Hey, welcome back to the workshop. We’re continuing with the how to build a curio cabinet project. After the debacle that I went through to shape the tapered stiles let’s hope the next phase goes smoother. Well actually building the front of the cabinet was really simple. The top and bottom rails are joined to [...]
I bought this a while back at the local swap meet and gave the guy his asking price, something I normally don’t do. It has remnants of the original Norton Abrasive Co label and I thought it said ‘Queen Creek’, but on doing some research I discovered it was in fact ‘Queer Creek’ and was [...]
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Happy Halloween! Driving into work this morning, I heard this Tom Waits song, from his album Mule Variations. I've been a huge fan for years – in fact, I own everything he has recorded, but I forgot about the woodworking references in this song. Makes you wonder, what are your neighbors pondering about you? Click [...]
Yes, Hot Hide Glue is better [whatever that means] than Liquid Hide Glue. It has a greater strength. However Liquid Hide Glue is better [and I know what that means] than any modern glues. Hot Hide Glue is the benchmark to which all glues are compared as it was one of the first glues used [...]
We recently sent a survey to our Woodworking in America e-mail list to find out when and in what city Woodworking in America 2012 should take place – early fall was the winner on timing, but the response on location ended in a virtual four-way tie. So, we're inviting all Popular Woodworking Magazine blog readers [...]
<img title="Tag Team Secret for Graceful Curves" src="http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1115-300x222.jpg" alt="Tag Team Secret for Graceful Curves" width="200" height="148" /Even though I build a lot of straight line Arts & Crafts style furniture, one of my favorite tasks in woodworking is shaping an irregularly curved surface. It adds life and interest and I find it entertaining to find a gentle curve that works with the grain for looks and the hand for feel. There [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Two Pair of Cradles October 28th , 2011 by Matt Becker Leave a Comment This reader’s project may make you think you’re seeing double twice The first two pictures are of 2 cradles I made for my twins . The second picture is of 2 doll cradles I made for my twins by scaling down the same . plans Mike Collinsworth Xenia , OH Do you have a project you’d like to share Click here to send it . in Matt Becker Internet Production Coordinator Related : posts Down-Sized Arts Crafts Blanket Chest Apothecary Cabinet Woodworking Around the House Mesquite Projects Tags : cradle doll furniture reader project This entry was posted on Friday , October 28th , 2011 at 1:00 am and is filed under Readers'
It's so darn cute that I can't come up with anything intelligent to say. This weekend, I'll touch up the blade on this Veritas miniature router plane and try it out – but I'm certain I'll have no complaints about the knobs being too big. — Megan Fitzpatrick
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store November December 2011 Issue Preview October 25th , 2011 by Matt Becker Leave a Comment Our new issue is on its way to subscribers and newsstands . everywhere If you don’t have your copy yet and you’d like to know what we’ve packed into the issue this time out , this video from Field Editor Chris Marshall and Editor in Chief Rob Johnstone will bring you up to . speed You can check out a digital version of the issue by clicking here or you can buy the issue through our online store Matt Becker Internet Production Coordinator Related : posts A(nother Quick Look at the New April Issue Fresh February Content Coming Soon Closer Look at Our Full-featured Miter Saw Station February Issue Sneak
Popular Woodworking Magazine Woodworking advice , woodworking plans , woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Home Plans Projects I Can Do That Shelving Storage Tables Chairs Shop Projects Jigs Outdoor Projects Other Projects SketchUp Models Techniques Basics Finishing Woodworking Hand Tools Joinery Tools Reviews Tool Reviews Woodworking Hand Tools Woodworking Power Tools Blogs Chris Schwarz's Blog Editors' Blog Arts Mysteries Blog SketchUp Videos All Videos Tricks of the Trade Videos Article Index Newsletters Register Log In Why Register SAVE 47 Subscribe to the Magazine Renew Gift Renew Your Pop Wood Subscription Subscription Customer Service Gift Subscription Members Only Sweeps Shop Our Store Free Woodworking Advice And a Free : Project Handplane Birdhouse Sign up for the WeeklyOver the weekend, a link to this video appeared in my inbox, and I thought it worth sharing. It's an inside look at the C.F. Martin Guitar factory from 1939. It fills me with shop envy more than anything else, I spent a lot of years under awful fluorescent lights with no view other than [...]Last weekend I was lucky enough to wrangle an invitation to Miner's Annual Saw Day. What's a "Saw Day?" In this case it's private backyard mini-festival hosted by Dale Miner and his family that features an all-day demonstration of a sawmill powered by a vintage 1916 Case steam engine tractor. The steam engine is a beast [...]
