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Dovetai I jigs

their paces

A working guide

to cut a bead

Basement shop

A quick way

wood finishes

More power for

Cherry bed

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Make a chest with hand tools

No. 134

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Three ways

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Departments

6 Contributors

8 Letters

16 Methods of Work

Mounting panels with keyhole slots;

Setting a tablesaw blade at 900

24 Tools & Materials

Power planer for trimming curved

work; Dyes that resist fading

32 Notes & Comment

New book on Windsors; Alfreda

Maloof: an appreciation

90 Index

Index to issues 128 to 133

...

94 Rules of Thumb

Sharpness is next to godliness

at least for a woodworker

102 Questions & Answers

Mending a broken Windsor chair;

Resawing on a bandsaw

A review of dovetail jigs, p. 84

114 Master Class

Great shapes-without a shaper

OntheCover:

Windsor-chair guru Mike Dunbar

reproduced an antique blanket

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129 Finish Line

Shellac: a marvelously

versatile finish

Articles

4 0 Soten Hard Edges

60 A Working Guide

ONURBSITE: Watchascratchstock

to Glues

Use a beading tool, a plane or a

Choosing the right adhesive for the

beingmadeandused

job might mean more than grabbing

BY GARRETT HACK

that old bottle on the shelf

42 Crating a shop made

BY WILLIAM TANDY YOUNG

scratch stock

Frame-and-panel cherry bed, p. 74

68 Chip Carving

45 The Quick,

Limbers Up

The simple tools and techniques

of an old art easily adapt

to a more flexible use

Modern Way

BY CRAIG VANDALL STEVENS

to a Polished Finish

72 Better Batteries

Combine automotive finishing

materials and power-buffing

methods to work wonders

for Cordless Tools

on furniture

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Six-Board Chest

74 Frame-and-Panel Bed

Copying an original is an excellent

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Design rests on faceted legs

with compound curves

BY MIKE DUNBAR

54 The Almost Perfect

BY DAVID FAY

Basement Shop

80 Beech: A Tough Nut

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Router jigs have their place,

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to duplicate hand-cut joints

ceiling when not in use

BY GARY ROGOWSKI

BY PAUL MANNING

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