A Quick Hold-open Lid Stay for a Tool Chest
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 In two weeks Im moving to a new workshop (ground-floor storefront, yay!). But last night as I was trying to get to sleep I realized that I wasnt going to be able to prop the lid of my tool chest open against a wall. Most old tool chests that I have seen dont have any mechanism to keep the lid open, though these mechanisms do exist. Most of the time, […]The post A Quick Hold-open Lid Stay for a Tool Chest appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Different Campaign Furniture (Different Campaign)
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 Though Ive been building campaign furniture pieces for five years, my focus has been on British pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries. There are definitely other traditions in campaign furniture. They just dont appeal as much to me as a woodworker. North American campaign furniture mostly from our Revolution and Civil wars is fairly unsophisticated compared to the British forms. Rarely was it made to identifiable patterns. […]The post Different Campaign Furniture (Different Campaign) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Joiners Dogs, Simple Clamping
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 It’s wonderful that so many things within woodworking can be accomplished with such simple principles and relative ease of application. This humble wedging action is a perfect example. Clamping, securing tenons or the angle of a dovetail all have a simple taper at their heart. I’m at the stage of my workbench project where I need to edge glue some boards to make the aprons. It seemed an ideal time […]The post Joiner’s Dogs, Simple Clamping appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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