A Few Thoughts
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 I just finished reading an article on filling pores, and it reminded me of several things Ive been meaning to say. First, filling pores is primarily a refinishing operation because so much of the old factory-made and finished furniture is mahogany with filled pores. To reproduce the original look, a refinisher has to fill the pores. But mahogany isnt used all that much by woodworkers today making one-of-a-kind furniture, and […]The post A Few Thoughts appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Convert Veritas Plow Plane to Beading Plane
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 So this is clever (and a nice benefit for customers) Lee Valley announced today a(nother) use for the Veritas Small Plow Plane; a beading blade kit is now available. That’s cool (I do love a nice bead) but what’s perhaps more cool is that while the plane has been slightly redesigned to include this capability (and to improve the clamp mechanism on the depth stop), those who already […]The post Convert Veritas Plow Plane to Beading Plane appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Few Thoughts
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I just finished reading an article on filling pores, and it reminded me of several things Ive been meaning to say. First, filling pores is primarily a refinishing operation because so much of the old factory-made and finished furniture is mahogany with filled pores. To reproduce the original look, a refinisher has to fill the pores. But mahogany isnt used all that much by woodworkers today making one-of-a-kind furniture, and […]The post A Few Thoughts appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build a Bat House
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 Readers of my personal blog know that I’ve run into some unexpected challenges with my little house rehab project: knob-and-tube wiring…and bats. The wiring is now about 80-percent new (the other 20 percent will be done later this year or next), but I have to wait for the bats to wake up from their winter naps before kicking them out (which is done by sealing up all but one likely […]The post Build a Bat House appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build a Frame Saw Part 2: Mortising
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 The frame saw that I devised for my students is, among other things, a great exercise in woodworking joinery. It teaches the student the importance of what I call interdependency. I use this term to describe the symbiotic relationship between two elements, in this case a joint, and their pivotalrole (pun intended) in the success of the design, as accurate execution of our mortise and tenon joint will ensure the […]The post Build a Frame Saw Part 2: Mortising appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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You Can Add All the Thinner You Want
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 You often see cans of solvent finishes, including lacquer, and alkyd and polyurethane varnish, with instructions not to thin them. Manufacturers include these instructions in order to comply with VOC laws in some areas of the country, such as California. Adding thinner could take the finish out of compliance with the local or state laws, and manufacturers might be breaking the law if they advocated thinning. But they then sell […]The post You Can Add All the Thinner You Want appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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You Can Add All the Thinner You Want
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You often see cans of solvent finishes, including lacquer, and alkyd and polyurethane varnish, with instructions not to thin them. Manufacturers include these instructions in order to comply with VOC laws in some areas of the country, such as California. Adding thinner could take the finish out of compliance with the local or state laws, and manufacturers might be breaking the law if they advocated thinning. But they then sell […]The post You Can Add All the Thinner You Want 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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posted at: 12:00am on 23-Feb-2016
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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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Tips for Designing and Being Inspired
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In this video I share my personal tips for finding inspiration and how I design.
