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18 Filtering Without Fumbling

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

A coffee maker inspires the perfect way to filter finishes. Also, find out the ideal way to make a zero-clearance throat insert, and learn how to make the ultimate tool for cleaning the bottoms of your mortises.

26 Low-angle Jack Plane

ENDURANCE TEST

This Lie-Nielsen tool is well-made, simple to set up and quite possibly the perfect plane.

28 Fisch's Belt/Disc Sander

TOOL TEST

This machine is designed for woodworking, not metal-working. Also reviewed: new Ashley Iles chisels and Festool's mini-vacuum.

32 Heading for the Hills

GREAT WOODSHOPS

After years of teaching at a prominent woodworking school, Lonnie Bird opened his own school at the foot of the Great Smokey Mountains.

36 Living on the Edge

POWER-TOOL JOINERY

The edge joint is simple to learn, easy to master and one of the most fundamental joints to all woodworking. By Bill Hylton

40 Wooden Spokeshaves

FROM THE BENCH

These tools are unbeatable at smoothing curves. Learn how to buy a vintage tool and set it up properly. By Don McConnell

49 Plunge Routers

WOODWORKING ESSENTIALS

Our seven-part series on routers continues with everything you need to know about choosing and operating a plunge router. Second oof seven chapters. By Nick Engler

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