Folding Bookstand Made with Rivets
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 For the June 2018 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I've built a folding and adjustable bookstand that is assembled with copper rivets and folds up to a neat package about the size of smartphone. It's a quick and fun project that uses shop scraps and regular shop equipment. The result is great for reading, cookbooks or even holding your iPad while watching movies. It can be scaled up or down […]The post Folding Bookstand Made with Rivets appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How Trees Grow
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 Being a woodworker of many years I have friends who will constantly ruin a good walk in the woods with questions of, “what type of tree is that?” Truth is, I'm not really very good at identifying trees. I'm much better at identifying a slab of lumber! I recognize the wood in the form I'm most familiar with. I'd like to be able to identify trees, but it doesn't strongly […]The post How Trees Grow appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Brands of Stain Differ in the Amount of Color they Leave on the Wood
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 Stains differ in the amount of colorant they include. On this panel I applied one brand of walnut stain to the left side and another brand to the right side, then wiped off the excess. I let the stains dry thoroughly and applied a second coat of the same stain to the outer quadrants followed by wiping off the excess. Notice that there is a big difference in the amount […]The post Brands of Stain Differ in the Amount of Color they Leave on the Wood appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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