The Woodshop Shed

A Soupon of Woodworking

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While working on my kitchen last Saturday, I had to cut a notch in the butcher block countertop to fit the apron-front sink in place. One side of the counter was long enough and therefore heavy enough to stay in place as I sawed (and had sufficient overhang into the sink area to allow me to work), but the other side was smaller and moved easily. It it was, however, []

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Do it With Your Mortise Full

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Here's a basic trick for planing up the rails and stiles for your doors. If you use power sanders, move along quietly to some other blog entry. The random-orbit sander was pretty much invented to solve this problem that occurs in traditional work. So you've cut the joinery on your rails and stiles and are getting ready to assemble the frame, be it a door or face frame. Planing the []

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