Abrasives 126 127
Abrasives, Cleaning sandpaper belts (ShopTip) 131
Angle cuts back endpaper
Angle cuts, Circular saws 12 26—28
Angle cuts, Circular saws, miter guides 13 18 28
Angle cuts, Saber saws 40
Angled joints 107
Angled joints, Angled blocks for beveled surfaces (ShopTip) 119
Angled joints, Beveled corners 118—119
Belt sanders 122—125 See
Belt sanders, Changing belts 127
Belt sanders, Stands 132
Bevel cuts 12 27 40
Biscuit joints See "Plate joints"
Biscuits (plate joinery) 110—112
bits see also "Routers Bits"
Bits, Electric drills 48 52
blades See "Circular saws" "Saber
Build It Yourself, Circular saws, crosscutting jigs 21
Build It Yourself, Circular saws, kerf splitters 18
Build It Yourself, Circular saws, miter and crosscutting guides 28
Build It Yourself, Circular saws, straightedge guides 25
Build It Yourself, Electric drills, center-drilling jigs 63
Build It Yourself, Electric drills, hole-drilling templates 57
Build It Yourself, Electric drills, sanding disk tables 65
Build It Yourself, Plate joiners, stands 120
Build It Yourself, Routers, adjustable circle-cutting jigs 86
Build It Yourself, Routers, compass jigs 87
Build It Yourself, Routers, router table miter gauges 92
Build It Yourself, Routers, router tables 94—95
Build It Yourself, Saber saws, circle-cutting jigs 43
Build It Yourself, Sanders, belt sander stands 132
Build It Yourself, Sanders, circle-sanding jigs 134
Build It Yourself, Sanders, edge-sanding guides 130
Build It Yourself, T-square jigs for dado cuts 82—83
Carcases, Plate joints 114—117
Carcases, Sanding 135
Center-drilling jigs 63
circles See also "Curved cuts"
Circles, Routers 85—87
Circles, Saber saws 33 35 41 43
Circles, Sanding 134
Circles, Sanding, sanding a circular workpiece (Shop Tip) 133
Circular saws 13—15 See
Circular saws, Accessories 18
Circular saws, Accessories, edge guides 18 20 22 28
Circular saws, Angle cuts 12 26—27
Circular saws, Blades 16 17 19
Circular saws, Dado cuts 29—30
Circular saws, Miter guides 13 18 28
Circular saws, Plunge cuts 30—31
Circular saws, Reference marks for accurate cutting (ShopTip) 17
Circular saws, Ripping 22 24
Circular saws, Safety precautions 14 20
Circular saws, Shop Tips 17 22 23 26 31
Clamp and tool guides 18
Cordless drills 50
Corner sanders (Shop Tip) 137
Crosscutting, Circular saws 20 21 23
Crosscutting, Circular saws, avoiding splintering (ShopTip) 23
Crosscutting, Circular saws, Jointer/spliners 121
Crosscutting, Circular saws, large panels 24 25
Crosscutting, Circular saws, Saber saws 38
Curved cuts, Routers, circles 85—87
Curved cuts, Routers, steadying a router for curved cuts (Shop Tip) 78
Curved cuts, Saber saws 41
Curved cuts, Saber saws, circle-cutting jigs 33 35 41 43
Curved cuts, Saber saws, freehand cuts 41 42
Curved cuts, Saber saws, making release and tangent repeat cuts 47
Dadoes, Circular saws 29—30
Dadoes, Routers 81—84
Dadoes, Routers, routing two dadoes in a single pass (Shop Tip) 84
Dadoes, T-square jigs for dado cuts 82—83
Depth collars 49 53
Depth guides (Shop Tip) 61
Door hinges, Templates for mortising door hinges (Shop Tip) 89
Dovetail joints 101—105
Dowel joints 60—62
Dowel joints, Using dowel centers (Shop Tip) 62
Doweling jigs 49
Drawers, Sanding 137
Drilling 54 56—57 67 See
Drilling, Angled holes 54 55 67
Drilling, Angled holes, guide block for angled holes (Shop Tip) 55
Drilling, Boring access holes [for saber saws] (Shop Tip) 45
Drilling, Boring pilot holes for finishing nails (Shop Tip) 59
Drilling, Center drilling jigs 63
Drilling, Doweling jigs 49
