C-Clamps for Demanding Jobs
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In my ongoing quest for finding adequate substitutions for the vanishing North American clamp manufacturers, I recently discovered an exceptionally strong forged steel C-clamp that will surely give us decades of dependable use. Woodworkers rarely use large capacity C-Clamps. Instead, we prefer the more rapid to open and close F-clamps, or the Parallel jaws clamps. However, C-clamps are better for repeated clamping of materials of similar thicknesses. Think about a […]The post C-Clamps for Demanding Jobs appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Simple Saw Till From One Piece of Construction Lumber
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I bought my first set of nice joinery saws a decade ago. Since then, I've acquired a handful more. A saw till has been on the to-do list this entire time. Finally, when I discovered a design so simple that it could be finished in seven table saw cuts, the King of Procrastination got off his butt. The basis of the till is a single block of wood. Cut an […]The post A Simple Saw Till From One Piece of Construction Lumber appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Building Adirondack Chairs in Shop Class
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Editor's note: This article was submitted by Tavish, a Technology Education instructor in Central New York. He shares how he led his class in building 10 Adirondack chairs. - David Lyell Introduction to our process I spent quite a bit of time reading up on Adirondack chairs in an attempt to find out what issues the typical ADK designs have. Most of the ones that I'd sat in over the […]The post Building Adirondack Chairs in Shop Class appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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All Natural: Can Shellac Be Marketed As All Natural?
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I got a question from a professional woodworker wanting to know if he could market the shellac he used as all natural, or if Zinsser put non-natural ingredients in their shellac that didn't evaporate. Great question, because it brings up the issue of the safety of natural substances. This term is used a lot to indicate that the substance is safe for humans. But there are all sorts of poisons […]The post All Natural: Can Shellac Be Marketed As All Natural? appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Build a Folding Plant - Project Plan Spotlight
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Less than one sheet of plywood and a long afternoon are all you need to build a functional and foldable floral display. When you have a lot of plants to display, you are always looking for ways to show them off to their best advantage. Or maybe you just want to cover that hole where a gopher dug under the house. Either way, this plant stand is a great way […]The post Build a Folding Plant - Project Plan Spotlight appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Make Your Cooker a Looker: Affordable Stove Upgrade
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Warning: This post falls under the category “First World Problems.” This week we continue the kitchen design theme, but with an affordable stove upgrade instead of cabinets. Full disclosure: we're talking about the most superficial aspect of a stove, its appearance. Yes, the stove is a tool - a conventional necessity for cooking food (at least in modern kitchens, which don't typically revolve around a wood-burning hearth). Sure, you couldfry […]The post Make Your Cooker a Looker: Affordable Stove Upgrade appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Join Me Live on PopWood Playback! #12
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Sometimes I have hair-brained ideas. I really have no idea how this one is going to go, but I'd like to invite ANYONE who produces YouTube woodworking videos to join me on PopWood playback LIVE. We film PopWood Playback every Thursday afternoon, which I understand will not work for many people who have a day job and produce content as a side-hustle, but we are willing to accommodate a different […]The post Join Me Live on PopWood Playback! #12 appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Experiment: Plastic Rotting Strips
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One of the important features on tool chests are what I call rotting strips - pieces of wood between the chest and floor that protect the bottom of the chest from water. And, if the chest does get wet, these strips rot before the bottom of the chest. I'm in the middle of building a couple of tool chests for customers. And one of the customers wanted to add casters […]The post Experiment: Plastic Rotting Strips appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Bring a Drawbore Home with Andy Rawls - Community Post
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Editor's note: We have some great content on drawboring - check out Chris's article here and some of Chuck's period furniture observations here. Andy Rawls submitted this video and caption to the Shop Blog - if you have a tip, commentary or any other type of content to submit to the blog, send me a note. My email is linked here. - David Lyell Drawboring is a technique that allows […]The post Bring a Drawbore Home with Andy Rawls - Community Post appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Lunette & Floral Carving
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This traditional pattern can dress up any panel. by Peter Follansbee I've carved so many oak boxes that I lost track of their number long ago. I'll sometimes bump into one, or a photograph, and say, Oh, I forgot I did that one But one design I come back to over and over again is the first pattern I learned, which I did three decades ago by studying museum examples. […]The post Lunette & Floral Carving appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Shop Supports - Learn to Cut Three Joints by Hand
