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Woodsmith Tips — Tips, Techniques, and Videos from Woodsmith and ShopNotes

Woodsmith Tips — Tips, Techniques, and Videos from Woodsmith and ShopNotes

Popular Woodworking For the last few decades, I’ve kept one indispensable tool readily available in my shop – glue sticks. Basically, they are milled material about 2″ thick and around 4″ wide (in my shop they were always made from hardwood because there was always plenty of scrap) that is cut to approximately 3′ in length.... On May 7, 2014, we’re going to give you a chance to act like an editor for Popular Woodworking Magazine for the evening. That’s right, we’re going to let you (and a limited number of other folks) come into the workshop here at the magazine and test some of the newest tools from Senco.... The June issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine mails to subscribers (both print and digital) on or around this Thursday. We’re short a managing editor at the moment and extras fall into the purview of that role, but through a combination of caffeine, little sleep and unconquerable anal-retentiveness, I’ve managed to get almost all of... Senco, pizza and Popular Woodworking Magazine.

Touchstone Tonewoods New England Woodcarvers, Inc. Website - Our mission is to promote and encourage wood carving, wood sculpture, and whittling as art forms and to stimulate and educate the community in these art forms. Hand Cut Double Dovetail Experiment - by Woodhacker After admiring the double and double-double dovetail joints that are capable with the Incra and other jigs, I started thinking, “Why not try this by hand?” So this box is my first experiment with handcut double dovetails. It took me some time to figure out the joinery process, but once I realized a few things about this type of joint, it seemed do-able. It was quite challenging but also a ton of fun. It also does take some degree of patience and precision…which I’m still working on. In this blog, I’m focusing on the sides of the box, but here’s a few pictures of the nearly completed box - Materials.For this box’s sides I used three types of primary contrasting woods, although there is no real reason to do so. The picture below shows the rabbet joint cut on each end of each side – I set the rabbet depth at 1/8” and cut it on my router table. Below is a top-view picture of the pieces in relation to each other once they become integral to the box. The close-up below shows in more detail.

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Woodworking with The Wood Whisperer – iPod - Download free podcast episodes by blip.tv on iTunes. Woodcarver Online Magazine Current Issue Current Issue (non-frames version) Back Issues -- Index -- Help Files You are welcome to email the Editor/Publisher, W.M. Kelley, with your comments and suggestions at womeditor AT comcast DOT net The Name Woodcarver Online Magazine is also know as WOM, World Wide Woodc@rver Ezine or The Ezine. Authors/Contributors If you wish to author articles or otherwise contribute to WOM, please visit the Authors/Contributors page HERE. Advertisers Guide Advertising in WOM gives you a lot of bang for your advertising dollar. Publishing Schedule WOM is published in January, March, May, July, September and November. Copyright Statement Woodcarver Online Magazine is owned W.M. Origins For those interested, information about the orgins of WOM may be found HERE.

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Make a DIY George Nelson-Inspired Outdoor Slat Bench | Man Made DIY | Crafts for Men When my neighbor, Gina, moved in next door, a standalone porch swing appeared on our shared patio. The thing was at least thirty years old, and had been outside for just as long, and showed the wear of snowy winters, blazing hot summers, and all the rainy days in between. Not that it was likely much to look at when it was new. It was, in every way, an eyesore. But, my goodness, if that thing wasn't useful. I'm sure I sat on it a good fifty times more often than she did. Then, Gina did the unthinkable: she got married, had a baby, and moved away. So, I figured it was time to make some outdoor seating of my own. Wanna make one, too? Note: Yes, I have a collection of power tools, and used them on this project. Designing and materials. The most helpful resource were the official pages at Herman Miller and DWR. I chose to make my bench from 1x6" cedar decking, which is actually at 1 1/8" thick by 5 1/2" wide and 8" long. Milling the slats and rails. All sliced up and ready to go! Get sanding!

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