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WOOD Magazine • Issue No. 296 | July 2024 Vol. 41, No. 3
I Love Clamp • What is love? Is it an ineffable combination of brain chemistry, emotional connection, shared experience, and willful commitment to sacrificial kindness that draws us together? No. It’s clamps.
All Lamped Up
Your Projects
Studio? Wood shop? Yes! • Don’t mistake this backyard shed as a high-end home for garden tools. Instead, you’ll find an efficient, well-lit, and comfortable workshop inside.
Router Lift Vs. Through-Base Adjustment
Get a Grip!
Classic Cherry Sideboard • A plywood carcase provides a quick-to-build foundation for the dovetailed drawers and mortise-and-tenon doors.
Benchtop Router Tables • Can compact tables deliver big-time routing features and performance? We tested 11 benchtop models to find out.
Miter-Gauge Shooting Board • Build this shooting board in an afternoon; use it for a lifetime to produce gap-free joinery with just a few strokes of a hand plane.
Modern Picnic Table • Serve up some style at your next cookout or outdoor party with this eye-catching table and bench combo.
Transformable Tool Stand • Simple but sturdy, this mobile stand can hold a benchtop power tool. Build two stands and you can stack them or pair them as pedestals for an add-on workbench top.
Breadboard Ends Done Right • This traditional method for concealing end grain relies on a hidden trick to work properly. Find out the “hole” story behind breadboard ends with this time-tested method.
Veneer-Shade Lamp • Get ready for warm and glowing reactions to this lamp. It makes sheets of veneer and bits from your scrap bin really shine.
Sled Into Success With Segmented Bowls • Start your journey toward creating beautiful bowls with the first critical step: accurately cutting and assembling the angled segments.
Sock-Leg Table • Build this accent table and try your hand at an uncommon technique for dressing up tapered legs.
Roll Out the Barrel-Grips • Jigsaws and multi-tools both prove useful for making odd-shaped cuts, working with non-wood materials, and more. Let’s take a look at two new tools in each category that all share a common feature: a barrel-style grip designed to position your hand closer to the cutting line for greater control.
What’s Ahead • A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (ON SALE JULY 5)