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Don’t Miss the SAPFM Exhibition in Detroit, March 16 & 17

zdillinger — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:36:16 +0000

I’m thrilled to be a part of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers’s (SAPFM) event at the Detroit Institute of Arts. It is this weekend, March 16th and 17th. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday; 12-4 p.m. on Sunday. I will be there demonstrating how to cut dovetails by hand, both through- and half-blind … Read more »

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What I learned at the Design Build Show

zdillinger — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:13:10 +0000

After spending a week at the Design Build Show in Boston with some of the region’s most talented furniture makers, it is safe to say I learned a few things… Here are the top 10, in no particular order. 1) Yes, Phil Lowe really is that good. Enough said. 2) Tommy MacDonald is even funnier … Read more »

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A Woodworking Disorder

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:20:51 +0000

Most of us share this pathological habit that’s hard to break.By Peter Franks Page 64I have a problem. A compulsion, really. It’s not as serious as, say, alcoholism, a food addiction or an unhealthy fascination with Megan Fox. But it’s a problem.Fortunately, most people are too polite to point it out. Or they don’t even notice. But I do. And it’s bad. If I were a professional woodworker, it’s the sort of thing that could lose me customers.Twitter: Follow us on Twitter @pweditors. Read more »

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Secret Dovetails for the Rest of Us

zdillinger — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:29:46 +0000

I hate end grain. In my work, I take great pains to hide every square inch of it. This often means cutting joinery that is more involved. For example, on my spice chest, I could simply have used through-dovetails to join the top to the sides of the case. Like the original maker, I chose … Read more »

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Why Build a Spice Chest?

zdillinger — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:58:09 +0000

Editor’s note: We’re inviting our contributing editors and authors to write blog entries for us on all things woodworking – particularly related to articles they’re writing for the magazine. (We’re developing a new blog, the Popular Woodworking Contributors’ Blog, for that purpose, but for now, you’ll find these entries on the Editors’ Blog.) Below, you’ll … Read more »

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