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Great American Furniture

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Great American Furniture table of contentsI don't know about you, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday - it's all about the food and mostly free of consumerism…except, of course, for the “Black Friday” sales that start at crazy hours… I will not be at any of those sales. I will be sitting around a table I built (in the one dining chair I'vebuilt) having a great time with friends and eating what I hope is […]The post Great American Furniture appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Anarchist's 2017 Gift Guide, Day 3: No-Kill 'Mutton' Tallow

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Hand-tool woodworkers love mutton tallow as a lubricant for saws, auger bits and the soles of our handplanes. A smidge of the stuff will make your tool slide easier - and your shop will smell like lambchops. But because of animal-rights concerns, mutton tallow is shunned by some woodworkers. (They already shun paraffin because it is made by Big Oil.) In 2016, a start-up corporation tried to make mutton tallow […]The post Anarchist's 2017 Gift Guide, Day 3: No-Kill 'Mutton' Tallow appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Anarchist's 2017 Gift Guide, Day 2: Tape Dispenser

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You might think I'm kidding. I am absolutely not. This year, a tape dispenser for my blue tape is the nicest thing I've added to my shop. Like many woodworkers, I use blue painter's tape for many tasks, from taping down small repairs to marking out joinery to shimming things square. For years I simply pulled it off the roll. You know the drill: Find the end of the tape, […]The post Anarchist's 2017 Gift Guide, Day 2: Tape Dispenser appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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