April 2011 #189

Our cover story for the April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking is a Gustav Stickley Morris chair, built with traditional joinery and techniques by Executive Editor Robert W. Lang. Editor Christopher Schwarz reports on compwood – a recent innovation that allows you to bend wood without using steam or adhesives. In his first story for Popular Woodworking, Jameel Abraham shows how a few shop-made appliances allow you to add stunning face-grain inlay to your work in Precision Inlay, Simple Tools. Senior Editor Glen D. Huey shows you how to make a dovetailed keepsake box that doubles as a master class in tight, quickly cut dovetails. Discover from John Wilson how to make a variable-pitch jack plane that can be easily adjusted from 45° to 52°. Bob Lang shows you how one afternoon of work and a scrap of wood can seriously enhance your hand-tool skills in The Gottshall Block Challenge. In this month’s Tool Test, we take a look at DeWalt’s company routers, the CEROS sander from Mirka and Bosch’s axial-glide miter saw. In Design Matters, George R. Walker shows how dovetails do double duty as a design feature and joinery. Bob Rozaieski and Wilbur Pan explore the eerie simlarities between Western and Japanese planes in Arts & Mysteries. A simple but handsome tool rack (which would also look great in the kitchen) is this issue’s I Can Do That (built by Christopher Schwarz). Bob Flexner discussed the challenges of shellac in Flexner on Finishing. Joe McMahon shares a love story that started at a Chicago crime scene in End Grain. Enhance your knowledge with a glossary of woodworking terms used in the issue.Detailed article previews are below. Online Extras (downloads, links, etc.) are found within that article.[description]Articles from the April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine[/description][keywords]Popular Woodworking Magazine, Magazine Articles, Technique Articles, Project Articles, Tool Reviews, Finishing[/keywords]