Drilling, Joinery 60—62
Drilling, Screw holes 58
Drum sanders 64
Edge-glued boards, Plate joints 112—113
Electric drills 48—51 See
Electric drills, Accessories 49 52 53
Electric drills, Accessories, rasps 64 66
Electric drills, Accessories, sanders 53 64—65
Electric drills, Bits 48 52
Electric drills, Depth guides (Shop Tip) 61
Electric drills, Driving screws 58
Electric drills, Shop Tips 55 59 61 62
Electric drills, Stands 65 67
Extension cords front endpaper
Flap sanders 53 64
Gang sanding 133
Grooves 81 83 121
Half-blind dovetail joints 101—102
Hoffman, Jan 8—9
Holes See "Drilling"
Jardinico, Bob 10—11
Jigs, Circular saws, clamp and tool guides 18
Jigs, Circular saws, crosscutting jigs 21 28
Jigs, Circular saws, edge guides 18 20 22 28
Jigs, Circular saws, kerf splitters 18
Jigs, Circular saws, miter guides 13 18 28
Jigs, Electric drills, center-drilling jigs 63
Jigs, Electric drills, doweling jigs 49
Jigs, Electric drills, guide block for angled holes (Shop Tip) 55
Jigs, Electric drills, hole-drilling templates 57
Jigs, Electric drills, sliding bevels 55
Jigs, Routers, adjustable circle-cutting jigs 86
Jigs, Routers, compass jigs 87
Jigs, Routers, edge guides 71 76
Jigs, Routers, miter gauges 92
Jigs, Routers, mortise-and-tenon jigs 69 98
Jigs, Routers, T-square jigs for dado cuts 82—83
Jigs, Saber saws, anti-tearout jigs 38
Jigs, Saber saws, circle-cutting jigs 33 35 43
Jigs, Saber saws, edge guides 35 39 40
Jigs, Saber saws, protractor guides 40
Jigs, Sanders, circle-sanding jigs 134
Jigs, Sanders, edge-sanding guides 130
Jigs, Sanders, V-shaped stop blocks 133
Joinery, Electric drills 60—62
Joinery, Routers 69 76 97—105
Jointer/spliners 108 121
Jointing 96
Kerf splitters 18
Large panels 24 25
| Large panels, Carrying large panels (Shop Tip) 26
Large panels, Sanding 130
Leeke, John 6—7
Marking tools back endpaper
Measuring tools back endpaper
Miter gauges 92
Miter guides 13 18 28
Miter-spline joints 102
Moldings 91
Mortise-and-tenon joints 60 69 97—99
Nails, Boring pilot holes for finishing nails (Shop Tip) 59
Orbital sanders 123 125 128 135—137 See
Orbital-action saber saws 34
Pattern routing 88—89
Plate joiners 106—109 112
Plate joiners, Accessories 110—111
Plate joiners, Angled joints 107
Plate joiners, Angled joints, angled blocks for beveled surfaces (Shop Tip) 119
Plate joiners, Angled joints, beveled corners 118—119
Plate joiners, Biscuits 110—112
Plate joiners, Edge-glued boards 112—113
Plate joiners, Grooves 121
Plate joiners, Jointer/spliners 108 121
Plate joiners, Routers 76
Plate joiners, Safety precautions 108
Plate joiners, Stands 120
Plate joiners, Wood-trimming blades 110 111 121
Plate joiners, Wooden gauge blocks (Shop Tip) 115
Plate joints See also "Plate joiners"
Plate joints, Carcase construction 114—117
Plate joints, Double biscuit joining (Shop Tip) 117
Plug cutters 53 59
Plunge cuts, Circular saws 30—31
Plunge cuts, Circular saws, reducing plunge cut splintering (Shop Tip) 31
Plunge cuts, Saber saws 32 44—45
Plunge cuts, Saber saws, boring access holes (Shop Tip) 45
Plunge routers 69—71 75 81 86 88
Plywood, Avoiding splintering (Shop Tip) 23 See
Polishing 126 139
Polishing, Making a polishing pad (Shop Tip) 136
Protractor guides 18 26 40
Random-orbit sanders 123 125 128 138—139 See
Random-orbit sanders, random-orbit heads for grinders (Shop Tip) 138
Random-orbit sanders, steadying a workpiece with under-padding (Shop Tip) 139
Rasps 66
Reciprocating-action saber saws 34
Ripping, Circular saws 22 24
Ripping, Circular saws, extending a commercial edge guide (Shop Tip) 22
