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• Balanced Dragonfly Sculpture (pg 22)
• Slatted Outdoor Table (pg 25)
• Modern Sideboard (pg 30)
• Tambour Technique (pg 39)
• Bent-Lam Guitar Stand (pg 46)

Departments

Getting Sharp (pg 4)

• Take a walk outside today

News & Views (pg 6)

• Open the window
• A big hit
• Back to the garage
• Soitenly!
• Shout outs for shop class

Reader Showcase (pg 10)

• Issue 112

Tool Reviews (pg 12)

• Bobs CNC Revolution

Tips & Tricks (pg 16)

• Ergonomic pocket holes
• Shop-made bottoming bit
• Keeping glue at the ready
• Ladder does extra duty

WoodSense (pg 54)

• Persimmon

Great Gear (pg 56)

• Chip Carving - Techniques for Carving Beautiful Patterns by Hand
• Vyper Robust Steel Max Quick Height Chair
• FastCap Original Saw Hood

Simple Wall Shelf

• Cut list (PDF download)
• Full-size pattern of side profile (PDF download)
• Free tip: routing keyhole slots
• Featherboard article

Library Steps

• Cut list (PDF download)
• Essential Box Joint Jig plans
• Tips on biscuit joining basics

Power Carving Bowls

• Patterns - full size (PDF download)
• Patterns with labeled dimensions (PDF download)
• How-to video

Crosscut Sled

• Free tip: fine-tuning sled runners

Woodsense

• A Harried History: Kentucky Coffeetree's Troubled Past

Balanced Dragonfly Sculpture

• Laser File (.dxf)
• Lightburn file (.lbrn2) Credit: www.briargatewoodshop.com
• Body and wing pattern (.pdf)
  
• Skyhook pattern (.pdf)

Slatted Outdoor Table

• Cut list (.pdf)
• Haycock Chair companion project

Modern Sideboard

• Cut list (.pdf)
• Tabletop fasteners article

Bent-Lam Guitar Stand

• CRV, DXF, and TAP cutting files (.zip)
• Form Patterns:
  -Upper Support Form Pattern (.pdf)
  -Base and Lower Support Form Pattern (.pdf)*

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• Louvered Interior Shutters (pg 22)
• Dog Feeder (pg 28)
• Stickley Music Cabinet (pg 31)
• Pore Filling (pg 43)
• Turning Accessory Cart (pg 48)

Departments

Getting Sharp (pg 4)

• In defense of abandoned projects

News & Views (pg 6)

• Way off base
• Reader-friendly
• Fine and fair
• Monkeying around
• Refreshing tip
• Stoolcraft magazine?

Reader Showcase (pg 10)

• Issue 111

Tool Reviews (pg 12)

• PantoRouter ALL-IN Woodworking Machine Package
  

Tips & Tricks (pg 16)

• Segmented turning sled
• Vise-saving jaws
• Shop-made grinder guards
• Finding the balance point

WoodSense (pg 54)

• Wood Pores

Great Gear (pg 56)

• Diablo SandNet
• General 147 Digital Caliper

Expert Answers (pg 62)

• A custom patina

Dog Feeder

• Cutting files (view and download here)

• Video of the CNC cutting process (YouTube)

Stickley Music Cabinet

• Cut list/materials list (PDF download)
• Leaded glass video tutorial (YouTube)
• Installing an Inset Door article

Louvered Interior Shutters

• Tenoning jig project
• Louver drilling tip

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• Book Tree (pg 31)
• Scrollsaw Sleigh  (pg 22)
• 25 Router Stocking Stuffers (pg 25)
• Tenderizing Mallet (pg 38)
• Fireside Stool (pg 42)
• Chimney Advent Calendar (pg 48)

Departments

Getting Sharp (pg 4)

• Grow your community this year

News & Views (pg 6)

• A major award
• Drawing a blank
• Hiller's passing
• Rise to the challenge
• Have a seat

Reader Showcase (pg 12)

• Issue 110

Tips & Tricks (pg 16)

• Shop-made dowels
• Precision reference line
• Scribing to level
• Taming edge-to-edge joints

WoodSense (pg 56)

• Osage Orange

Great Gear (pg 60)

• Shinto saw rasp