With our dovetail jig plan you can make beautiful and striking woodworking dovetail joints. The dovetail joint is very often associated with quality woodworking. It is both a structurally strong and aesthetically pleasing form of joinery. Dovetail joinery is often used in case construction and for drawer construction, specifically drawer fronts as it is a very strong, interlocking joint. Although dovetail jig plan...

Follow our shooting board plan and make your own shooting board. Getting the perfectly square joint is often difficult to achieve with the tools and machinery we have available to us. One or more bad adjustments can multiply and provide a close but not perfectly square joint or miter. This shooting board plan was designed for you to easily make your own shooting board. The shooting board was developed over a centu...

Router table plan dimensions for this versatile, easy to build router table are 32 in. wide and 24 in. deep. Router table plan dimensions can be changed to suit your requirements. The router table insert is offset towards front of table where most routing is performed. Plan also provides use of rear of the table when a larger table surface is required. The crosscut sled allows safe routing at right ang...

Follow our Board Jack Plan and build your own portable board jack. The portable board jack is designed to hold work along the front edge of a workbench. The board jack works in conjunction with a face vise to hold long boards or panels for handplaning or other bench operations. The board jack is both versatile, portable and self-aligns to the workbench top. It attaches to the underside of any workbench top with a ...

The downdraft table plan design combines a downdraft and table saw outfeed table. The downdraft table also serves as a whole shop air cleaner if run when significant airborne dust accumulates in the shop. The downdraft table plan is designed to be an integral part of a table saw including dual miter gauge slots and an opening for a blade guard. An extension attached to the table provides greater capacity for rippi...

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Follow our Moxon vise plan and build a portable Moxon twin-screw vise. The portable Moxon vise holds work above the standard height of a workbench. The Moxon vise design is widely attributed to a Joseph Moxon. Joseph Moxon (1627 – 1691), was the hydrographer to Charles II English printer specializing in mathematical books and maps. Moxon’s 17th century book The Art of Joinery first described the double-screw vise...

The sliding tail vise works with a twin screw vise or end vise. Through use of either one or two dog holes in the jaw of the twin screw or end vise, the sliding tail vise engages and clamps a workpiece to the bench. The sliding tail vise is designed to move effortlessly along the surface of the workbench. The workpiece is then secured at the opposite end through a bench dog or batten between bench dogs (for wide w...

The following topics are covered in detail in this 100 page design and build package: - Display Cabinet (criteria, parameters involved in design)- Furniture Design History (design evolution through centuries)- Tools, joinery and wood used in build (hand tool techniques)- Display Cabinet ( step by step build sequence)- Veneering concepts (how to veneer, advantages of veneering)- 35 detailed (CAD) drawings, illustra...