Planing Wood with Wood
Between rounds of staring at two computer screens, I’m surfacing batches of rough-sawn cedar for their eventual destiny as two Adirondack chairs. You can guess which task is more fun. I’m finding [...]
One Furniture Maker’s Tool Cabinet
I got an e-mail the other day letting me know that my new DVD, “Building a Furniture Maker’s Tool Cabinet,” had finally arrived in the shopwoodworking.com warehouse. The e-mail [...]
AW Extra 1/30/14 – Hand-Planed Moldings
Hand-Planed Moldings Use a pair of planes to create custom profiles. By Bill McCarthy A woodworker who needs a small amount of hardwood molding for a furniture or cabinet project is often out of [...]
AW Extra 1/30/14 – Tablesaw Tenoning Jig
Tablesaw Tenoning Jig A precision joint-making tool for less than $30. By Frank Gregg A tablesaw tenoning jig is an essential tool for most woodworkers. But commercial units cost $100 and up, and [...]
AW Extra 1/30/14 – Blade Alignment
Blade Alignment I made this rig to check the alignment of my tablesaw blade with the miter gauge slot. I don’t own a precision dial indicator, so I devised one using an ice pick and a [...]
Trundle Bed Project in SketchUp
I design a lot of furniture in SketchUp. Some of it requires the SketchUp user to use intermediate or expert SketchUp skills. In the interest of sparking reader questions I thought I would share [...]
Finger Joint – Another Corner Joint
Most of my projects have some form of dovetail joinery. Drawers have half-blind and through-dovetails joints, and drawer dividers generally attach to the case with sliding dovetails. In fact, [...]
Next up: The Douro Chair
You would think that after 30 months of researching and building campaign furniture, I’d be ready to build something else. Such as something that didn’t collapse, fold or have copious amounts of [...]
For the 5 Oddballs Who’ve Asked
Most of you should probably stop reading right now. What follows will be of interest only to those who: read the dictionary for fun; keep notebooks handy for jotting down odd and interesting [...]
Architect Richard Meier’s wooden model museum.
When you visit iconic architect Richard Meier’s website you will see a splendid display of sleek white & light modern structures and design. Yet, when you visit Meier’s newly open [...]
Behr Wood Stain Smells Like [Blank] – 5 Test Finishes
Maybe it’s the fumes going to my head, but I can’t place the smell of Behr wood stain. It reminds me of something from the past – model airplane paint or the dentist’s office or something. Do you [...]
From Melbourne to Winston-Salem
An e-mail recently landed out of the blue from Kevin Ireland (publisher of Popular Woodworking Magazine) with a bit of an inside scoop on the 2014 Woodworking In America. Last time I was in the [...]
