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Modeling Mitered Half-Blind Dovetails in SketchUp
August 21, 2019

As a follow-on to his recent blog post on modeling angled dovetails, Dave Richards thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Chris Gochnour’s dovetails can be modeled.
Bill Pavlak’s Oddly Essential Tools
August 20, 2019

A journeyman cabinetmaker shares his thoughts on two of his favorite tools: a narrow scraper and...corset boning.
Destination Woodworking
August 19, 2019

For Vic Tesolin, traveling to take a woodworking class is a fantastic way to expand his woodworking skills
STL196: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Planer?
August 16, 2019

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss planer upgrades, chip-out prone furniture parts, benchtop tablesaw concerns, and write the next chapter in the rabbet block plane debate
Innovative workbenches are easy to build
August 15, 2019

The truth is you don’t need a 200-lb. European workbench to do fine work. You just need a solid work surface that won’t walk around the shop, and an efficient way to clamp workpieces to it.
Buying Used Shop Machines
August 12, 2019

Outfitting a shop with new machines is expensive, so here are a some tips for buying used.
Song of the Drawknife
August 9, 2019

Curtis Buchanan builds his "democratic chair" with the bare minimum of inexpensive tools and materials with surfaces directly from the drawknife, embellished with a bit of milk paint
STL195.5: Scott Landis of Greenwood Global
August 9, 2019

For more than 25 years GreenWood has worked with artisans in Honduras and the Peruvian Amazon to produce high-quality wood products from well-managed forests
SketchUp: Modeling a Rustic Chair
August 7, 2019

Tim Killen needs to work out dimensions and angles from an old Shaker chair pattern, so he uses SketchUp, one of his favorite tools, to fill the gaps.
The Facts of Sharpening
August 5, 2019

The reality is that dull tools are the main reason why woodworkers struggle with hand tools. There is no way around it. If you don't have sharp tools, then you won't be successful with hand tools.

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