American Router Issue #1

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American Router Issue #1

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1 EDITORIAL
Introduction to American Router

6 ROUTER NEWS
See the latest news in the world of routing

10 TIPS & TRICKS
Many good tips that might help you out in the workshop

13 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Opinions, inquiries, requests and gripes

18 CALENDAR
The latest shows and exhibitions

86 SPECIFICATIONS
A listing of the most popular routers on the market

90 BOOK REVIEWS
Our editors review the books that will be of interest to you

92 ROUTER STUFF
Reviews of useful routing gadgets and accessories

PROJECTS

25 SITTING COMFORTABLY
Mark Houghton makes Adirondack chairs and end table

35 COUNTDOWN CLOCK
Anthony Bailey builds a countdown clock with a surprise

41 PROTECTING YOUR INVESTMENT
Bill Cain constructs a lidded box to store router bits

46 ARMED AGAINST ARGUMENT
Bob Curran makes a height-adjustable two arm reading lamp

52 LIGHT SLEEPER
Kevin Ley builds a king-sized bed from Ash that will last a lifetime

59 HANG IT HIGH
Geoff Lucas creates a traditional kitchen shelf from MDF

66 VACUUM POWER
David Tippey designs and builds a large custom vacuum table

78 GONE WITH THE WIND
John Everett makes wind chimes using a small router and mini router bits

TECHNICAL

19 SIMULATED RAISED PANELS
Ron Fox demonstrates how to make simulated raised panels with ordinary bits

64 BIG CURVES
Ollie Clark outlines how to make a simple trammel jig for those extra large curves

71 LEVELLING THE FIELD
Bob Wearing shows how to make a simple and economical router leveller

80 BASIC ROUTER BIT GEOMETRY
Alan Goodsell gives insight into the design and features of router bits

FEATURE

40 ROUTING ON THE WEB
Corey Spann lists some valuable woodworking resources on the internet

73 A GOLDEN RULE

Andrew Skelton explains the mathematical symmetry of the Golden Section

TESTS

16 PORTER•CABLE 893PK KIT
Porter•Cable's new 890 series router is put to the test

30 MICRO-FENCE
Richard Wedler helps woodworkers get more precision from their router

84 JESSEM ROUTER TABLE
Serious routing begins with a good foundation — this table has it all?

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