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UPDATE: Making Wood Tools with John Wilson, Second Edition
September 3, 2015

See who won copies of Making Wood Tools - 2nd Edition
Showing Grain Direction without Spoiling the Drawing
September 1, 2015

I'm currently working this Small New England Six-board Chest for school. Grain direction is somewhat tricky in this rather simple piece. For example, if the grain direction in the End…
STL 92: Please CLOSE the Bathroom Door
August 28, 2015

Big questions on tablesaw alignment are answered by Roland Johnson. Plus weird stories from the road concerning workbenches, potty breaks, and a whole lot more.
Drawing a Compression Spring
August 27, 2015

A friend of mine e-mailed me asking for some help on how to draw a small compression spring. He's working on a detail sketch of a small latch and wanted…
Beautiful Works of Art
August 19, 2015

Check out these wild sculptures (and furniture) made by South Korean artist JaeHyo Lee from discarded wood.
Using a Keyhole Router Bit
August 18, 2015

A simple solution to firmly affix a mirror or frame to a wall
Drawing a Live Edge Slab
August 15, 2015

The other day a woodworker sent me a photograph of a live edge slab of walnut. He wanted to know if it could be drawn in SketchUp. Here's what I…
A “Kissing Gate” at Hadrian’s Wall
August 14, 2015

We just returned from a hiking trip along Hadrian's Wall in England at the border of Scotland. This is a stone wall built long ago during the reign of the…
STL 91: Best Way to Destroy Furniture
August 14, 2015

Norwegian officials teach a harsh lesson regarding a protected chair design
Don’t Mess with the Maker
August 10, 2015

Chinese knock-offs of an iconic Danish-modern chair are intercepted by customs officials. What happened next was quite unexpected.

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