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WOOD Magazine • Issue No. 305 | October 2025 Vol. 42, No. 5

Modern Methods

Your Projects

In Pursuit of a Passion • A retired research professor feeds her newfound woodworking obsession while advancing her skills in the workshop laboratory.

How Many Routers Does a Woodworker Need?

A Heads-Up for Tight Tails

Canine Kennel Cabinet • Provide a safe place for your pup plus storage for you. No doggo? No problem. Design options teach this cabinet new tricks.

Glass-Top Table Trio • Traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery gets a twist in this contemporary table set.

Benchtop Mortisers • These machines promise accurate, smooth-walled mortises with the pull of a lever. We tested nine to see which ones win fair and square.

Rip-Riding Tablesaw Caddy • This custom accessory straddles your tablesaw fence to keep pushsticks and essential measuring and marking tools safely at hand.

First Tools for Learning Turning • Purchasing a lathe is just the first step toward turning beautiful objects. You need to tool up, too. We narrow down your shopping list to the essential tools and accessories that will let you quickly pile up the shavings—and the savings.

Hanging Garden • Create an outdoor wall of cascading flowers or greenery with these easy-to-build, easy-to-love planters.

Keep Your Work on Track • A collection of workholding accessories from Milescraft (milescraft.com) creates more ways to utilize T-tracks incorporated into a benchtop, jig, or CNC bed. Slip any of these holders into a standard track to help keep project pieces in place.

What’s Ahead • A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE NOVEMBER ISSUE (ON SALE OCTOBER 17)