'The Arts & Mysteries of Hand Tools' — A New CD featuring Adam Cherubini
On our newest CD, “The Arts & Mysteries of Hand Tools,” we’ve collected everything Contributing Editor Adam Cherubini has written over the years , from his first “Arts [...]
Visit the Marketplace at Woodworking in America
To all our Chicago-area readers: We would (of course) love to have you join us for the weekend, or even just one day, at the St. Charles Woodworking in America Furniture Construction and Design [...]
Amendment to My Review of Drawbore Pins
In my review of drawbore pins in the Summer 2009 issue, one of my gripes with many of the tools were the round handles. A round handle plus a round pin equals a tool on the floor. My vintage …
Twin Kitchen Hutches #10
As I did on the sides, the lower front rails will have a decorative cut. So I take the time to make a router pattern guide to get identical and smooth cuts on both hutches. Here is the [...]
TABLE AND BENCHES
TABLE AND 2 BENCHES NOW COMPLETE MADE FROM 90MM X 40 MM CLS TIMBER GLUED SCREWED AND OILED.!…
My Favorite Planing Stop. Price? $1,200
Time to drop my drawers and lose all my Neander-cred. My favorite planing stop for drawers and casework is the rip fence on my $1,200 Unisaw. The rip fence is completely adjustable, at the right [...]
If it ain't baroque…
I’ve learned alot about baroque carving making this chair. Yes, yes, I know this is a Rococo carving and Rococo is different from Baroque. But I yes, it’s the baroque aspects of the [...]
Twin Kitchen Hutches #9
To make perfect face frames, I check and I identify each of the joints with letters. Since I want to assemble the face frames with biscuits, I mark the exact location of the biscuits [...]
Wish I Lived Near Rochester, N.Y.
For those of you who made it to the Cincinnati Lie-Nielsen Travelin’ Hand Tool event, you know how great it was to get your hands on a huge range of Lie-Nielsen tools, meet the folks behind [...]
'The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture'
“While plaining at my bench, my whole soul was enshrouded with a mantle of tribulation; but I kept on at my plaining, & soon it appeared to me that my plain began to go with less [...]
KETCHUP BOTTLE
AS I RECYCLE WHY WASTE A BOTTLE? DECK OF CARDS IN ANOTHER BOTTLE. SOMETHING TO BAFFLE YOUR BRAINS OVER THE WEEKEND.THE OTHER DECK YOU SEE WILL FIND ITS WAY INTO SOMETHING ELSE I MAY FIND IN THE [...]
Being In The Right Place
Being in the right place at the right time has its rewards. I’ve worked at woodworking for two decades and I’ve never used anything with the name Yates or Colladay on it , until this [...]