Ripping, Saber saws 39
routers 68—71
Routers, Accessories 76
Routers, Adjustment 74—75
Routers, Auxiliary sub-bases for wider cuts (Shop Tip) 75
Routers, bits 72 73 90
Routers, Bits, maintaining and replacing pilot bearings (Shop Tip) 73
Routers, Bits, piloted 72 73 80 88 89
Routers, Bits, storing router bits (Shop Tip) 74
Routers, Curved cuts, circles 85—87
Routers, Curved cuts, steadying a router for curved cuts (Shop Tip) 78
Routers, Dado cuts 81—84
Routers, Dado cuts, routing two dadoes in a single pass (Shop Tip) 84
Routers, Edge guides 71 76
Routers, Edge-forming 77—80
Routers, Edge-forming, steadying a router for curved cuts (Shop Tip) 78
Routers, Edge-forming, wobble-free edge routing (Shop Tip) 79
Routers, Joinery 69 76 97—105
Routers, Jointing 96
Routers, Plunge routers 69—71 75 81 86 88
Routers, Plunge routers, joinery 97—99
Routers, Safety precautions 71 77
Routers, Shop Tips 73—75 78 79 82 84 89
Routers, Splintering 77
Routers, Splintering, eliminating tearout (Shop Tip) 82
Routers, T-square jigs for dado cuts 82—83
Routers, Table-mounted 69 90—96
Routers, Table-mounted, miter gauges 92
Routers, Table-mounted, router tables 94—95
Routers, Templates 88—89
Routers, Templates, templates for mortising door hinges (Shop Tip) 89
Saber saws 9 33—35
Saber saws, Angle cuts 40
Saber saws, Blades 36 38
Saber saws, Blades, curved cuts 41 42
Saber saws, blades, extending blade life (Shop Tip) 37
Saber saws, Blades, installation 37
Saber saws, Crosscutting 38
Saber saws, Curved cuts 41
Saber saws, Curved cuts, circle-cutting jigs 33 35 41 43
Saber saws, Curved cuts, freehand cuts 41 42
Saber saws, Curved cuts, making release and tangent cuts (Shop Tip) 42
Saber saws, Curved cuts, repeat cuts 47
Saber saws, Multiple duplicate pieces 46—47
Saber saws, Plunge cuts 32 44—45
Saber saws, Plunge cuts, boring access holes (Shop Tip) 45
Saber saws, Ripping 39
Saber saws, Safety precautions 34
Saber saws, Shop Tips 37 38 45
Saber saws, Splintering 33 34
Saber saws, Splintering, reducing splintering (Shop Tip) 38
Safety precautions front endpaper
Safety precautions, Circular saws 14 20
Safety precautions, Plate joiners 108
Safety precautions, Routers 71 77
Safety precautions, Saber saws 34
Sanders 11 123 See "Belt "Polishing" "Random-orbit
Sanders, Accessories 126
Sanders, Corner sanders (Shop Tip) 137
Sanders, Electric drills 53 64 65
Sanders, Orbital sanders 123 125 128 135—137
Sanders, Shop Tips 131 133 136—139
Sanding 129—131 135 See "Polishing" "Sanders"
Sanding, Circles 134
Sanding, Circles, sanding a circular workpiece (Shop Tip) 133
Sanding, Edge-sanding guides 131
Sanding, Gang sanding 133
Sandpaper See "Abrasives"
Sawhorses front endpaper
Screws 58
Scrolling saber saws 34 42
Shop Tips, Circular saws 17 22 23 26 31
Shop Tips, Electric drills 55 59 61 62
Shop Tips, Plate joiners 115 117 119
Shop Tips, Routers 73—75 78 79 82 84 89
Shop Tips, Saber saws 37 38 42 45
Shop Tips, Sanders 131 133 136—139
Sliding bevels 55 back
Sliding dovetail joints 103—104
Splintering, Circular saws, avoiding splintering (Shop Tip) 23
Splintering, Circular saws, reducing plunge cut splintering (Shop Tip) 31
Splintering, Routers 77
Splintering, Routers, eliminating tearout (Shop Tip) 82
Splintering, Saber saws 33 34
Splintering, Saber saws, reducing splintering (Shop Tip) 38
Stack sawing 46
Stopped cuts 80 83—84 93
Taper cuts 27
Tearout See "Splintering"
Tongue-and-groove joints 100
Wood, Anatomy of a board back endpaper
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