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Radial Arm Saw Uses
Some people think the radial arm saw is best for accurate cutoff work. With a small blade adjustment, it can cut bevels and a ... |
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Recycled Sawdust
Don’t throw away that sawdust. Keep some in a coffee can to throw on workshop spills. It’s also great for throwing on icy ... |
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Reduce Splintering
Here's a fast and easy way to reduce the amount of splintering that occurs when cutting wood with a hand saw. Apply a strip of ... |
 
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Restoring the Mantel
Ryley takes a look at how the mantel from the ballroom is being restored and visits with Greg at Tidewater Restoration's shop ... |
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Router Hinge Template
Here's a tool that will making routing out hinge mortises easier and more precise than doing it by hand. It's a router hinge ... |
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Router Safety
When working with a router, use only sharp bits, this will ensure clean and precise cuts in the material. Check before each ... |
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Sabre Saw
For a saw that is great on the curves, look for a good sabre saw. Sometimes called a "jigsaw", it has a small blade that cuts ... |
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Sanding Block Pads
Here's how to streamline a job that requires a lot of hand-sawing. First cut a block of scrap wood to accommodate about a ... |
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Save Your Sand Paper
Get more life out of your sanding paper. After you've used an abrasive a few times, debris will become embedded in the tiny ... |
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Saw Guide
If you need to make a saw cut over a long distance, here's an easy way to make your cut perfectly straight. First, strike a ... |
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Saw Maintenance
Handsaws are designed to provide years of good service. However, by wiping the entire surface of the saw blade with an oily ... |
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Saw Safety
Here are some important safety tips to remember when you're using a circular saw. Remove jewelry and loose clothing first, and ... |
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Saw Tune-Up
Before and after each use, check the saw's safety mechanisms. Make sure that blade guards are operating properly and smoothly. ... |
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Saw Wax
Apply wax to straight edges and skill saw bases for nice smooth cuts. |
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Sawdust Collection
If you don't yet have a sawdust collection system set up in your workshop, an intermediate step is to use plastic trash bags ... |
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Sawdust Collection System
As a practical matter, workshops can be set up just about anywhere space is available. But if you set up in a basement, ... |
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Sawing Posts
Say you're building a deck in your yard and have to cut a 10-in. thick post in half. How do you do this with a circular saw ... |
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Sawing Wood
When sawing wood, take time to consider which side of the material to having facing up. Keep the good side up when you are ... |
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Shingle Ripper
Use a shingle ripper to remove cracked or damaged shingles without having to reside the whole wall. First, determine which ... |
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Six-Mark Rule
Even on rough carpentry projects, such as laying out a wall or partition with a carpenter's square, sharpen your pencil after ... |
