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I cut clear acrylic pieces 12" or narrower on my bandsaw, and for wider ones, I use my tablesaw with an 80-tooth veneer blade mounted backwards. This is hard on the blades. Is there a better way?

What's the best kind of glass?

What's the difference between single-strength, double-strength, tempered, or laminated glass?

Make your woodworking make money

Here are some tips for selling your projects.

Red vs White Oak

How To Pick and Prep Lumber for Better Projects

Try this trim-to-fit transport trick to dodge defects

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Mill uniform widths with your planer

With an old handscrew clamp and some scraps of hardwood, you can set up your thickness planer to mill uniform-width door or cabinet stiles, rails, and other pieces with jointer-smooth, square edges.

A new angle on sawing panels

Try this strategy for making clean, consistent, and repeatable angled cuts.

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Dealing with dents and scratches

Make Cabinets the Easy Way

Three great finishes (that aren't polyurethane)

How to Work With Natural-Edge Slabs

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