Make a plywood “protractor” for indexing each reed location and fix it to the outboard faceplate. To reed a Sheraton-style leg with 12 reeds, rotate the turning and fix it at 30° intervals for the …

2-in.-high birch plywood rip fence screwed onto the metal fence. I have shimmed the plywood with masking tape to get it perpendicular to the table. Taller plywood fences can be screwed to the …

Steam-bending is a powerful technique, so don’t be timid. Sure, you can bend gentle curves like those on the back posts of this dining chair by Fortune. But don’t stop there; get aggressive. …

Thanks to spice boxes, I am still wood-working 15 years later. Building one in-volves a variety of joinery, including hand-cut dovetails—lots of dovetails—ma-chined joints and moldings, raised …