Fitting Drawers One Piece at a Time
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Nice fitting drawers are one of my favorite parts of making stuff out of wood. There is nothing like the appearance of even and minimal gaps and nothing like the feel of an easy sliding drawer that wont get stuck when the seasons change. Meeting both goals at the same time is a challenge, but
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posted at: 12:00am on 29-Aug-2013
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Eco-series HVLP Spray System: A New Lower $$ Setup
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Theres a new HVLP spray system series available. Its aimed at small shops and do-it-yourselfer and that means your out-of-pocket suffers less. We like that. The new series of HVLP sprayers is American made from the great state of California. The Eco series of spray systems is by ASI-HVLP. What do you know about this
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posted at: 12:00am on 29-Aug-2013
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Movie: Cutting Saw Teeth on a Hand-cranked Retoother
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There is always something going on at The Woodwright's School in Pittsboro, N.C. Today as Roy Underhill and I were rehearsing to shoot two shows of the ''The Woodwright's Shop,'' Tom Calisto was teaching a class at the school on making a dovetail saw. During a break in the action, Tom show me how to
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posted at: 12:04am on 25-Aug-2013
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Take a Look at the Excalibur Deluxe Router Table Kit
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Although introduced at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta in 2012, there has been relatively few published articles or blog posts written about the Excalibur Deluxe Router Table Kit from General International since its release. I, however, think this kit is well worth a close look. Why? It has many of the features I feel
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posted at: 12:02am on 24-Aug-2013
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Chinese Stools as Art
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I received the note below following our weekend class on making a three-legged stool, and with the senders permission, Ive posted it (and two of his photos). Its too cool to not pass along. Megan Fitzpatrick I read your blog posts and was reminded of the Ai Weiwei sculpture I saw in May
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posted at: 12:11am on 23-Aug-2013
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Byrdcliffe Linen Press Door Patterns
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One of my favorite projects is the Byrdcliffe Linen Press that I built for the April 2006 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Its one of the 14 project articles included in my new book Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture: 14 Timeless Designs. When the original article was published, we posted full-size patterns for carving the
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posted at: 12:11am on 23-Aug-2013
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Turned Legs for the Lathe-less
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Whenever we include a project that has turned legs, bun feet or some other turned component, we inevitably get calls and e-mails from readers who dont have a lathe or dont have a friend who has a lathe, but want to build the piece as printed. There are a number of sources online where you
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2013
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Simple Blocks Let You Work at a Comfortable Height
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There is one question in woodworking that has no correct answer. The question? How high should the top of my bench be? Any answer will only be right for certain tasks. Optimize the height for planing and its too low for dovetailing. Make it a comfortable height for running a router and youll need stilts
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2013
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Details on the Dutch Tool Chests
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You can now get plans for both Dutch tool chests, both the big one and the little one, in the October 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, which recently shipped to subscribers. If you don't have this issue, check it out in the store here. I've been traveling with these chests all year
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posted at: 12:04am on 20-Aug-2013
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3-Legged Stool in 2 Days (or 1.5)
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Bob Langs Make a 3-Legged Stool video shoot and class is moving along at breakneck speed, not because we need to rush through it, but because all the class participants are doing so well. Yesterday, Bob walked the nine students through the layout, which is in my opinion by far the trickiest part
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posted at: 12:11am on 19-Aug-2013
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WoodOwl Bits Eat Oak for Lunch
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When building a workbench, boring the dog and holdfast holes is a drag, even with an electric drill. Last month, however, that all changed. While building a French oak Roubo workbench at an event put on by Benchcrafted (details here and the movie is here), Jameel Abraham introduced me to Japanese-made WoodOwl Nail Chipper bits.
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posted at: 12:02am on 18-Aug-2013
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The Most Important Tool (for Early Saturday Morning)
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Were in the shop today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday) with a group of 10 visiting woodworkers to film a video on making a tricky three-legged Chinese Stool (long-time readers might recall this project from the Winter 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine). The stool looks simple to build, but its not. The center mortise-and-tenon
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posted at: 12:02am on 18-Aug-2013
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Built to Scale
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I was modeling a Gimson table in SketchUp using scaled drawings Stickley had published in The Craftsman as a reference and having problems determining dimensions for individual parts using the scale. Apparently my thumbnail marking position on a ruler was an unreliable method for transferring dimensions, even if I managed to move the ruler
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posted at: 12:08am on 17-Aug-2013
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WoodOwl Bits Eat Oak for Lunch
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When building a workbench, boring the dog and holdfast holes is a drag, even with an electric drill. Last month, however, that all changed. While building a French oak Roubo workbench at an event put on by Benchcrafted (details here and the movie is here), Jameel Abraham introduced me to Japanese-made WoodOwl Nail Chipper bits.
