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• Wooden Hinges

  Wooden hinges are not easy without a drill press, but an article by Ernie Conover helped me (https://www.finewoodworking.com/2004/06/01/best-practices-for-drilling). I was using twist bits and used a tip to stage them…

• Wide Side Inside

  I am working on the "Dovetail Box with Wooden Hinges" by Doug Stowe. I noticed this morning that I made a recurring error (for me) on one of the four…

• Squirrel Picnic Table (Feeder)

  My daughter saw a Squirrel Picnic Table (Feeder) in the internet and asked me to make one for her. I chose some white oak from a log that fell from…

• Desk Top Organizer

  The picture shows the glued up sides and top of the desk top organizer. I see no bad effects from my cutting the top and bottom 9/16" narrower (which was…

• Desktop Organizer

  On page 35 of the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of the article on the Desktop organizer, it describes the top as 9 and 7/16" wide. The bottom is described as 12…

• Small Projects

  I found that you can color line carvings with coloring pencils then shellac and polyurethane over them to protect the coloring and it does not bleed. I tried my hand…

• Fall Front to Dutch Tool Chest

  I'm re-making the fall front to a Dutch Tool Chest. The old one was too warped and did not fit and close easily. I have glued together a panel and…

• Plant Stand

  Plant stand pictured below I made from Sycamore. Quarter sawn it probably still is an unstable wood. It was a challenge for me because I don't and didn't use any…

• My First Bookshelf and Molding

  The pictures show my first bookshelf out of red oak and sweet gum. I made fixed shelves with sliding, tapered half dovetails. I joined the top with mitered, half blind…

• Molding Plane Build

  I decided to make some molding planes after reading Matthew Bickford's article in the winter 2019 issue of FWW. I bought two pieces of tool steel (A2) from McMaster-Carr that…