Popular Woodworking – October 2019

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04 From the Editor

Woodworking through it.

BY ANDREW ZOELLNER

06 Workshop Tips

Router table circles, a reus-

able tack cloth, frame clamps

and a convex sanding pad.

FROM OUR READERS

Craft

10 I Can Do That

Create extraordinary frames

with ordinary router bits.

BY TIM JOHNSON

18 Design Matters

Successful furniture designs

draw viewers closer and

reward them.

BY GEORGE WALKER

52 Shop Skills

The nuts and bolts of making

hardware new again.

BY YOAV LIBERMAN

60 Flexner on Finishing

Understand the critical parts

of your spray gun.

BY BOB FLEXNER

64 End Grain

Learning from the past can

secure our future.

BY TOM CASPAR

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