, Popular Woodworking Magazine Woodworking advice , woodworking plans , woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Home Plans Projects I Can Do That Shelving Storage Tables Chairs Shop Projects Jigs Outdoor Projects Other Projects SketchUp Models Techniques Basics Finishing Woodworking Hand Tools Joinery Tools Reviews Tool Reviews Woodworking Hand Tools Woodworking Power Tools Blogs Chris Schwarz's Blog Editors' Blog Arts Mysteries Blog SketchUp Videos All Videos Tricks of the Trade Videos Article Index Newsletters Register Log In Why Register SAVE 47 Subscribe to the Magazine Renew Gift Renew Your Pop Wood Subscription Subscription Customer Service Gift Subscription Members Only Sweeps Shop Our Store Free Woodworking Advice And a Free : Project Handplane Birdhouse Sign up for the WeeklyThanks for the many funny entries in the Caption the Photo contest I posted on Friday. Many captions made me chuckle – and I couldn't decide which of the following two I liked more: "Third tooth in and I already pooped myself. This is really embarrassing." (mpn77) "A little known, and very sad fact is [...]The day before I started at Popular Woodworking Magazine in August of 2005 was the last day I had occasion to iron a shirt. But today, I pulled my iron out from the deep recesses of a cabinet in a little-used third-floor room that I call 'The Room Where Everything Goes to Die" – it's [...]
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The shaving horse is a tool used by a number of trades including coopers, wheelwrights shingle makers and chair makers as well as a common tool used around the farmstead. It is a bench on which the worker sits with an adjustable jaw that holds the work fast as it is being shaped. While [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Contest Winner Creates Cribbage Board October 21st , 2011 by Joanna Takes Leave a Comment The opening move for the cribbage gameboard project that appears in the December 2011 issue of Woodworker’s Journal was Bruce Beatty’s submission of his design to the Woodworker’s Journal Google SketchUp contest and he came out a . winner Bruce’s SketchUp plans formed the basis for the cribbage board Woodworker’s Journal staff built to share with you in the December issue on newsstands soon He’ll get the actual project that was in actual magazine photographs for the how-to-build-it article , plus , of course , bragging . rights He also may get a head start on his holiday gifts . Every Christmas , I
This week in our newsletter, I wrote about going to a walnut festival and planting some of the fruits when I got home. It was my hope to see some seedlings in the spring. I asked readers if they had any advice, and I received a lot of letters. The following is some of what [...]
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This is not a comb to remove glue from your hair. I have mentioned the Glue Comb before here, and after a couple of requests they are now available in the Store. Made of Zinc they do not rust and are easy to clean up. The combs are 2 1/2 inches by 4 inches with [...]
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Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Oak Jewelry Box October 11th , 2011 by Matt Becker 3 Comments This reader’s project is a good example that even in great looking pieces , there are often decisions that we’ll make differently next time . 8221 This is a jewelry box I made for my sister in Melbourne . It is the first of this type I have made and was done more as a trial piece . The carcass and lid frame are made of recycled silky oak which started life as a door frame in a government building . The lid panel is camphor laurel and the base is pine . I wouldn’t use the pine again but it was a trial piece . The dividers and interior boxes are silky . oak John Lear Toowoomba , Queensland , Australia Do you have a project you’d
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‘There is nothing like the sound of a logging chain snapping taught behind a good team.’ For centuries man has used animals to help in the process of woodworking. If you were lucky you could get a cat to keep rats and mice from the shop, but that is all they will ever [...]