Routers

These compact tools are handy for small routing tasks, but most have room for improvementby John White

Jambmasterby Chris Green

This interlocking design needs no fasteners and stores flatby Joseph B. Lanza

A detailed, scalable parts drawing serves as the blueprint for your own router tableby Joseph B. Lanza

A carpenter reveals favorites, and the jigs that make them handyby Jim Chestnut

by Gregg Roos

One type is easier to use; the other is easier to loseby Gary M. Katz

Handsome transomsby Gary Striegler

A slot cutter, a rabbeting bit, and a roundover bit away from handsome transomsby Gary Striegler

Octagonal porch postsby Rob Turnquist

A well-equipped router is an indispensable tool for trim work, but which type and which accessories are right for you?by John Michael Davis

by Andy Engel

A shop-built jig creates a combination butt-miter joint that looks good year roundby Scott McBride

by Edward Sprouts

There are lots of models on the market; here's advice from a carpenter who tried out 16 of the bestby Gary M. Katz

A little math and a shop-made router template give classical curves to plywood box columnsby Scott Wynn

A hollow post made of mitered panels is easily detailed with stock moldingsby Lon Schleining

by F. Ross Campbell

With store-bought moldings and a router, you can give laminate counters the monolithic look of solid-surface materialby Herrick Kimball