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Never Fail Blade Chart

A quick chart to determine which blade to use for common projects

Ceros 6" Compact Electronic Random Orbital Sander

Full-featured sander is worth the price ...

Easy Mini-Chuck Use

Mount a 1/4"-diameter socket to the side of your workbench to make changing bits quicker. ...

Stack-Cutting Compound Projects

A thicker blank and two front-view patterns will increase your compound-cutting production....

Attaching Blanks with Toothpicks

Instead of glue, tape, or metal brads, I use wooden toothpicks to hold a stack of blanks together. Wooden toothpicks will not scratch your saw ...

Preventing Clogged Spray-Can Nozzles

Spray-finish nozzles that refuse to spray, spray sideways, or spit and sputter cause frustration and can ruin a project. To prevent this, I always remove the ...

Convenient Finishing Station

K&M of Virginia has combined standard painter’s pyramids with a lazy Susan-style turntable to create a complete finishing station for small- and medium-sized projects. The Finishing ...

Inexpensive Self-Adhesive Paper

Instead of paying for expensive self-adhesive paper or 81/2" by 11" labels, I make my own from a roll of clear or white shelf liner ...

Shopmade Sanding Devices

Save time and money by using ordinary shop items to create handy sanding devices. These shopmade tools cost much less than commercially available versions and ...

Fitting Patterns to Available Stock

Instead of resorting to trial and error, use simple math to increase or reduce the size of a pattern to fit your stock. Divide the ...

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Dave Van Ess

Dave Van Ess of Arlington, Wash., is an engineer and has been woodworking for more than 30 years. He has introduced more than 200 Cub Scout leaders to the joys of scroll sawing.
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