Louvered Doors
Home Improvement: Looking to build an attractive door that offers good looks and ventilation? This well thought out router jig will get you on your way to making your own custom louvered doors.
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Home Improvement: Looking to build an attractive door that offers good looks and ventilation? This well thought out router jig will get you on your way to making your own custom louvered doors.
Shop Tested: I love discovering a tool that is well made and does exactly what it was designed to do with minimum fuss. This is the case with the Festool Kapex KS120 Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. This saw has so many helpful features that actually had to read the instructions for the tool to discover them all.
Shop Tested: For a woodworker exploring the possibilities of turning, the learning curve is quite steep. As with any woodworking endeavour, having sharp tools is essential for success.
Home Project: Liven up your backyard with this hand-made cedar and acrylic bird feeder.
Turning Project: Turn one of these beautiful bracelets for a special girl in your life and leave everyone else wondering how you drilled those tiny little holes around a curve.
Shop Jig: This shop-made mitre box will make cutting a mitre a little more enjoyable ... seriously.
Tool Project: Making your own plane is a great shop project that results in a fine tool that you will use on a regular basis.
Shop Essentials: Learn to make this simple but strong joint that has many applications in your woodworking.
Handtool Skills: Scrapers are among the lowest-tech tools in the woodshop – right down there with mallets and two-by-fours. But low-tech or not, these little pieces of steel can leave a lustrous, tear-free finish on figured hardwood.
Wood Finishing: Bring your next project's colour onto a level playing field.
Tool Comparison: Most of us have limited space in our shops, so which jointer should you choose to take up valuable real estate?
Hand Tools: Knives in the shop can make short work of a whole host of tasks: Everything from opening boxes to tweaking delicate hand-cut dovetails.