#309-MAR/APR 2024

Articles

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  Online extras from FWW issue #309

  Online extras from FWW issue #309 Design discussion In this video, furniture maker Evan Court (p. 62) breaks down his design process, showing you the steps he takes as he…
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  Paul Roman 1931 - 2024

  We say goodbye to the founder of Fine Woodworking and remember the directive he set for us.
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  The business of curvature

  For David Haig, design begins with a lot of sketching, and slowly, from the jumble of ideas, something begins to take form.
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  Form-fitting outdoor chair

  Asa Christiana's chair is made up of template-routed cedar slats and layered frames held together with long threaded rods, nuts, bolts, and washers
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  Understanding wood grain

  Peter Galbert learned a method for riving parts from sawn and dried planks. It has changed his perspective, and it might change yours, too.
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  Carve an Acanthus Leaf

  Mary May shares her pattern and her step-by-step technique for carving his classic furniture decoration.
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  Traditional Tansu, Part 1: The case

  A box-style tansu, like this chest by Len Cullum, is built using wide, pinned finger joints and shopmade copper hardware.
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  Traditional Tansu, Part 2: Drawers and Doors

  Unlike most drawers, Len Cullum's tansu drawers feature pinned joinery at the corners and the bottom is pinned directly to the drawer box.
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  Shopmade tansu hardware

  Len Cullum demonstrates how to make tansu hardware, including all the plates and corner braces out of sheets of copper.
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  Paint furniture like a pro

  Done right, paint adds not just color, but textural and geometric interest to furniture. Evan Court shows you how to apply it skillfully to transform your designs from by-the-numbers to works of art.
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  Woodworking, interrupted

  Cancer, a pandemic, and a lot of hard work served to delay Jon Wayne Brown's venture into becoming a full-time furniture maker, but things are looking up.
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  The Poetic Stump

  Kieran Kinsell makes curved and faceted stools and tables from logs harvested a few miles from his home in the Hudson valley of New York state.
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  Build a workbench around a mechanic's tool chest

  A steel tool chest forms the skeleton of Thom Lipiczky's workbench.
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  360° mount for carvings

  A round block, two bench dogs, and a bench-dog screw clamp make an adaptable mount for carving.
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  Easy way to chamfer or round a pin

  Chuck it into your handheld drill, use a wooden block to hold it, and sand a perfectly chamfered tip.
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  Tape flags improve dust collection on bandsaw

  Small flags on the spokes of the lower wheel keep dust from collecting in the housing.
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  Three-way joint with the Domino

  Connect three table stretchers using Domino tenons.
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  Simple stopper for glue bottle

  A nail keeps the nozzle from clogging with glue
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  Three good values to look out for this winter

  Powertec wall-mounted 1 hp dust collector, corner clamps from Viking Mountain Tool Works, Freud's Wood Demon Ultimate General Purpose Saw Blade
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  Review: Woodpeckers Ultra-Shear bits

  Woodpeckers debuts impressive line of router bits
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  Review: Taytools Drill Press Sharpening System, V2

  Low-cost system keeps chisels razor-sharp
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  Review: Red Rose floats

  Handmade floats for wooden planes and more
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  Review: Compass Universal Roller Guides

  Roller guides improve results on a variety of machines