George Vondriska teaches you how to use a tape measure and a woodworking clamp to calculate the length of angled chair legs or desk legs. By manually laying the piece out and utilizing the ruler as a plumb bob, you can guarantee that you’ll get the angle and length perfectly correct for all four legs.
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Checking Joint Quality
Good joinery starts with surfaces that mate perfectly without use of clamp pressure. If excessive clamping pressure is used to pull the joint together, it will create stress on your woodworking project that can cause distortion or even splitting to occur. Master woodworker George Vondriska explains how to incorporate a “dry run” into your process…
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Mounting Router Bits
It is possible to mount a router bit incorrectly in your router collet, and that can spell disaster for your woodworking project. George Vondriska shows you how to properly insert and clamp router bits into your router.
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Cutting Plugs and Using Plug Cutters
Make nearly invisible covers for screw heads with plugs cut from the same wood as your woodworking project. George Vondriska guides you through the procedure for cutting plugs using a drill press, plug cutter bit, bandsaw and George’s secret weapon: masking tape.
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Belt Sander Bench Mount
Turn your belt sander into a stationary machine. Master woodworker George Vondriska shows you the simplest way to construct a jig that will hold a belt sander securely to your workbench, making it easier and safer to sand typically difficult woodworking projects like small toy parts and irregular shapes.
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