Remove Rust from an Old Hand Plane with Citric Acid
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 Generally speaking, I like tools: power tools, hand tools, woodworking tools, farm tools. Tools. Also generally speaking, I like old things. Im no Luddite (Im very fond of Netflix) but am much more likely to smile over a thrift store treasure than a new iPhone. Be it a hat, lamp or hardback, old things have an ontological resonance that gets my neurons firing. Picturing all the sets of hands holding […]The post Remove Rust from an Old Hand Plane with Citric Acid appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:15am on 30-Sep-2016
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Popular Woodworking in America 2016 Photos
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 I had an excellent time at Popular Woodworking in America, and hope everyone else who was there did, too! It was such fun to catch up with woodworking friends new and old particularly those I “knew” only through Instagram, Twitter and the like (nice to finally meet in person!). And though I didn’t have time to sit in for any full class sessions, I managed to at least poke […]The post Popular Woodworking in America 2016 Photos appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:15am on 29-Sep-2016
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Introduction to Restoring Furniture
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 It has been my intention from the beginning of this blog to include postings about furniture restoration. By restoration I mean wood repair (including regluing), finish repair and refinishing. For twenty years, from 1976 to 1995 I ran a one-man (me) furniture making and restoration shop. I opened the shop with the intention of just making furniture, but there werent enough orders to keep me busy full time, and I […]The post Introduction to Restoring Furniture appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:15am on 28-Sep-2016
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Live Edge Class at Peters Valley Part 4: Colms Finished Table
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 After surfacing the Y tableslab, cutting the tenons, excavating the mortises and sanding and painting the legs, Colm mixed some slow setting epoxy adhesive in a cup and was ready to glue the legs. He brushed the epoxy on the tenons and inside the mortises, and then tucked the legs in. Next he put some adhesive on the wedges and drove them firmly down to expand the tenons and also […]The post Live Edge Class at Peters Valley Part 4: Colm’s Finished Table appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Going Digital
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 How I Startedin Digital Woodworking I had a long career as a designer. Long enough that I started out using traditional design tools, techniques and methods. So, when digital tools for designers first became available in the early 80s, I jumped in. Even though the first design and publishing software programs were pretty basic, they helped me get real work done and soon became indispensable. I also really liked using […]The post Going Digital appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:15am on 27-Sep-2016
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Roman Workbenches High And Low
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 When researching Roman workbenches, one of the things that leaped out at me was how low many of them were low, knee-high like a sawbench. After building a low bench based on drawing from Pompeii and Herculaneum, most visitors to my shop had one question: Were the Romans really short? The answer is: no. These low benches are used differently. You sit on them to plane faces of boards. You […]The post Roman Workbenches High And Low appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:15am on 27-Sep-2016
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Popular Woodworking in America Recap
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 I’ve just gotten caught up on work (and made a dent in myDutch tool chest build) after Popular Woodworking in America last weekend, and I wanted to recap my experience at the conference. With so many great speakers and a marketplace that begged to empty my wallet, it’s hard to pick my favorite aspects of PWIA. First off, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who came to the […]The post Popular Woodworking in America Recap appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Another 511-year-old Woodworking Vise
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 Screw-driven vises are not modern inventions. The earliest screw-driven vise that I know of is this Italian vise that is circa 1300. I am always looking for earlier vises because the screw mechanism has been around since Archimedes, though his screw was originally used for irrigation. This year I have been delving deep into a codex that was written in 1505 by a patrician named Martin Loffelholz. The 76-page proto-book […]The post Another 511-year-old Woodworking Vise appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:07am on 23-Sep-2016
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Hand Tool Olympics: Post-Game Wrap-Up
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 Well, another Popular Woodworking in America has come and gone. It was a fine time indeed, meeting and greeting our readers and contributors, but, like all good things, the end (alas) was inevitable. As attendees returned to their homes and shops to recover, our staff headed back to the office to work on new books, videos and, in my case, the next issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. But the memories […]The post Hand Tool Olympics: Post-Game Wrap-Up appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Brush Lifts Stain While Brushing Finish
