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Classic Card Catalog Cabinet

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Woodsmith Issue 229
February 2017
Tips & Techniques

….com • 5 Handy Band Saw Sled When I get rolling on a project, my goal is to use each tool in the shop as efficiently as possible. My table saw will be set … projects. She records the information in a hidden place, such as the underside of a drawer. This removes future guesswork when matching stains. Chisel Scraper. Thomas Roessler of Appleton, WI…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 230
April 2017
Shop Notes

…the sofa table (page 28) is a small piece of hardwood. It’s so small that I didn’t feel safe holding the piece by hand to make the taper cuts at the table saw. I found … away, a router cleans up the edges of the slot. Making Drawer Pulls I wanted low-profile pulls for the drawing table drawers (page 22) that wouldn’t get in the way while working. …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 234
December 2017
Greene & Greene-Style Bookcase

… the table saw to form the tenons on the rails. Note the shoulders are deeper than the cheeks. 5 B C D 6 A a. !/4 !/2 END VIEW D !/4" dado blade Rail Grooves. Stay at the table saw to … have a dado on their inside face to hold the shorter drawer divider. Use a dado blade at the table saw to cut these centered dadoes. You can then pull out a …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 234
December 2017
Tips & Techniques

…. Jim Longstaff Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Drawer Slide Outrigger When recently building a bed from Woodsmith, I realized that cutting some of the large pieces on my table saw would be cumbersome. …workbench and adjusted so the height is even with my table saw. With the end of my workpiece resting on the drawer slide, I can push the board through the …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 236
April 2018
Shop Notes

… small size, cutting these parts on a miter saw could be an unsafe operation. So it’s best to cut them at the table saw using a miter gauge with an auxiliary …table saw Waste Set miter gauge to 45° Aux. miter fence Woodsmith.com • 65 Installing Drawer Slides The eight drawers in the barn-door cabinet on page 44 ride on full-extension drawerRead More


Woodsmith Issue 237
June 2018
Tips & Techniques

…BACK VIEW Illustrations: Becky Kralicek Woodsmith.com • 7 Band Clamp Corner Guards When gluing up a drawer, I needed corner protectors that were larger than the ones that came with…Adler of Richland, WA, found himself searching for the power switch on his table saw, particularly when cutting large workpieces. To help quickly find the switch, he …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 237
June 2018
Display Cabinet

table saw with a dado blade buried in an auxiliary fence. Drawer Guides. Back at the table saw, cut the rabbets in both edges of the drawer guides.…drawer front at the router table with a backerboard. Drawer Sides Next. Leave the bit setup the same. But run the drawer side and backerboard against the fence. Drawer Back. Move over to the table sawRead More


Woodsmith Issue 239
October 2018
Wine Rack

…1 Stop block B Aux. fence 2 a. B a. FRONT VIEW A B 45° #/8 !/8 #/16 FRONT VIEW A B Miters First. The table saw, with assistance from your miter gauge, an auxiliary fence, and a stop block …to pass close by. We’ll start over at the table saw making a framework that supports the shelf and drawer. The frame of the shelf consists of four pieces …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 250
August 2020
Rustic Hutch

… divider. Once cut to size, take them over to the table saw and get out your dado blade. RABBETS & DADOS. Rabbets…(as shown in detail ‘b’ above) and head to the table saw. Use a dado stack and a miter gauge to make the …table saw to cut the groove in the front and sides to accept the plywood bottom. Rabbet the back ends of the sides to fit the drawerRead More


Woodsmith Issue 262
August 2022
Farmhouse Shelf

… needs a slot cut into both ends of the drawer fronts. This is best done with a vertical cut at the table saw using a dado blade. Trimming the Inside. To finish … above. A vertical cut at the table saw starts things off (Figure 1). From there, trimming down the inner “legs” completes the fronts (Figure 2). DRAWER JOINERY. To accept the front and …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 269
October 2023
Shaker Dresser

…A Aux. fence ¾" straight bit Dado blade 3⁄8 Straightedge SIDE SECTION VIEW a. A Long Rabbet. Over at the table saw you’ll cut the rabbet along the back edge of the case sides.… their edges at the table saw. To allow for seasonal movement, the rabbets are not tight-fitting. Nailed in Place. After you’ve installed the drawer runners and finished…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 269
October 2023
Serving Tray

… building a drawer joined with through dovetails. But instead of having a drawer with nowhere … Fig. 2. I cut these grooves on a router table. After the grooves are cut,… 3W" F^r 3 tL TAILS r DRILL 1" HOLE 'A" STOCK -ii"- ** 1" LONG SAW KERF 2¥," 1 Va" radius IVa" PINS -5"- -5"- •/a" STOCK 17" '/«" -At -1"— …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Talking Shop

…Wisconsin Basically what this means is that when a solid ivood table tap is attached to a base, it's not glued in place… through a slotted groove. (This was done on the six-drawer chest in issue No. 17.) The groove alloivs the…always inserted loosely, to allow for expansion and contraction. CLEANING SAW BLADES — SAFELY We get an awful lot of mail …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Recipe Card Box

…dovetail keys. To do this I used a 14" dovetail router bit raised "Ac" above the table, see Detail in Fig. 6. (A 3/s" or W dovetail bit would work just as well.) This …close to the surface with a fine-toothed saw and then trim them flush with a sharp chisel. WOODSMITH FIGURE 10 -CENTER KICKER ON DRAWER BACK AND FLUSH WITH BOTTOM FALSE FRONT…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 44
April 1986
Talking Shop

…drawback — the width of the workpiece is limited (by the saw fence on yours; by the jig's second fence on …support. OGEE VS. ROMAN OGEE ■ 1 routed an S-shaped profile on the drawer fronts, top molding, and kickboard of the Pile Cabinet shown …, you must hold the workpiece vertically on the router table, see Fig. 3. And this can result in chipout on…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 74
April 1991
Shop Notes

… The long arc on the block follows the cut left by the band saw to smooth out any indentations, see Fig. 2. 1 a\ Self-adhesive ( J /..■:£ sandpaper \~j-~f.Ja Cut a …sides of the groove, I add a guide board to the front of the table. It prevents the drawer from moving away from the fence during the cut. I thought about using…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Cookbook Rack

…edges, see Fig. 4. To do this, I used a 3/ " round-over bit raised 3/ " 8 16 above the router table, see Fig. 4a. Then I sanded the edges of the bullnose to remove the small, …on the band saw at the same time, and their edges could be sanded smooth, see Fig. 10. BOTTOM. Now it’s time to cut a bot- a. b. 9 1 0 tom so the drawer can be assembled…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 107
October 1996
Drill Press Storage Cart

… and base of the drill press. I used a sabre saw to make these notches and then a drum sander to…drawer side holds the drawer front. And a dado on the inside face of each side holds the drawer back. GROOVES. Before assembling the drawer… the waste in between the holes on a router table, see Figs. 8 and 8a. ALUMINUM ANGLE. Before attaching the outfeed…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 127
February 2000
Stacking Collector Cases

…the drawers. You can build the cases with- out drawers or with a drawer in every opening or with only a few “accent” drawers. …than the other way around. Each dado here is a saw kerf cut across the end pieces. The key…I created them with a 1/ "2 dia. straight bit on the router table. As you can see in Fig. 5, I started by laying out and routing the …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 129
June 2000