How to Make 90 Your Best Friend
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One of the great things about handwork is that 90 is not the most critical angle. While absolute 90 is a holy setting on machinery, 87 or 93 is just as easy to cut with a handsaw, plane or chisel. And so sometimes hand-tool users (myself included) denigrate absolute 90 as something reserved for beginners, Arts & Crafts enthusiasts and machinists. After years of working by both hand and machine, […]The post How to Make 90 Your Best Friend appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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The Craft Classics in Just 5 - Must-Read Woodworking Books
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Fight woodworking ignorance 15 minutes each day. Editor's note: In the September/October 2017 issue (which mails to subscribers on Aug. 1), we have an article from up-and-coming makers on the books that have influenced their work and woodworking philosophy. Below is a similar article we ran in June 2011, asking established makers what they felt were the most important woodworking books, plus we included our staff picks. I've linked to […]The post The Craft Classics in Just 5′ - Must-Read Woodworking Books appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Taking Credit, Giving Credit and Stealing it
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On the way back from Handworks, editor Megan Fitzpatrick asked me a question I get a lot: Does it irk you when people build your furniture designs and fail to credit you when they post them on social media? Answer: Not at all. For me, the reward isn't that someone praises my design. The reward is that they were inspired enough to pick up the tools and build something. Building […]The post Taking Credit, Giving Credit and Stealing it appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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