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I have used what I call shop supports for many years. These are not sawhorses, and they are not outfeed tables - they're somewhere in between, and I find them indispensable. I use them to temporarily store and sort lumber that I get in for workshops I teach at the Woodwright's School. And when I process stock, the shop supports are tall enough that I do not have to do […]The post Shop Supports - Learn to Cut Three Joints by Hand appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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We must practice to gain facility
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Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Art and Craft of Cabinet-Making. This book provides an incredible look into traditional woodworking instruction. Though the Englishsounds peculiar to the modern ear, the commentary is evergreen. Pick up a copy and connect with a bygone era of craftsmanship. - David Lyell The tools being ready, it may fairly be supposed that the novice is anxious to use them, and to […]The post We must practice to gain facility… appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Smart Paint for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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This is another installment in my series on smart coatings. You can access the others by typing in smart in the search box near the top of my main blog page. For this installment, I'm reporting on some pioneering work being done at Ohio State University. If you live in or near Columbus, Ohio you may be familiar with some of the testing areas. The goal is to make it […]The post Smart Paint for the Blind and Visually Impaired appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How Tight Should the Table Saw Arbor Nut Be?
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We're working on adding a lot of back content to our YouTube channel. So, just as a heads up, you'll see some basicvideos, like this one, from time to time. These videos are really fundamental to many of our readers, but in an effort to serve the next generation woodworkers on YouTube, we're adding reference material to our channel. These videos will be recommended through the YouTube search feature (that […]The post How Tight Should the Table Saw Arbor Nut Be? appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Quit Worshiping at the Church of Inside Corners
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One of my stranger findings from years of working with clients to redesign their kitchens is that people will guard their cubic footage like an angry vulture with a road-killed skunk. Suggest that they leave some portion of the space unused and they break into a cold sweat. Don't get me wrong. I understand the importance of utilizing space. Most of the kitchens I work in are small, typically in […]The post Quit Worshiping at the Church of Inside Corners appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Popwood Playback #11 - Giveaway & Top Woodworking Videos of the Week
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This week I've been busy working on building theUltimate Lathe Stand. I've needed a home for my old Craftsman lathe, so why not build the ULTIMATE stand for it?! It's a great build by Alan Lacer, though I've had to adapt the plans for a larger lathe and I've decreased some of the complexity by removing the 5-degree angle on the legs. It's been a great aerobic exercise in moving […]The post Popwood Playback #11 - Giveaway & Top Woodworking Videos of the Week appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Why Build a Tool Chest?
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During the last six years, I've built a lot of tool chests for customers. To many woodworkers, this might seem odd. Why not build one yourself? The answer is simple. Why not build your own handplanes? Your chisels? Forge the steel for your tools? Mine the iron ore and learn to transform it into steel? We all have a point at which we'll say: Someone else can do that job. […]The post Why Build a Tool Chest? appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Harbor Freight Clamps One Year Later
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A year ago I wrote about the demise of America's clamp manufacturers and my choice to try a few inexpensive alternatives for the obsolete Pony, Wetzler and the like. We decided to buy a few types of Harbor Freight clamps and give them a try. A year of use has passed and here are my thoughts on the matter. Harbor Freight F-Clamps. We got six small clamps and I have […]The post Harbor Freight Clamps One Year Later appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Win an X-Carve CNC from Inventables
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Inventables is hosting a contest for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs. Their CNC, the X-Carve, has been a go-to machine for many startups and hobbyists for years. It's great to see them giving back to the community and inspiring makers to produce video content at the same time. They have two categories, each eligibleto win aX-Carve Business Bundle. The first is for “Individuals who do not own an X-Carve.” You have […]The post Win an X-Carve CNC from Inventables appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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The Power of User Groups - How to Learn CNC
