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The February 2009 issue has been mailed to subscribers and will be available for sale on the newsstands starting next week. As always, we try to provide you with the best traditional and modern woodworking techniques, and the newest issue is no exception. Here are some of the stories you’ll find in the latest issue.
On the Cover:
7 Strategies for Better Drawers
Details make the difference between fine furniture and pedestrian design , and drawers in particular reveal the care of the craftsman. Mario Rodriguez provides instruction on constructing elegant drawers for your finest projects, from how to properly prepare drawer stock, to scaling your components so they aren’t chunky, to making drawer slips.
Shaker Stepback
Managing Editor Megan Fitzpatrick shows you how to build a stepback that is sized for traditional china or a flat-screen television.
Four Ways to Make a Tapered Leg
We explore four different methods for tapering legs: using handplanes, using a custom table saw jig, using a jointer and using a jig for your planer.
The Barnsley Hayrake Table
Traditional craftsman Don Weber builds one of the signature objects from the British Arts & Crafts movement using (mostly) hand tools.
D.L. Barrett & Sons, Planemakers
Meet Kyle Barrett, the maker of an award-winning plow plane and the continent’s newest custom toolmaker. And get this: He’s just 18 years old.
Make a Ball and Claw Foot
Adam Cherubini enlists the help of Chris Storb to produce a stunning pictorial account of how to carve a ball-and-claw foot.
Finishing Cherry
Bob Flexner dispenses the truth about cherry: It blotches, even under a clear finish. Efforts to control the blotching are usually futile or make the overall project look worse. Here’s what to do.
SawStop’s Contractor Saw
Senior Editor Glen D. Huey reviews the new SawStop contractor saw after the entire staff takes the machine for a spin.
Great Woodshops: Reuben Margolin
Artist and woodworker Reuben Margolin makes stunning moving sculptures from wood that imitate nature, from a caterpillar to wind blowing a wheat field.
– Christopher Schwarz
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Chris and Team,
This has to be one of your best issues to date. I have enjoyed every article and column. Excellent work.