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  1. Building with Miter Joints

    Building with Miter Joints

    Hide end grain elegantly when you join the angled ends and edges of parts together.
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  2. Best Woodworking Router Jigs

    Best Woodworking Router Jigs

    These innovative router jigs make your router or router table even more versatile. 
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  3. Options for Building Drawers

    Options for Building Drawers

    As you may have discovered, there are many ways to build a drawer box. What's your favorite? Whatever it is, your method of choice almost certainly reflects the importance you place on durability, aesthetics and last but not least, getting done fast.
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  4. Drilling Jigs for European Hinges

    Drilling Jigs for European Hinges

    When installing a European style hinge, drilling the hinge cup hole in the back of the cabinet door is the first and most crucial task.
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  5. Using Classic Hide Glue in a Modern Shop

    Using Classic Hide Glue in a Modern Shop

    Hide glue has fallen out of favor in the modern era, but Ian Kirby still finds a place for it in his shop.
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  6. Hand or Router Cut Dovetails?

    Hand or Router Cut Dovetails?

    Back in the day, cabinetmakers cut all of their dovetails by hand. Of course, they really had no choice. Now, with mechanical means ranging from basic router dovetail jigs on up to sophisticated automated machinery, is there any reason to time carefully lay out each and every pin and tail and make all of the demanding cuts with a hand saw?
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  7. Joinery for Drawers

    Joinery for Drawers

    What's the best joinery method for drawers? The answer: there are several reliable options.
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  8. Dealing with Boards Gapping in Center

    Dealing with Boards Gapping in Center

    How do you avoid the gap that sometimes forms when edge joining lumber?
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  9. Easiest Way to Make a Scarf Joint?

    Easiest Way to Make a Scarf Joint?

    What is the easiest way to make and hold a scarf joint?
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  10. Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery Skill Builder

    Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery Skill Builder

    This dynamic duo of interlocking parts has been integral to furniture building throughout history.
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  11. Causes for Floppy Joinery Biscuits

    Causes for Floppy Joinery Biscuits

    What would cause loose joints from a biscuit cutter and how do you make them stronger?
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