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In the December 2017 Popular Woodworking article called Digital Artistry How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking, five professional woodworkers showed how they've added digital woodworking skills and tools to their traditional, hybrid and hand tool woodworking skill sets. The makers are Darrell Peart, Curtis Erpelding, Bob Spangler, David Myka and myself. All of us have traditional woodworking backgrounds but have embraced new technologies as […]The post The Power of User Groups - How to Learn CNC appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Aftermarket Splitters & Riving Knives for Powermatic 66 Table Saw
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I recently posted a video to our YouTube channel that discussed proper tightening of a saw blade nut (hand tightened is usually enough)and was surprised by the number of comments not on the focus of the video, but on the splitter shown on our Powermatic 66. I apologize for getting a bit technical (tool nerd!), but this is worth a bit of discussion. First, our Powermatic 66 table saw has […]The post Aftermarket Splitters & Riving Knives for Powermatic 66 Table Saw appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Which Way Does the Router Spin? - Tricks of the Trade
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I learned this in engineering school and soon found out it worked for my router. It is called the right-hand thumb rule. When trying to remember which way your router bit is spinning so you can feed the wood in the correct direction, you can use the right-hand thumb rule. Pretend your right hand is a router and your thumb is the router bit. If you are holding the router […]The post Which Way Does the Router Spin? - Tricks of the Trade appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Crosscutting Sled - Just 5 Pieces of Wood
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The sled we use the most in our shop is the one shown here. I built it five years ago, and it is as accurate as the day I made it. I built it in response to my frustrations with fancy sliding tables, Jim-crack miter gauges and other silly devices used to crosscut wood at 90. This sled and my panel-cutting sled handle all of my crosscutting needs. Here's how […]The post Crosscutting Sled - Just 5 Pieces of Wood appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Surviving A Shop Move 101 - Camille Woodworking
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Editor's note: Bryant documented his move process on his Instagram account, of which I have been a follower for a long time. I asked him to write a blog post to share his thoughts in a longer format. Enjoy! - David Lyell You've been putting it off for months, you knew it was coming. Perhaps the lease is up on your shop, or you bought a new house with a […]The post Surviving A Shop Move 101 - Camille Woodworking appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Compatibility of Applying One Type of Finish Over Another
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A professional woodworker got in touch with this question. He had finished a sixty-foot long countertop for a brewery tasting room with catalyzed (conversion) varnish. After the finish dried for three weeks, the client decided he would like the finish to be glossier and have the same amber tone as the other countertop, which had been finished with polyurethane. To complicate this woodworker's situation even more, he couldn't spray this […]The post Compatibility of Applying One Type of Finish Over Another appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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An Extra-Thin Frame and Panel Back
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A current job called for a solid wood frame and panel back that would fit in a 5/16″ rabbet. That's really thin for a frame-and-panel assembly, at least in my world. (Granted, for Bill Robertson, it's positively gargantuan.) Ordinarily, I like such backs to be 1/2″ thick. One way I've dealt with this combo of frame-and-panel back plus shallow rabbet in the past is to make the panel 1/2″ thick, […]The post An Extra-Thin Frame and Panel Back appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Dovetailing Trick for Beginners
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I don't think I've cut a single dovetail for eight months - my work has been mostly chairs and casework that relied on other joints. So I'm a bit out of practice. When this happens and I need to cut dovetails, I quickly default to the method I use to teach students to dovetail. This method helps build good habits when sawing and helps you fix any mistakes. This method […]The post A Dovetailing Trick for Beginners appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Dovetail Angles are Style, Not Substance
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For dovetails, I use what I call a redneck slope - 1:4 or 14. I like this slope because I've seen it on a lot of vernacular pieces I've studied. It says: Dovetail y'all! And not: Ill-defined box joint. But that's just what my eye sees. Truth is, dovetail slopes are more about fashion than their mechanical properties. When I started woodworking, my head was injected with a lot of […]The post Dovetail Angles are Style, Not Substance appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Powerless Woodworker - When a Nor'easter Rolls into Town
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The latest Nor'easter left us powerless. On Wednesday afternoon we lost electricity to the elements. The snow that began falling that morning didn't seem that hospitable, to say the least. It was wet and clingy. When I noticed the rate of accumulation and the sagging branches on all the trees in our neighborhood, I said to my partner, this storm is a limb killer. And indeed my dire prediction came […]The post Powerless Woodworker - When a Nor'easter Rolls into Town appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Popwood Playback #10 - Best Woodworking Videos of the Week