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 This may have happened to you. Its surely happened to me. When youre brushing a finish, the brush picks up some of the stain and lightens the wood. Its even worse when the brush picks up so much stain that it leaves streaks. The first solution to try is to let the stain dry longer. Oil stains usually require drying overnight in a warm room, longer if the room isnt […]The post Brush Lifts Stain While Brushing Finish appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Woodworking + Digital: Tim Celeski
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 These Two Can Be a Great Combination For many years, Popular Woodworkinghas been an important resource for learning and an inspiration to many woodworkers including myself. Whether its a new technique to learn, a skill to perfect, a tool to consider, a design to be inspired by or a plan to build, the publication has been and continues to be as important to woodworkers as any tool in the […]The post Woodworking + Digital: Tim Celeski appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:02am on 16-Sep-2016
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PWIA & Cincinnati: Where to Eat; What to Do (Beyond Woodworking)
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 If your family is coming along with you to Woodworking in America, there’s plenty for them to do in Cincinnati while you’re at the conference. And there’s plenty of good food. The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (an impressive Art Deco building just west of downtown Cincinnati) houses three museums (plus an Omnimax Theater) however, only the Duke Energy Children’s Museum is open right now while the facility […]The post PWIA & Cincinnati: Where to Eat; What to Do (Beyond Woodworking) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Live Edge Class at Peters Valley: Colms Y Table (B)
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 After Colm created all the tenons, he attached a clamp to the foot of each leg and staged a few options for leg locations: closer to each other, further apart, etc. After a few trials he settled on the configuration that seemed the most compelling in terms of overall balance both metaphorically and literally. Then he traced the location of the mortises on the underside of the leg, turned over […]The post Live Edge Class at Peters Valley: Colms Y Table (B) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Popular Woodworking in America 2016: The Hand Tool Olympics
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 If you’re coming to Popular Woodworking in America this weekend…oh, what’s this “if” business? You’re definitely coming! With all the speakers, sessions and cool stuff to see, I feel safe assuming you won’t miss out on all the educational fun and inherent rowdiness that comes with this annual gathering of woodworkers and sawdust aficionados. Speaking of educational fun and inherent rowdiness, we’ve just put the finishing touches on this year’s […]The post Popular Woodworking in America 2016: The Hand Tool Olympics appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Quick Preview of the Vampire Vise
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 With only six days before Woodworking in America, Im starting to wonder if Im going to get everything ready for the big three-day woodworking geek-fest a few blocks away from my shop. Today Im putting the finishing touches on one of the two Roman-style workbenches Ive built for Woodworking in America. Ill be presenting a seminar on the research and reasoning behind these benches on Sunday morning. But Ill also […]The post A Quick Preview of the Vampire Vise appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Pictures in the Pattern: Simple Parquetry Techniques
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 A few years ago (okay maybe more than that) picture mosaics were all the rage. Making a single large image from lots of smaller images arranged in a planned pattern by color and pattern. Whenever I saw one of those images, the woodworker in me always thought of the ancient art of parquetry. Essentially the same concept, parquetry takes the color and grain pattern of small pieces of wood and […]The post Pictures in the Pattern: Simple Parquetry Techniques appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:00am on 10-Sep-2016
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Hyper-slick Coating
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 So Im sitting at dinner trying to get the last of the ketchup out of the bottle pictured here when I noticed that almost none of the ketchup was left stuck to the inside of the container. The plastic was almost perfectly clean. Then I remembered reading about the new technology that was responsible for this. The leading company behind the technology is LiquiGlide. The website is www.liquiglide.com if you […]The post Hyper-slick Coating appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Get to Know SketchUp
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 SketchUp is a fantastic design tool for woodworkers. It can also be a bit intimidating. My first time working with the program involved drawing a few odd shapes trying to get a grasp of the tools. A few clicks later I found myself wondering what on Earth was going on. My test sketch had panels sticking out everywhere and looked more like the International Space Station than a piece of […]The post Get to Know SketchUp appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Understanding Grain Direction
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 I often tell people that the grain direction in a board is like the fur on a cat. Stroke the cat (or board) one way and the cat will purr, and your tool will produce a nice surface. Stroke the cat (or board) the wrong way, however, and the cat will bite you, and your board will be as smooth as rotgut bourbon. While that seems simple enough, the thing […]The post Understanding Grain Direction appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Popular Woodworking in America: An Interview With James Hamilton
