Archive for: November 2010

Step 1: Mark Each Piece of Wood

Line up the pieces of wood as they will look in the final assembly. Clearly mark each piece of wood to indicate the top, the bottom, the front and the back. This will prevent confusion when you’re fitting the pieces together.

Step 2: Load the Wood Underneath the Template

Load the first piece of wood underneath the dovetail jig with its front facing up. The wood should protrude beyond the crevices of the jig approximately 1/16″. Pull the lever on the dovetail jig to secure the wood.

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When your woodworking plans call for holes to be drilled in pieces of stock, you could certainly use a hand-operated power drill or cordless drill. However, if precision is a concern or if you have large-diameter holes to drill, you should consider using a drill press.

Why Do You Need a Drill Press?

There are a number of features that make a quality drill press a real asset to any woodworker. First of all, with a drill press you can preset the depth of your hole and cut numerous holes at …

A hollow chisel mortiser offers several advantages over other mortising technologies: it cuts a square hole so there’s no need to round tenons, it’s faster than cutting mortises by hand, it’s much quieter than a router, and it’s a dedicated machine whose sole job is to crank out mortises. This last point is a big one in my book because it means no fiddling around with router and drill press jigs, freeing these machines for other tasks. Implied in all this is that you: a) have sufficient workshop space for a …