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We tried a new format this week for Popwood Playback. We ended up with a slightly longer video, but we included a pretty in-depthfirst look at the installation of the Kreg Precision Router Lift. Let us know if there are other types of tools or equipment that you are interested in seeing on Popwood Playback! The form to enter the contest is at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! - […]The post Popwood Playback #10 - Best Woodworking Videos of the Week appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Quick Method for Creating Tabletop Buttons
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Tabletop buttons are an easy and effective way to attach a table to its base. They allow for seasonal movement as they pivot and slide within their mortise. This video shows a quick and simple way to make buttons with hand tools. You'll want to mark a centerline with your marking gauge down the length of your blank, then saw to this line on each side of your blank. These […]The post A Quick Method for Creating Tabletop Buttons appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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The Artisan Process - Woodworking Without Electricity
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Editor's note: You can pick up theJim Tolpin's Classics Collection for a great price right now over at ShopWoodworking.com. When I approached the writing of Measure Twice, Cut Once–and especially later when developing The New Traditional Woodworker - I realized I needed to step back to a time when we woodwrights worked without electricity. I needed to immerse myself in the era in which we produced furniture solely with the […]The post The Artisan Process - Woodworking Without Electricity appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Precision Instruments for Woodworkers - Part Four: Recommended Tools
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In this series, I've covered tools for standardization, tools for measuring and tools for precision. Now, it's time to bring it all together with a few recommendations for different kinds of woodworking. How much accuracy you need depends on the kind of woodworking that you do. Remember that for hundreds of years, woodworkers got away with few or no measuring tools, yet still produced amazingly accurate work. How? It's because […]The post Precision Instruments for Woodworkers - Part Four: Recommended Tools appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Get Rid of Black Stains on an Exterior Door
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In the October, 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking, page 10, I answered a question from a reader concerning how to handle paint on an exterior door that was beginning to lift at the cross-grain joints where water was able to get in and work its way underneath. This inspired another reader to ask how to remove black stains on his clear-finished exterior door (at least one coat of polyurethane) and […]The post How to Get Rid of Black Stains on an Exterior Door appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Precision Instruments for Woodworkers - Part Four: Recommended Tools
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In this series, I've covered tools for standardization, tools for measuring and tools for precision. Now, it's time to bring it all together with a few recommendations for different kinds of woodworking. How much accuracy you need depends on the kind of woodworking that you do. Remember that for hundreds of years, woodworkers got away with few or no measuring tools, yet still produced amazingly accurate work. How? It's because […]The post Precision Instruments for Woodworkers - Part Four: Recommended Tools appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Make a Cloud Lifted Ebony Spline
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Greene & Greene (G&G) breadboard ends are never flush with the edge or top of a table top. This proud look is then capped with a polished Ebony spline embedded in a mortise between the breadboard end and the table top infield. The spline profile is lifted (often called a cloud lift) to accentuate the proud look of the breadboard end relative to the infield. Furthermore, the spline is pillowed […]The post How to Make a Cloud Lifted Ebony Spline appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Get Rid of Black Stains on an Exterior Door
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In the October, 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking, page 10, I answered a question from a reader concerning how to handle paint on an exterior door that was beginning to lift at the cross-grain joints where water was able to get in and work its way underneath. This inspired another reader to ask how to remove black stains on his clear-finished exterior door (at least one coat of polyurethane) and […]The post How to Get Rid of Black Stains on an Exterior Door appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Make a Plywood Throat Plate for Band Saws
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It is surprising how important is a tight throat plate to ensure successful sawing on the bandsaw. A throat plate with a narrow kerf that flanks the blade neatly will prevent small wedge-shaped parts that separate during the sawing process from jamming the blade. Our Grizzly Band saw came with plastic throat plate that had unusually wide kerf. This plate agonized us for a long time, that is until I […]The post How to Make a Plywood Throat Plate for Band Saws appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Ruskin's Moral Elements of Gothic: A Foundation of the Arts and Crafts Movement
