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WWGOA’s Top 5 of 2019

December 19, 2019 By Editor & filed under Blog.

As we near the end of 2019, WWGOA is looking back at what videos and articles our community has found most useful. We’ve rounded up our top 5 most popular videos and articles, picked by YOU. Read below to see the best of 2019.

WWGOA’s Top 10 of 2017

December 18, 2017 By Editor & filed under Blog.

With 2018 just around the corner, WWGOA has taken some time to look back at your favorite articles and videos from the last year. We’ve picked out our most popular woodworking topics of 2017 for you to check out below! 1. WOOD JOINTS: WHICH WOODWORKING JOINTS SHOULD YOU USE? There are tons of woodworking joint…

4 Table Saw Sleds That Will Improve Accuracy

July 10, 2013 By Jerry Seabaugh & filed under Jigs and Fixtures, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

Sleds are a very valuable asset. They provide a way to allow the work piece to travel parallel to the blade or cutter head to ensure an accurate cut on both large and small pieces, and even irregular shapes. They can have hold downs, clamps, and/or fences to hold the work piece secure during the…

Magnetic Clamp Pads: “Magna Pads”

July 10, 2013 By Bruce Kieffer & filed under Cabinet Making, Woodshop Projects, Woodworking Plans, Woodworking Q & A.

I love the name…It describes this clamp pad perfectly! I use shop-made 1/4″ thick mdf clamp pads to protect my work when I’m clamping. My clamp pads are easy to position on clamps across short distances, but impossible to set across distances that are greater than my reach. My solution was to embed a small…

End Joining Long Boards

May 17, 2011 By Bruce Kieffer & filed under Gluing and Clamping, Skill Building.

This trick is also great for clamping together all kinds of odd shaped hard-to-clamp joints, and useful a when you need a longer clamp than you have. The Problem. Every so often we are all faced with a “how the heck do I clamp this” situation. I was recently building a very large boat shaped…

Transfer Holes from Template to Project

May 2, 2011 By Bruce Kieffer & filed under Shop Tips, Skill Building.

The other day I needed to mount an electrical power strip to the back of a cabinet. On the back of my power strip were four screw mounting holes. I could have spent a lot of time drawing a complex layout on the rear of the cabinet, but instead here’s what I did: I cut…