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    Tight corners and clean joints are the hallmarks of a quality frame. Deceptively simple in concept, yet demanding in execution, it is only simple to assemble a frame if all the parts are near perfection.

    Making Frames

    Sooner or later, someone will ask you to make a picture frame. Here is how to get it right the first time. by Robert W. Lang Pages 21-23 From the Summer 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine, issue 14 Buy this issue now Picture frames are one of those woodworking projects that we all assume we Continue reading»

    Round-drawer Spring Box

    Round-drawer Spring Box

    What's better than a hand-made box from your shop? How about a box that is a puzzle, that stores special items and even has a secret compartment. Done. It's the Round-Drawer Spring Box from Jeff Vollmer's 'Puzzle Boxes'. Use the link below to download the free step-by-step plans for this great puzzle box. Round-Drawer Spring Continue reading»

    Natural Lighting

    Natural Lighting

    The project offered here is titled "Wildflower" by author Ken Burton. He felt the look of the dangling pendant light looked like a particular wildflower. So we'll continue that concept and dub the project as one for Natural Lighting. This project is one of 24 unique and original lamp projects  offered in 'Crafting Wooden Lamps'. Continue reading»

    Easy Curvaceous Edge Joints

    Easy Curvaceous Edge Joints

    Last winter, I was puzzling out a way to make edge joints that are just the opposite of what we normally want – perfectly straight. I wanted free-flowing curves and I wanted to join contrasting colors of wood species. So the question was how to match the two joint lines on the different pieces of Continue reading»

    Inspired by Thomas Moser

    Inspired by Thomas Moser

    For more than 30 years, Thomas Moser's "How to Build Shaker Furniture" has inspired woodworkers. With the release of the new and completely reworked signature edition, we want to hear (and see) how you were inspired. If you have a tale about how the book or the man inspired your woodworking, leave a comment below Continue reading»

    Make sure you hold or clamp the stock firmly against your miter gauge's fence as you raise the dado stack. If you let the workpiece shift, it's very likely that it will self-destruct in your hands.

    Outdoor Lantern

    Add some mood lighting to your next outdoor affair with this great Arts & Crafts luminary.

    Andromeda Band Saw Box

    Andromeda Band Saw Box

    Step-by-step plans for building the Andromeda band saw box from the book Sculpted Band Saw Boxes.