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posted at: 12:01am on 22-Feb-2016
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Remove Residue NMP From The Wood
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 The paint-and-varnish removers commonly available in stores are gradually shifting from those available in metal cans to those available in plastic containers. The ones in plastic arent as strong or fast acting as those in cans, which are methylene chloride and various lacquer-thinner solvents. Just the packaging, plastic vs. metal, tells you this. The vast majority of strippers sold in plastic containers are based on the solvent n-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) […]The post Remove Residue NMP From The Wood appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Remove Residue NMP From The Wood
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The paint-and-varnish removers commonly available in stores are gradually shifting from those available in metal cans to those available in plastic containers. The ones in plastic arent as strong or fast acting as those in cans, which are methylene chloride and various lacquer-thinner solvents. Just the packaging, plastic vs. metal, tells you this. The vast majority of strippers sold in plastic containers are based on the solvent n-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) […]The post Remove Residue NMP From The Wood appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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5 Must-Have Wood Finishing Supplies
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 You can create beautiful finishes without a lot of equipment, but there are a few things you should always have on hand. Here are a few things you should keep aroundfor finishing that are helpful for other purposes too. Lint-free Rags Rags are great to have around the shop for many reasons, but theyre especially usefulfor finishing. Dont use old socks or t-shirts; theyll leave lint behind. Get some lint-free […]The post 5 Must-Have Wood Finishing Supplies appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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5 Must-Have Wood Finishing Supplies
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You can create beautiful finishes without a lot of equipment, but there are a few things you should always have on hand. Here are a few things you should keep aroundfor finishing that are helpful for other purposes too. Lint-free Rags Rags are great to have around the shop for many reasons, but theyre especially usefulfor finishing. Dont use old socks or t-shirts; theyll leave lint behind. Get some lint-free […]The post 5 Must-Have Wood Finishing Supplies appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build a Frame Saw Part 1: Design and Stock Preparation
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 Building a functioning tool is a fantastic skill-building exercise for anyone who studies woodworking. Whether it is a wooden plane, a marking gauge or a mallet, the process of creating an object that will be used for making other objects adds magic to the learning process. So, when I started to brainstormproject ideas for our 7th grade class, I knew that I wanted them to build a tool. What kind […]The post Build a Frame Saw Part 1: Design and Stock Preparation appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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The Bleeding Edge of Risk
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 In the day of helicopter parents, litigious lawyers and cubicle life how isa person going to experiment with ariskvs.reward model withrelative safety? Woodworking gives us an outlet to analyze, and takethe risks that can provide great reward while avoiding the risks dont. One example is pushing a boardthrough a saw. It doesnt matter what type of saw you’re using, if you push the board through in an unsafe manner there […]The post The Bleeding Edge of Risk appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Community Woodworking Glossary
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 There is a phrase in Spanish called media naranja, which literally translates to half orange. I dont speak Spanish, so being called this for the first time meant nothing to me. Then I found out what it really meant. Its a colloquialism for other half. So instead of being referred to as someones other half, some people say half orange. I bring this up for one reason. Foreign languages can […]The post A Community Woodworking Glossary appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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File a Scraper with the Universal Sharpener
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 In the next issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine I review the Chestnut Tools Universal Sharpener from Lee Valley Tools. I learned about this remarkable and inexpensive little tool from furniture maker Freddy Roman. I was skeptical about it until I got my hands on it. This thing is well youll have to wait for the full review in the magazine. One of the best things it does in my […]The post File a Scraper with the Universal Sharpener appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Details for a Rack in a Tool Chest
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 A tool rack in your chest is a nice way to keep your chisels, screwdrivers and other tools close at hand and protected from damage. After experimenting with lots of different racks, heres how I make racks for myself and customers. I start with a length of pine thats about 1 x 1-1/4 x the interior dimension of the chest. To lay out the holes for a set of five […]The post Details for a Rack in a Tool Chest appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build Your Own Tools
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 Woodworkers have a reputation for taking matters into their own hands. When something doesn’t work the way you want it to, what do you do? You go to the shop and build something that will. That’s probably why thewebsite StumpyNubs.com is so popular. Stumpy (whose real name is James Hamilton) makes his mission to solve problems and streamline workflow in the shop by building machines from scratch. You can find […]The post Build Your Own Tools appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Can You Draw Skippy the Turtle?
