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WIA 2013 – A Sneak Peek at Some of the Speakers
While we don’t yet have all the particulars nailed down for Woodworking in America 2013, we do know: When: October 18-20, 2013 Where: Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky., [...]
The Real Reason to Practice Your Woodworking Skills
I spent much of Friday in the shop, tuning up machines in preparation for an upcoming magazine project. The thing I will be building is rather small, but with some involved details. I wanted the [...]
Turning a Large Tabletop
I’ve been turning for about seven years now and have completed hundreds of objects ranging from table legs to large bowls to tiny bottle stoppers. Yet I’d never undertaken a [...]
Lessons from Tools on High (the High Shelf, That is)
For the last three years I have been paring down my working tool set to the bare minimum by selling off or giving away many of the tools that I amassed while working at Popular Woodworking [...]
Turned wood teapot to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 3
In my last post I mentioned how I completed the piece and brought it to the gallery. The gallery owner looked at the teapot and seemed surprised, explaining that she [...]
An 1839 Answer to “What Tools Should I Buy?”
I’m in the midst of trolling through the deep dark past of Christopher Schwarz’s blog, as I gather information for a forthcoming book (assuming we can convince marketing that anyone [...]
My First Woodworking Project?
I’ve been bouncing all around the Internet reading the many posts that are helping to get the word out about “Get Woodworking Week” – an idea conceived of and promulgated by Tom [...]
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 2
My last entry focused on the fortuitous way I found the raw material and tracked the design process. This time I will show how I created the teapot. First, I glued together the [...]
Design a Trestle Table
Choose your own styles and techniques: simple, advanced, or somewhere in-between. By Graham Blackburn Pages 50-53 In furniture, the term “trestle” historically referred to a pair [...]
Q & A: Rusty Router Collets
Q & A: Rusty Router Collets Q: Returning to my shop after working outside this summer, I noticed a rusty film on my router collets and bits.What’s the best way to remove the rust [...]