A chop saw, wood lathe, drill and a drill press, and finally a table saw — nothing fancy, but now with the CNC router he has a world of possibilities for projects! The mechanical parts he had to ...

These plywood edges were smoothed to receive solid wood edging. It takes a little time and patience to set up your router table for planing the edge of a board, but it’s worth the effort, especially ...

A wood router can cut slots only along the edges of a board ... Or I can screw it to a pair of sawhorses, attach a primitive fence and use it as a portable job-site router table. When you have a ...

Move the router around the table, and the Shaper takes care of the ... That’s good enough for wood, like this very interesting bit of joinery that would be pretty hard with traditional tools.

For router tips on building unique boxes ... during the times when the fireplace was NOT lit. The table/screen surface was usually wood covered with a silk patterned material and glass.

the spindle of the router protrudes through a hole in the table surface, allowing the users to then guide the wood towards it with exceptional accuracy. Whether you’re working with wood or ...

See how Bob and Rick curve the wood in the front of the Crescent ... Bob and Rick Rosendahl show you how to combine a portable router and a table-mounted router with a special shop-made fixture ...

Two weeks ago, I gave a webinar on workshop safety.

Ben and his cousin, Charles Henry Steen, owned and operated Ben & Charley’s Woodworks for twelve years in downtown Teague ...

At 3.4kg, the POF 1200 AE Wood Router is fairly weighty and starts to show its heft when you are using it handheld for any period of time. Some users have bought or made their own routing tables ...

Are you in desperate need of more storage space? Try out this DIY wood pallet project, which results in a gorgeous, thrifty, ...

Following an illustrious 35-year career with Popular Mechanics, he imparts his wisdom on life and all things DIY.