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 OK I’m not really looking for someone who can draw a turtle; I need an illustrator who can take over our Tricks and Letters drawings, to develop digitally deliverable images (four to six illustrations per issue, seven issues per year) working from photos and text. And obviously, a solid understanding of woodworking is key. Our long-time and much-beloved illustrator, Mary Jane (MJ) Favorite, has an exciting venture on the […]The post Can You Draw Skippy the Turtle? appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Furniture Polishes
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 I spent most of the decade of the ’90s trying to make sense of furniture polishes. Claims from manufacturers were (and still are) all over the map. Even worse were all the contradictory opinions of my professional-refinishing colleagues, museum conservators, furniture-store clerks and my customers. I figured out pretty quickly that furniture polishes couldnt possibly replace the natural oils in wood because only a few exotics, such as teak and […]The post Furniture Polishes appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Furniture Polishes
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I spent most of the decade of the ’90s trying to make sense of furniture polishes. Claims from manufacturers were (and still are) all over the map. Even worse were all the contradictory opinions of my professional-refinishing colleagues, museum conservators, furniture-store clerks and my customers. I figured out pretty quickly that furniture polishes couldnt possibly replace the natural oils in wood because only a few exotics, such as teak and […]The post Furniture Polishes appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Small Changes to my Moxon Vises
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 Since I began making Moxon-style vises in 2010, Im made several dozens for students customers and have made some small changes to the way I build them. Above all, I try to keep my Moxon vises as simple and compact as possible, which is why I havent added tables or other gizmos. Here is what my latest one, which ships out today, looks like. The most significant change is that […]The post Small Changes to my Moxon Vises appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Bench Bulls by Blog ReadersVery Cool Designs
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 A few weeks ago I blogged about a jig that I built that is intended to help in woodworking clamping tasks and, in some cases, even substitute for a work bench. I called the jig a bench bull and dedicated three blog entires to it. I was very happy to learn that the bench bull concept was picked up by a few of our readers who cleverly added or changed […]The post ‘Bench Bulls’ by Blog ReadersVery Cool Designs appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Brush End-to-End
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 When brushing a large surface such as a tabletop, you want each brush stroke to go from one end to the other with the grain. If the brush cant hold enough finish to go the entire distance, brush several partial strokes, then connect them with a long end-to-end stroke. Lay the bristles down just short of the edge so you dont drag it over the edge and cause runs. Then […]The post Brush End-to-End appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Brush End-to-End
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When brushing a large surface such as a tabletop, you want each brush stroke to go from one end to the other with the grain. If the brush cant hold enough finish to go the entire distance, brush several partial strokes, then connect them with a long end-to-end stroke. Lay the bristles down just short of the edge so you dont drag it over the edge and cause runs. Then […]The post Brush End-to-End appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Traditional Basket Weaving as Woodworking?!
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 Our new video, “Traditional Basket Weaving,”is about to drop on February 5th at shopwoodworking.com, and I can honestly say that I amblown away. I have seen plenty of woven baskets in my life, but I never knew how much hard work and detail went into making each one. You don’t have to take my word on it though, David Thiel was present during the DVD shoot and you can read […]The post Traditional Basket Weaving as Woodworking?! appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:00am on 04-Feb-2016
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Check-Point Asher, or a Gate to Keep My Son Safe
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 Toddlers can be risky creatures, endangering themselves as well as your property. They are notorious for putting themselves in the most precarious situations such as rolling down the stairs, knocking their heads into furniture corners and trying to bite and swallow EVERYTHING our baby boy Asher is no different. While I constantly find myself preempting his risky experimentation, I am, or so I believe, able to protect him from […]The post Check-Point Asher, or a Gate to Keep My Son Safe appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Release the Pressure
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 Woodworking forums can be helpful, no really they can. It’s thanks to a forum that I read a discussion between George Wilsonand Zach Dillinger(really looking forward to Zach’s book towards the end of this year). They were discussing the size of plane totes from early wooden planes and why they were smaller that the typical “Bailey” style totewe are all familiar with. The reason put forward was that with planing […]The post Release the Pressure appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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New DVD on Bookcases now Available
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 My latest DVD with Popular Woodworking, Build a Hand-Crafted Bookcase is expected to ship this week. Its a 126-minute exploration of building the bookcase from The Anarchists Design Book entirely by hand using surfaced home-center pine. The DVD begins by throwing out the modern idea of using adjustable shelves and discusses how the design was created and can be modified. From there we explore a bunch of different skills in […]The post New DVD on Bookcases now Available appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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