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Registration for Woodworking in America 2010 (Oct. 1-3, 2010, in Greater Cincinnati) will soon be open (we’ll let you know as soon as we know). In the meantime, here are a couple updates to [...]

TODAY I WILL BE MAKING SCREW CHUCKS  AS SEEN IN PHOTO BUT WILL NOT TAP CENTRE FOR LATHES?AS EACH LATHE HAS ITS OWN THREAD. AS THESE I WILL SELL TO WHO EVER WANTS ONE AND WHAT LATHE THEY [...]

At our weekly staff meetings, I usually don’t have much to say. Our staff is comprised of knowledgeable people who know a lot about woodworking; our cumulative knowledge is deep. But, we [...]

My psychological oddities include: A fear of being tackled by females in elf suits and enmity toward all birdhouses. Perhaps my hostility to birdhouses springs from my days as a Cub Scout where I [...]

I spend way too much time looking at, and thinking about details of old furniture. But I stumble on something useful often enough that I won’t stop. A case in point is the square ebony [...]

Moxon Vise (“Plane Cabinet,” page 34)     Knife Hinge Installation (“Plane Cabinet,” page 39)     Exterior Finishes (“Lantern of [...]

Arts & Crafts furniture builders offered a decent variety of pieces at the beginning of the 1900's, but coffee tables weren't on the list. But if Frank Lloyd Wright had given it a try, we [...]

GARDEN SEAT SWING FROM PALLET WOOD FOR CUSTOMER ORDERED 3 WEEKS AGO .JUST FINISHED.ALL BEEN LINSEED OILED THEN ADDED BROWN NUT STAIN TO LAST COAT OF OIL. READY TO DELIVER TUESDAY. THIS TOOK [...]

THIS I HAVE SEEN ON EBAY.ITS  4 JAW CHUCK . ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT ITS A 3/4  INTERNAL THREAD AND MY LATHE HAS A 20 MM X 2 MM THREAD BEING A TYME LATHE CUB MODEL. SO IF I WIN IT …