Bevel-out or Bevel-in? Good Question
If you haven’t surmised it yet, one of the themes running through the Spring 2008 issue is the fact that accurate sawing has a lot more to do with accurate chisel work than anything else. [...]
What to do With an Antique Bench
Reader Michael Holcomb writes: I’m writing to ask your advice about an old Pennsylvania cabinet maker’s workbench I was lucky enough to buy a couple of years ago. It came from the [...]
Do L-Brackets and a Leg Vise Mix?
Mark L. Wells writes: I’ve read your book and the extra chapterr. Both are great. You provide so much more detail than anything else I’ve read, and I almost feel guilty for not [...]
Pumpkin Pine, Like Ted Turner Would Love
Reader Greg Peel writes: I’m glad to see that the latest issue of Woodworking Magazine is a great one like the others. I was wondering if there is color picture of the pumpkin pine samples [...]
Questions on Glue, Nails and Drawbores
Adrian Mariano writes: I just watched your DVD (“Forgotten Hand Tools” from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks) in which you advocate the use of nails and drawbores to overcome the flaws in the [...]
How Do I Sharpen a Rasp?
John Griffin-Wiesner writes: Thanks to your blog posting last week which alerted me to the closing of Auriou, I purchased my only three Auriou rasps. While explaining them to a non-woodworker [...]
If Roubo and Holtzapffel Designed Workbenches
Reader Wendell Wilkerson is designing a workbench and has combined elements of the Roubo-style Workbench from Issue 4 and the Holtzapffel Workbench from Issue 8. I think it looks a lot like the [...]
Strategies for Using Southern Yellow Pine
Question: When is your book on workbenches coming out? I read the excerpts in your magazine this weekend and decided to purchase it before I attempt a bench of my own, I can’t [...]
Some Details of the Parallel Guide
Question: I’m watching your commentary on this one quite carefully: I’m planning to build a bench this year or next and have wondered about torsion boxes instead of slabs. Also, could [...]
Wedged Tenon v. Drawboring
Question: Looking over the current and past issues of Woodworking Magazine, I see how drawboring or wedging a mortise and tenon joint will improve the strength and fit of the joint. But is [...]
About Holes and Cracks and Benches
Question: A couple of questions regards to my Roubo bench project: 1. Regarding laminating the top: I’m not the best laminator in the world. Ihave about a dozen small cracks on both [...]
Resharpening a Scraper Plane
Question: I’ve noted that you’ve recently mentioned that you’ve been looking into scrapers, so I thought that maybe you could answer a question that I have about scraper-plane [...]