PLANS
26 Home Bar
Belly-up to a beautiful freestanding beverage center.
44 Mil-spec Chinook Helicopter Toy
George Washington wasn’t the only one with wooden choppers.
56 All-seasons Seating Bench Miter, glue, and repeat (and repeat... and repeat...) to build this airy bench. 64 Shop Project: Marking Knife Double your accuracy with this elegant two-headed scoring tool.

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
38 Make Your Good Projects Great
Learn the secrets that will take your projects to the next level.
52 Bandsaw Resawing
Open up the book-matching world with this technique from Jim Heavey.
60 Circ-saw Waterfall Joinery
Make spectacular grain flow over your furniture. No fancy tools required.
68 Shop Test: HVLP Sprayers
These low-overspray systems lay down a silky-smooth finish on your projects.
74 Choosing Dust-collection Ductwork
Skip the duct hunt and buy the right pipe the first time with our handy guide.
78 Tools & Materials
Compact vacs, a smart drill press, and more.

DEPARTMENTS
1 Taking Measure
Doing good better.
4 Wood-Wide Web Free shop plans for jigs and storage. 6 Sounding Board Your voice, your projects, your shop. 14 Ask WOOD Correcting cup.
16 Shop Tips
Grounding PVC pipe, and more.
22 Unvarnished Trust but fortify.
88 What’s Ahead
A sneak peek at your next WOOD.