time. Cut your time investme...
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Use a wood scraper to refinish without marring
A metal putty knife can gouge wood in a heartbeat when peeling up a stripped finish. Instead, make a kinder, gentler kni...
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Sand your way to perfect miters
Have you ever cut a mitered corner that fit perfectly? It happens every now and then, but more typically you need a jig ...
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Saw kerf stops glue in its track
Stop glue before it has a chance to squeeze out along edges with some well-placed saw kerfs. Here’s how…
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A framing square makes a great drill-press fence
Looking for an effective drill-press fence capable of helping you repeatedly drill multiple holes in two directions? Loo...
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Business cards as low-tech micro-adjusters
Fine-tuning the position of your tablesaw’s fence can be a hit-or-miss proposition if the fence isn’t equipped with a mi...
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A dead-on straightedge for your circular saw or router
This handy shop aid not only provides you with an edge for guiding your circ saw or router in a straight line, it enable...
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The next time you need a precise measurement reach for a drill bit
Your drill bits have uses well beyond making holes; larger sets double as precision measuring devices in 1/64" increment...
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A few dabs will do when stack-cutting parts at the scrollsaw
To quickly, cleanly, and painlessly hold stacked parts together prior to scrollsawing them…
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Video Spotlight: Titebond II
First one-part wood glue to pass ANSI Type II water-resistance.
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Fact: Titebond III Outperforms Polyurethane Glues
What woodworkers of all skill levels need to know.
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How Strong Is Your Glue?
Six types of glue are taken to the breaking point, shattering some common wisdom in the process
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