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Quick Tip
 Circle Center
Use a framing square to find the center of a circle by placing the
corner of the square on the circle, and marking where the legs meet the
circumference. Draw a line from one mark to the other. Do this a second
time. These lines intersect at the center.
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Project Plan
 Jewelry Box
The holidays are months away but since I hate the rush, my
thoughts
have already turned to how I can weasel out of
gift shopping. And this year I have the perfect scheme: Start early,
enjoy some time in the shop now while the weathers warm, and then relax
while everybody else runs around the malls. I plan to build these boxes
for everyone on my list. When
they marvel at the elegant keyed
joinery at the corners, I won't mention how fast and easy these boxes
are to make. Making the jigs and resawing lumber takes a few hours, but
once you're set up you can churn out three or four boxes in a day.
There's also no need to mention how cheap the materials are either. If
you stick with common species like oak, cherry or maple, each box will
cost only $10 to $15. More...
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Shop Project
 Drill Press Cabinet
In my cramped little shop, every square foot counts. With that in mind,
I designed this cabinet to fit in the wasted space under the table of
my floor-model drill press. The top drawer holds (vertically) all the
twist bits and brad-point bits a person could ever accumulate, and the
lower drawers hold sanding drums, spade bits (horizontally), plug
cutters and all the rest of the drill press paraphernalia. If you ever
need to drill into something 4-ft. thick, the cabinet slides out easily. More... |
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