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Q: How do you tune a curved scraper without leaving flat spots when filing? Jeff Steifel, Pittstown, New Jersey A: First, flatten the old burr on the edge by laying…

Q: I’m new to woodworking and to mixing dyes and finishes. When instructions say to add a very small quantity of a desired color to a finish--say, in “2% or…

Q: For a frame to hold glass shelves, I need to cut grooves 1/4 in. wide by 1/2 in. deep along lengths of 1-in. dowel. What’s the best way to…

Q: I am trying to create a new drawer for an old dresser, and I’m concerned about cutting the half-blind dovetails in the lipped drawer front. When I make through-dovetails,…

First Nations artists keep old traditions alive and create new ones with brilliant totem poles and carved objects

A man and his machine make spaghetti out of hardwood lumber with a patented compression process

Readers and one editor on staff recall their first encounter with the New Yankee, Norm Abram

Make custom aluminum parts for your furniture with a standard bandsaw blade and a few tricks

Use a rotary tool and ball grinder to create a decorate surface on aluminum furniture parts

Q: In a recent Fine Woodworking article, different glues for bent laminations are discussed, but polyurethane glues are not mentioned. Why is that? Dennis McGlumphy, via Ask The Experts, None A: Polyurethane…