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Tips & tricks for Patterns & Templates

Almost every woodworking project starts out as an assortment of parts. When those parts are straight and square, fences and stops can be used on tools like a table saw or band saw to create accurately sized parts.

But it’s not unusual for some parts to have curves, cutouts, and other key details that typically can’t be taken care of with a simple fence setting. And when those shaped parts need to be identical, you need

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