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BY MICHAEL PEKOVICH

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TR IM EDGING PERFECTLY

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Speed Up Your Work with Spacer Blocks Little blocks simplify all kinds of joinery

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Full-cxtension slides that arc as pn...1.ly as the rest of rour pit."CC

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TIps for square glulHJps

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Dado Jig is a Cut Above Clcvcr guide guar-omtt:cs a rcrft."Ct fit for shelvcs of any th ickness BY KENT SHEPHERO

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