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PROJECTS, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

42 Shaker Trestle Table

Without sacrificing the perfect lines and proportions of Shaker furniture, we've devised a clever way to make this trestle table astoundingly rock-solid. By Glen Huey

Dados, dowels and glue make this stout German Work Box a great project for beginners and ideal roll-around storage for the small shop.

Cover photo by Al Parrish

58 10 Tricks for Tight Joints

Close the gap on your substandard joints with these tips that our editors picked up after decades in the shop.

DEPARTMENTS

10 Out on a Limb

New Feature Examines Routers

12 Letters

Mail from readers

18 Q & A

We answer readers' most difficult questions

92 From the Bench

Bench Gouges by Don McConnell

98 Flexner on Finishing

Using Aerosol Sprays by Bob Flexner

101 Caption the Cartoon

Win Clamp-n-Spread clamps from Penn State Industries

104 Out of the

Woodwork

The Haunted Jointer by Peter Sieling

64 German Work Box

Simple to build, mobile and packed with storage, this toolbox stores your tools and keeps the ones you're using at the ready.

Handsaws: East vs. West

Japanese pullsaws have eclipsed the traditional Western handsaw in the American shop. Is this because the pullsaw is better? We find out.

78 Russian Nesting Dolls

In the sheds behind every house in one small Russian village, there are wooden shavings piled chest-high, remnants of hundreds of matryoshki. By Rett Ertl

84 12 BEST Tool Values

Some tools are so useful they're worth far more than you paid for them. Here is our editors' list of their favorites, from a marking knife to a monster table saw.

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