#310-MAY/JUN 2024

Articles

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  Online extras from FWW issue #310

  Online extras from FWW issue #310 Quick and accurate mortises There are plenty of ways to cut mortises, but Joshua Sterns (p. 50) relies on Bob Van Dyke’s method using…
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  Editor's Letter: Kick-start your woodworking

  Don't let the urge to build something "important" keep you from making anything at all
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  Tambour doors now and then

  Polish furniture maker Tom Bensari takes a look at the evolution of the tambour door, from its roots in 18th century France to contemporary furniture collections.
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  Arts and Crafts inspired trestle table

  The visible joinery, stout design, and repeating details of English Arts and Crafts are apparent throughout Thomas Throop's table.
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  Woodworking safely with small parts

  From handles and pulls to feet, wedges, wheels, drawer stops, and table-attachment tabs, Asa Christiana shows us how to manufacture a lot of small parts.
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  Easy angled holes on a drill press

  Beth Ireland's jig eliminates the need to make multiple angled drilling platforms for your drill press.
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  Plan: Entryway Mirror

  This combination entry table and mirror, by Joshua Sterns, was designed originally as a vehicle for some geometrically interesting panels he wanted to make.
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  How to build a solar kiln

  Brenon Plourde built his solar kiln in a weekend, using about $2,500 worth of materials.
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  Lumbercore, the original veneer substrate

  Modern sheet goods like veneer-core plywood and MDF don't cut it for Tim Coleman when he makes his veneered cabinets and tables.
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  The perfect carving knife

  Amy Umbel argues fancy sloyd knives and expensive gouges are all well and good, but the perfect knife for any carver—especially a beginner—is the one you will actually use. Time, practice, and love for the craft are more important than any tool.
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  Where words fail, wood speaks

  Yuri Kobayashi's bleached ash chair and table, with narrow, tapered slats that appear to pierce the solid-wood tabletop and chair back, are technical marvels.
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  Quick way to chamfer tenons for rounded mortises

  Simple jig uses the same tablesaw setup as the tenons.
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  Unclog a hole saw without stopping it

  A stiff brush does the job, making drilling quicker and easier.
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  Use a marking gauge to trim tape

  Works when you need it thinner than the roll.
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  Raise your sander table to use more of the belt

  A raised table uses the top part of the belt, which rarely gets worn.
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  Review: Festool TXS 18

  Festool cordless drills get even better
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  Review: Blue Spruce Dovetail Saw

  Dovetail saw does its job very well
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  Review: JessEm Tool-Setting Gauge

  Height gauge is versatile and accurate
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  Review: JessEm Doweling Jig

  Excellent dowel jig from JessEm
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  Spring 2024 - Three innovative products to look out for

  Dust Right Wall-Mount HEPA Cyclone Dust Collector, Magfitt dust hose system by Woodcraft; Woodmizer LX50START AND LX50SUPER.