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Woodworker using a hand planer on a wooden plank.

Making a Bench Hook

In the 1970s, I attended what was then called a building school, and learned all the finer points of woodworking

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Woodworking jointer machine in a workshop setting.

How to Tune-Up a Jointer

Rob Porcaro shares some handy tips for tuning your jointer. Jointer parallelism After writing blog posts on jointer-planer combination machines,

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Person operating a Festool saw in a workshop.

Jigs for Chopsaws

Chris Grace cuts to the chase with some safe and useful advice on using a chopsaw. The chopsaw or compound

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Leafy green tunnel in a forest pathway.

Living Willow Arch

Peter Wood archly weaves his willowy way through another satisfying technique. In this article I will be describing one way

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