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The Woodworking World Continues to Change
FROM OUR READERS • English Outdoor Seating
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SURVEY • NOT ALL WOODWORKERS RELY ON HAND PLANES, AND OUR SURVEY SHARES SEVERAL REASONS WHY.
STUMPERS • Can This Tool Cut Cans?
What’s This?
TRIVIA • Wood that Helped to Win a War
TRICKS OF THE TRADE • Easier-to-reach Accessories for Tool Setups
65 Years and Still Growing • The Journal’s parent company celebrates a couple of important milestones.
“Wood and…” Competition • Esherick Museum seeks entries for 27th-annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition.
New Ambassador Machinery • Harvey Industries expands its branded woodworking tool options.
Five Quick and Easy Turning Finishes • Whether you’re finishing spindles, bowls or treenware, here are some topcoat options you may have on hand already.
English Garden Bench • Mortise-and-tenon construction ensures that this classic bench will weather the test of time and Mother Nature gracefully in your yard or garden.
Mobile Lathe Stand • Give your mini lathe a solid foundation with this simple, weighted rolling base. It’s built from thrifty home center lumber.
Walnut and Cherry Tray • Here’s a project you can build with only a table saw. Box joints and a cove cutting jig address its joinery and shaping.
Laser-engraved Box • Small boxes are fun projects to build and make wonderful gifts. But how do we keep them from being a bit boring? Laser engraving is one option.
Impact Drivers: Fastening Without Fatigue • If your go-to tool for driving screws is still a drill/driver, your wrist deserves a better option. Impact drivers can get the job done more effectively and with less strain on you in the long run.
Driver Bits: Standard vs. Impact
Welcome a New Breed
Laguna REVO 15|24 Lathe • Here’s a mid-sized solution offering several “big-lathe” features and ample capacity with less sticker shock.
Frame-and-Panel Doors • When a person thinks of a lovely cabinet door, most of us envision the classic frame-and-panel design.
Accessible Lathe, Mountable Dust Couplers
Wipe-on Finishes for Close-grained Woods • Here’s a finishing option and regimen ANY woodworker can master.
Applying Wipe-on Finishes
Black Walnut: Juglans nigra • Prized for everything from gunstocks to sideboards, black walnut is a perennial woodworking darling.
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