Popular Woodworking 2000-04 № 114, страница 3

Popular Woodworking 2000-04 № 114, страница 3

AMERICA'S BEST PROJECT MAGAZINE!

40 Magic Shelves

You probably saw these shelves in an ACE Hardware ad last year. But what you didn't see is the construction techniques and installation tricks that make these shelves a snap to build and install.

46 Modern Console

Shelving doesn't always have to be predictable and boring. These stand-alone console units create interesting nooks and crannies for displaying your books and collections. By Mark Kessler

52 Shaker Stepstool

Learn to build these sturdy dovetailed steps the same way the early Shakers would: using hand tools, a few old-fashioned tricks and a dose of patience.

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Spring Safe

Jeff Vollmer, a master maker of puzzle boxes, shows you the secrets to constructing this puzzle "safe" that has a spring-loaded drawer. By Jeff Vollmer

Icebox Entertainment Center

In the first furniture project from the new "Little Shop that Could," learn to build this useful TV stand without a lot of expensive machinery.

in every issue

6 Out On a Limb

Advice for the New

8 Letters

Mail from readers

12 Cris Cuts

Tools That Changed My Shop Forever

16 Tricks of the Trade

Don't throw away your mustard bottles;super glue simplifies compound sawing

18 Ingenious Jigs

Nick Engler shows you how to vastly improve your band saw using leftover lumber

22 Projects From the Past

20th Century Desk

68 Tool Test

Delta's new miter sled,the Microplane and Porter-Cable's new 12-volt drill

74 Endurance Test

Four-way Screwdrivers

76 Flexner on Finishing

Glazes and Glazing Techniques

82 Caption the Cartoon

Win a set of Quick Grip clamps

86 Classifieds

88 Out of the Woodwork

The Art of Making Mistakes

ON THE

COVER 1 nNk'

Turn on the radio when you build these Shaker steps because your table saw and router will stand silent as you learn to master through-dovetails.

Cover photo by Al Parrish

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