A master’s tips for dovetailing

On p. 74, Chris Beckvoort shows off some of his shopmade tools. In this video, you’ll see a few of them in action as he dovetails with gusto.

Name that cut!

Though many woodworkers believe they need five cuts to square a crosscut sled, Tom McLaughlin says he can square that crosscut sled in three.

Modesty and mastery

Jere Osgood (p. 24) was undoubtedly one of woodworking’s most talented craftspeople, but you’d never hear that from him, as shown in this 2012 interview.

L-stop in action

Steve Latta uses a clever L-stop to cut tiny slivers of wood for his banding (p. 44). Unfortunately, it can be difficult to wrap your head around how it works. Fortunately, this video shows you how.

Video Workshop: Replicating a legend’s side chair

Dan Faia painstakingly documents and builds a replica of a Queen Anne chair made in the 1980s by one of his mentors, Phil Lowe. In this series, you’ll learn how to:

• Extract information from a museum piece and create exacting full-size plans
• Create strong mortise-and-tenon joinery on a complex form
• Shape cabriole legs accurately and repeatably