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Kudos to all who accepted last week's challenge to match features of my recently completed dining table commission with the list of John Ruskin's “moral elements of Gothic” from his magnum opus, The Stones of Venice. I am impressed by the thoughtful answers submitted by everyone who wrote in. The winner, by virtue of having responded first, is Edward Hopkins. As I write this post on Sunday evening, I am […]The post Ruskin's Moral Elements of Gothic: A Foundation of the Arts and Crafts Movement appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Make a Cloud Lifted Ebony Spline
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Greene & Greene (G&G) breadboard ends are never flush with the edge or top of a table top. This proud look is then capped with a polished Ebony spline embedded in a mortise between the breadboard end and the table top infield. The spline profile is lifted (often called a cloud lift) to accentuate the proud look of the breadboard end relative to the infield. Furthermore, the spline is pillowed […]The post How to Make a Cloud Lifted Ebony Spline appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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PopWood Playback #9 - Best Woodworking Videos of the Week
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We had some great videos this week, thank you all for submitting the best woodworking videos! I'd like to draw special attention to Simple Cove's video series on building a cherry wall cabinet. He adapted the build from plans that appeared in the pages of our magazine and has shared the entire series in an easy to follow along format on his site, simplecove.com. Thanks, Sean! Here are the best […]The post PopWood Playback #9 - Best Woodworking Videos of the Week appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Panel-cutting Sleds - Just 3 Bits of Wood
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There are a lot of people who don't see the point of having a panel-cutting sled, which is a sled that has its fence on its leading edge instead of on its trailing edge. The better solution, I'm told, is a giant sliding table that can handle a 4×8 sheet of plywood and have a stop system for repeatability. That approach is correct if you make kitchen cabinets for a […]The post Panel-cutting Sleds - Just 3 Bits of Wood appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Make a Bar Top Serving Tray with Wine Corks
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I recently finished a fun serving tray project with shop scraps. It features a decorative bottom covered with a bar top finish. You can pretty much build this to any dimensions you'd like, but take into account how deep your tray needs to be to accommodate whatever you use to decorate the bottom - in my case I used halved wine corks. My dimensions ended up at 3″ x 15″ […]The post How to Make a Bar Top Serving Tray with Wine Corks appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Fuming a Finish - Cool but Dangerous!
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I've enjoyed building Arts & Crafts furniture for a number of years. The look of the quarter-sawn oak after finishing has always been a strong selling point - a common approach is a historical finishing process called fuming. In a nutshell, the idea is to expose the finished piece of furniture to the fumes of ammonia. The tannins in the wood react to the fumes and darken. Pretty cool. But […]The post Fuming a Finish - Cool but Dangerous! appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Fuming a Finish - Cool but Dangerous!
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I've enjoyed building Arts & Crafts furniture for a number of years. The look of the quarter-sawn oak after finishing has always been a strong selling point - a common approach is a historical finishing process called fuming. In a nutshell, the idea is to expose the finished piece of furniture to the fumes of ammonia. The tannins in the wood react to the fumes and darken. Pretty cool. But […]The post Fuming a Finish - Cool but Dangerous! appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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2 Table Saw Sleds (Part 1)
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No, you have not entered an alternative dimension. Today - on this blog that focuses on handwork - we are going to talk about table saw sleds. When I do production work - processing hundreds of board feet of lumber for a class, for example - the table saw is an important machine. Table saws are great for ripping, but they are kind of crappy for crosscutting. Manufacturers have devised […]The post 2 Table Saw Sleds (Part 1) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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How to Joint Two Boards at Once with Your Router
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You can use a router tojoint two boards at once. This is a really handy trick if you don't have a long-bed jointer or you don't have a jointer at all, and you're working with really long stock. The trick is to rout both boards at the same time, so the edges mirror each other. Bowed or not, they'll always fit tightly. To set this trick up, mill three spacer […]The post How to Joint Two Boards at Once with Your Router appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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A Video Guide to Measuring Tools in the Workshop
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Over the last few weeks, I've made several posts about measuring tools in the series Precision Instruments for Woodworkers. The purpose of the series is to introduce the idea of precision through establishing standards for accuracy with a few high-quality instruments and to test all of yourmeasuring tools against them. It's a simple theory: If you start with a few quality tools and make sure the other measuring tools you've […]The post A Video Guide to Measuring Tools in the Workshop appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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