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Crown Mouldings on Varying Cabinet Heights

Crown Mouldings on Varying Cabinet Heights

Cabinet crown mouldings are the finishing touch for a kitchen renovation but you need to plan for them early in the project. Once the cabinets are bought (or built) and installed your options are limited to the situation you have in front of you. Using cabinets of varying heights or "landscaping" as we call it, [...]

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How to Make Stopped Flutes on a Router Table

How to Make Stopped Flutes on a Router Table

Stopped flutes are one of my favourite woodworking details. They add an air of sophistication that can turn a nice design into an eye-catching heirloom. You commonly find stopped flutes on columns and newel posts, as well as on fireplace and cabinet pilasters. If the work piece is less than 42" long, you can make [...]

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Stonehaven Life 2012 Preview

Stonehaven Life 2012 Preview

Well, now that we’ve polished off the last of the turkey and we’re scrounging around in the bottom layer of holiday chocolates, it’s time to contemplate the year ahead. 2011 was hectic for some of us and a relentless economic challenge for many others. We were "#Occupied" and pre-occupied by an unprecedented wave of protests, [...]

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5 Gift Ideas for Woodworkers

5 Gift Ideas for Woodworkers

Every woodworker I know has a list of stuff that they’d like to have, but just never get around to getting them. It’s not necessarily the price or the effort to make it happen, stuff just drifts to back of your mind when other things take priority. Nothing increases the length of my wish list [...]

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Cabinets – Frame or Frameless?

Cabinets - Frame or Frameless?

When planning and designing kitchens, one of the most basic questions relates to the style and look of the cabinets. Traditional style cabinets have face frames while contemporary or "European style" cabinets are essentially frameless. There are also variations with each style that serve to define the room to suit your taste and budget. And [...]

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How to Make Cabinet Toe Kicks

How to Make Cabinet Toe Kicks

Level floors are a rare thing… even in new homes. You might not even notice how badly a floor slopes until you start installing base cabinets – and discover that the dishwasher won’t fit under the countertop or that you need a 1″ stack of shims at the end of the cabinet run. While this [...]

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The “Mighty” Rockwell BladeRunner

The “Mighty” Rockwell BladeRunner

Imagine having a table saw, jig saw band saw, hacksaw and tile cutter in one portable package – all for less than $200. Well now you can! Asa Christiana, editor at Fine Woodworking magazine has run the “mighty” BladeRunner from Rockwell Tools through its paces and gives it high praise, especially for anyone just getting [...]

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MDF Baseboard Radiator Cover

MDF Baseboard Radiator Cover

This project idea is the result of a recent bathroom reno. The old steel shroud on our baseboard radiator had to come off to get the plaster, lath and wood shavings out of the wall behind it. If you’ve taken one of these out before, you know it involves cutting things apart. Damage aside, it [...]

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Unique Cabinet with Wooden Hinges

Unique Cabinet with Wooden Hinges

Just surfin’ the interwebs and came across this beautiful cabinet made by Al Navas, Co-Owner of Sandal Woods Fine Woodworking. It’s made of Black Walnut and Curly Maple. The figuring of the maple is downright gorgeous! I don’t know if I’ll ever get to the level to attempt a project like this, but I truly [...]

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Make a Right-angle Clamping Jig

Make a Right-angle Clamping Jig

Anyone who’s ever built a cabinet or frame will appreciate the critical need to get everything lined up straight and square. That’s where a jig is indispensible. I made a couple these right-angle clamping jigs last year from a design I found in an old Wood Magazine "Tips, Jigs & Organizers" print publication. It’s an [...]

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