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posted at: 12:16am on 16-Aug-2013
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Thank You and Farewell
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Sitting down this morning to write this post is both exciting and sad in equal measure. After 18 months here at Popular Woodworking Magazine, I'm moving on to new opportunities, tomorrow is my final day. First the exciting part: Through some hard work and a heaping portion of luck, I've won a scholarship to
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posted at: 12:16am on 16-Aug-2013
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Jet's New 14'' Band Saw
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Ive been in Nashville, Tenn., for the last 24 hours at an event for Jet Tools and Powermatic. The companies hosted a nice dinner for us on Tuesday evening before turning us loose on a downtown that has more country music bars than one could check out in weeks. Wednesday we hopped a bus for
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posted at: 12:01am on 15-Aug-2013
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A Router Accessory You Can't Have Yet
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Last month, I spent a few days inlaying about 40 pieces of brass hardware that all required recesses of different depths. My small Lie-Nielsen router plane did most of the work, but by the end of the job I was a bit frustrated. Unlike its bigger brother, the small router plane doesn't have a depth
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posted at: 12:04am on 14-Aug-2013
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Update to the Update on October Digital Issue
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The new e-mail has just gone out (4 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13), and I hear folks are receiving it. If, by Wednesday morning, you have NOT received it, please let me know. I mentioned last Friday that the digital issue had gone out, and it seems many folks didnt get it
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posted at: 12:04am on 14-Aug-2013
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Swoosh, Drill & Chop at Hand Tool Olympics 2013
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Last week I wrote about three of the six events at the Hand Tool Olympics (HTO), the winners in 2012 and the prizes and contributing companies for the upcoming events at Woodworking in America 2013 (Oct. 18-20). This entry covers the remaining three events, one with a little twist. Shooting Sports is the event
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posted at: 12:04am on 14-Aug-2013
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Eat Ice Cream, Build a Shaker Side Table
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Ill be at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Ind., to teach Make a Simple Shaker Side Table on Sept. 21-22, and I plan to eat soft serve ice cream from Marcs always-available supply for lunch both days. There are still a few open seats; I hope youll join me. The class is
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posted at: 12:01am on 13-Aug-2013
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Drawboring Resurrected
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Have modern glues and clamps rendered this ancient joinery technique obsolete? Absolutely not. By Christopher Schwarz Woodworking Magazine, September 2005, pages 12-15 Drawboring is one of the simple reasons that so much antique furniture survives today, some of it as sound as the day it was made. What is drawboring? Its a technique that greatly
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posted at: 12:01am on 10-Aug-2013
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Digitial Subscribers: Check Your E-mail for the October Issue
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The link to download the October 2013 digital issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine was sent to digital subscribers on Wednesday. And I missed it, maybe you did too. So check your inboxes if youre a digital subscriber; the e-mail subject line is, Delivery Notification: Your October Issue is Inside. So cryptic; you can see why I
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posted at: 12:00am on 10-Aug-2013
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Unexplained Discovery: Tapered-side Dovetailed Drawers
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One of most fun aspects of furniture is not necessarily found in the shop. Yes, making wood dust and building furniture is a blast, thats why we do it. But discovering something that is not easily explained is fun, too. The week immediately after labor day, that would be beginning Tuesday September 3rd
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posted at: 12:01am on 09-Aug-2013
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Workshop Makeover Sweepstakes, We Have a Winner!
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A hearty congratulations goes out to Merle Gilmore of Las Vegas, Nev., as the the lucky winner of the Workshop Makeover Giveaway, hell be coming away with $6,000 worth of tools from JET and Bessey! Gilmore is a retired maintenance mechanic and says he has
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posted at: 12:06am on 08-Aug-2013
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2 ''In the Field'' Fixes for Chipbreakers
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Chipbreakers were invented in 1846 by the devil. Yes, they can eliminate tear-out when set .007, from the cutting edge of your smoothing plane. But otherwise, chipbreakers seem to cause more ulcers than they fix. I see a lot of mucked-up chipbreakers on students' planes. And when you are in a two-day class, you cannot
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posted at: 12:06am on 08-Aug-2013
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Sawing Events (& Prizes) at Hand Tool Olympics 2013
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Over the next couple of posts, Ill reminisce about the Hand Tool Olympics from Woodworking in America 2012, including a list of those who won the events (just to let you know who to keep an eye on as you stroll through the Marketplace) and those who benefited from participation won a great prize
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posted at: 12:08am on 07-Aug-2013
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An Awesome Edge-jointing Jig
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Teaching someone to cut dovetails is easy. Teaching them to joint an edge for glue-up with a handplane is something else. If you don't believe me, consult Joseph Moxon, who wrote the first English-language book on woodworking. But yet it is counted a piece of good Wormanfhip in a Joyner, to have the Craft of
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posted at: 12:01am on 06-Aug-2013
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Nexabond Instant Adhesive Test
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A week ago, in a report from AWFS, our boss Kevin Ireland reported on a new instant adhesive, Nexabond 2500 Instant Wood Adhesive. It won an Innovation Award at AWFS and its worth a look. Its made just down the road from us in Loveland, Ohio and the other day I had a chance to
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posted at: 12:10am on 03-Aug-2013
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Get Paid to Attend Woodworking in America
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The title of this post is not a mistake. You can get paid to attend Woodworking in America in 2013. Were not going to open the doors for free admission and were not going to send you a refund check. In fact, were not doing anything; its the Woodworking in America sponsors that are doing
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posted at: 12:01am on 02-Aug-2013
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Toshio Odate Additional Images October 2013 Issue
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One of our favorite authors, Toshio Odate, is featured in an article in our October 2013 issue. In the story, Toshio relates his experience as an apprentice in Japan and builds a latticed entry door to his studio. The project is similar to what he was making in the 1950s. It isnt exactly a how-to
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posted at: 12:02am on 01-Aug-2013
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White Water Shaker Village Restoration Update (& the October 2013 Issue)
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The cover project for our October 2013 issue is my reproduction build of a Shaker blanket chest thats at the White Water Shaker Village in southwest Ohio; the original was likely built at the nearby community of Union Village. Weve written about the White Water Shaker Village before, and reproduced several pieces of furniture that
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posted at: 12:02am on 01-Aug-2013
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