Popular Woodworking Magazine » Editors’ Blog http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 One-Stop Shop for Furniture Designhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/a-one-stop-shop-for-furniture-design http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/a-one-stop-shop-for-furniture-design#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:37:22 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=237861
One-Stop Shop for Furniture Design

All woodworkers know that improving their bench skills and learning new workshop techniques are necessary parts of becoming a better woodworker. Just as important but often overlooked, however, is developing your design skills. I’m always eager to improve my knowledge of furniture design and further develop my eye. Whether your tastes lean toward ornate pieces … Read more »

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Brian Boggs on Furniture Design

In the November 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, a special 200th anniversary issue celebrating some of the best makers working today, I wrote a piece on chairmaker Brian Boggs. In doing so I spent a day in Brian’s shop and gallery in the Biltmore Village in Asheville, North Carolina, where we talked about everything … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/brian-boggs-on-furniture-design/feed 1 Advice from Experts Bender & Breedhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/video/advice-from-experts-bender-and-breed http://www.popularwoodworking.com/video/advice-from-experts-bender-and-breed#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:05:19 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=216761 I recently stumbled across a short but interesting video from The Furniture Project in which Alan Breed and frequent Popular Woodworking Magazine contributor Charles Bender discuss a Seymour-inspired chair made by North Bennet Street student Timm Scheliff. For those unfamiliar with The Furniture Project, it’s a relaunch of the WoodExpo show in Boston and a great spot … Read more »

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It's hidden anyway

I’ve been working on a cherry and bird’s-eye maple entry table for the October 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, and as I was installing the upper drawer stretcher I remembered how puzzled I was when faced with cutting my first one. It’s just a single dovetail cut on the end of the stretcher that … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/joinery/installing-a-drawer-stretcher/feed 5 Slideshow: Cut a Perfectly Matched Lid from a Boxhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/slideshow-cut-a-perfectly-matched-lid-from-a-box http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/slideshow-cut-a-perfectly-matched-lid-from-a-box#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:45:09 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=201071 The August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine features an article titled “4 Boxes, 4 Ways,” in which each editor built one of his or her favorite box designs. For the box I made, I put together a short slideshow on the technique I use for separating the lid from the box after glue-up. When … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/slideshow-cut-a-perfectly-matched-lid-from-a-box/feed 0 Slideshow: Cutting Keyed Miter Jointshttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/slideshow-cutting-keyed-miter-joints http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/slideshow-cutting-keyed-miter-joints#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:02:13 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=200881 Slideshow: Keyed Miter Joints   I like the decorative effect that keyed miter joints lend to an otherwise simple box. But they also add a great deal of strength to a notoriously weak joint. Here’s a quick slideshow on cutting and installing keys in miter joints using a very simple jig featured in the August … Read more »

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Sources for Rule Joint Hinges

Coming soon (June 12) in the August 2012 Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is an article by Willard Anderson titled “Rule Joints by Hand and Power,” which explains the history of rule joints, walks you through the process of cutting them and explains how the hinges work. When it comes time to hinge the joint, … Read more »

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Positioning Rule Joint Hinges

Coming soon (June 12) in the August 2012 Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, is an article by  Willard Anderson titled “Rule Joints by Hand and Power,” which both explains the history of rule joints and walks you through the process of cutting them. After cutting the joint, part of the secret to creating a joint … Read more »

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Use a little hand pressure to square the box.

I’ve written before about my love of stringed packing tape – it deepens and matures every day. Here’s a short slideshow I put together on one of its best uses: gluing up small boxes. Using clamps to glue up any small box is tricky and almost always frustrating. The clamps are too large for the … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/joinery/a-better-way-to-glue-up-boxes/feed 6 New Episode of ‘The Highland Woodworker’http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/new-episode-of-the-highland-woodworker http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/new-episode-of-the-highland-woodworker#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:04 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=175201 The second episode of “The Highland Woodworker” web TV show is out and if you haven’t seen this new show yet, it’s definitely worth a look. Produced in conjunction with Highland Hardware in Atlanta, the show provides great woodworking advice and visits with some of the best woodworkers out there. (The first episode included a … Read more »

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