Projects

• Wide-screen TV cabinet

Add a wide-screen TV to this elegant cabinet and turn your lounge room into a cinema.

• Dovetailed campaign chest

Traditional dovetails, mortise and tenon joinery, some veneering and brass fittings make this project a rewarding challenge.

• Through dovetail jig

The principle behind dovetail jigs is that the angle of the fingers is the same as the angle of the cutter. Slice up a polyethylene breadboard and have a go at this jig.

Techniques

• Steel drawer slides
• Euro-style hinges
• Random orbital sanders
• 5 Easy sawhorse upgrades
• Half-blind dovetails
• Fitting brass corners
• Driving screws
• Wiping varnish
• Plastic
• Extras - tip-out drawers and crisp, clean cutouts