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 James Hamilton is the manbehind the popular Stumpy Nubs web site, which offers a range of online videos dedicated to woodworking and to outfitting your shop withhomemade woodworking machines, jigs and tools. Hamilton is constantly seekingways to organize, streamlineand improve workshops and strivesto help others do the same. Hewill be teaching at Popular Woodworking in America at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, September 16-18. About this time last year […]The post Popular Woodworking in America: An Interview With James Hamilton appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Locals Recommendations for Woodworking in America
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 Woodworking in America is next week, and if you have never been to Covington, Ky., here is a primer on where to eat and drink. My workshop is in the heart of Covington, just one block off of Main Strasse. So the following recommendations are based on how a local (not a tourist) sees the world. All of these places are walking distance from the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. Note: […]The post A Locals Recommendations for Woodworking in America appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Airport Transportation for PWIA
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 If you’re flying in to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CGV) for Popular Woodworking in America next weekend, there are several good options for ground transportation to downtown Covington. You can, of course, rent a car…but it’s really not necessary if you’re staying at one of the two “official” conference hotels (the Cincinnati Marriott Rivercenter of Embassy Suites Cincinnati Riverfront), or at any of the nearby hotels. Everything conference-related is […]The post Airport Transportation for PWIA appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Live Edge Class at Peters Valley Part 4: Colms Y table (A)
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 Colm was one of the students at my Peters Valley live edge class and his table stood out both in terms of design and height. On the first day of class, he showed me an impressive looking walnut crotch slab and asked what I thought we could do with it. While discussing our options I showed him a recent live edge piece of mine, Mulberry Trio, and suggestedthat perhaps he […]The post Live Edge Class at Peters Valley Part 4: Colm’s “Y” table (A) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Sharp (and Clean!) Fixes Everything in a Handplane
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 Sharpening a misbehaving tool will almost always fix its wagon. But I always take an extra step when taking apart a handplane: I clean the interior of shavings and dust with a brush and an oily rag. It might seem like overkill, or like I am on the verge of compulsive, but I dont think thats the case. Little fragments of shavings or even dust can wreak havoc on a […]The post Sharp (and Clean!) Fixes Everything in a Handplane appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Popular Woodworking in America: An Interview with Alf Sharp
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 After a brief tenure in law school at Vanderbilt University, Alf Sharp decided the white collar world was not for him. His woodworking career began with some simple remodeling for a landlord in lieu of rent, which led to doing interior trim work and simple cabinetry, and teaching himself fine woodworking through books and experimentation. Now, Alf is recognized as one of America’s premier period furniture makers, and was honored […]The post Popular Woodworking in America: An Interview with Alf Sharp appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Congratulations to the 2016 PWM Excellence Awards Winners
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 With so many excellent entries in the 2016 PWM Excellence Awards, selecting the Editors Choice winners and Grand-prize winner was incredibly difficult. All the editors and contributors have different aesthetic tastes, and the excellent craftsmanship displayed in the top vote getters didnt help settle the discussions. In several cases the winner was chosen by a margin of a single vote. But choices had to be made, so here they are: […]The post Congratulations to the 2016 PWM Excellence Awards Winners appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build a Danish Modern Storage Cabinet
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 What comes to mind when you think of a stereotypical male in their mid-twenties? Someone who has a beard, a few tattoos and loves to collect vinyl? Well yeah, thats me, and Im not afraid to call myself out. Something that may set me apart from others my age is my appreciation for well-constructed furniture. So when I found out Dale Barnard was creating a storage cabinet designed to hold […]The post Build a Danish Modern Storage Cabinet appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Shellac is Not Bug Poop!
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 OK, its a small thing, but I still get irritated when I see or hear shellac described as bug excretion. Its not (think of the related word excrement.) Its a resinous SEcretion (big difference) from a bug that feeds off of plum trees, which are native to South Asia. The bug secretes the resin to shelter and protect its offspring. The resin is then harvested and shipped around the world. […]The post Shellac is Not Bug Poop! appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Classic Book About Classic Woodworking Tools
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 When you find an old tool, you have some work to do to get it into working conditioncleaning, sharpening, tuningand so forth. Once youve spent some time with it, often youll find that the tool is just as good (or even better) than one you could have bought new. Mike Dunbars original edition of Restoring, Tuning and Using Classic Woodworking Tools was written in 1989. It remained in print for […]The post A Classic Book About Classic Woodworking Tools appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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