May 2019
Issue Number: 260
Front Door
Enhance your home’s curb appeal with warm, welcoming wood tones. The applied panel and glass stops eliminate the need for an expensive rail-and-stile bit set and finicky setups.
Plan is available in the WOOD Store
No Tablesaw? No Problem
Upper Cabinets Made Easy
Dreaming of building a kitchen’s worth of cabinets but find the scope of the project intimidating? Don’t panic. Cabinets are just boxes, made especially simple with the method shown here.
Plan is available in the WOOD Store
Angle-seat Bench
Build this perfect addition for your entryway or mudroom using dimensional lumber and simple screw joinery.
Plan is available in the WOOD Store
Shop Test: Tracksaws
One-wall Workshop: Mitersaw Station and Workbench
The projects in this series fit along a single wall 12' wide—about the width of a single garage bay—but you can fit any one project into even tighter spaces. Start with a workbench that folds away. Then add a sliding-compound mitersaw station that also tucks away.
Plan is available in the WOOD Store
Going Along With the Grain
Floating-face Clock
Tip of the Day
Skip the Clamps and the Pocket
When making a pair of oval mirror frames recently, I was faced with (and dreading) the complex task... read more