Popular Woodworking February 2004 Digital Download

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Our seven-part series on routers continues with a look at joinery. Learn how to use your router to make 14 must-know router joints. Your bench could be a whole lot better. Check out these 10 (mostly inexpensive and quick) things you should do to make your workbench more useful. Bob Flexner reveals how although it is a poor finish when used alone, wax truly excels when used as a polish. Learn a great way to try cold-bending with an Eames-style Table. Two new rip-tooth dozukis now on the market are efficient dovetailers. Your table saw can easily cut curves, patterns and tenons in just one pass with this incredible (but amazingly simple) Jim Tolpin Rip Fence. Find out how much weight an MDF shelf can handle. Visit the three shops of David Honhollen, who shed a career in sales to carve wildlife for executives. The best-looking joint for the corners of casework is a miter. We get to the bottom of the real trick - cutting and clamping them. Even if you own a powered joiner, you should learn how to get a superior edge joint with just a hand plane. Plus our Tool Test, Q&A, pages of great Tricks of the Trade and much more!