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What's new in the world of premium planes – part 2: the Made in India group Groz and Anant are two of the brand names we recognize as planes made...

What’s new in the world of premium planes – part 1: the Made in China group For a few years now, companies in the US, India, and China have been...

THE CUBE WITH BALL IN A BALL. 6 INCH X 6 INCH ROUGH ENGLISH OAK CUBE. AND A FEW SIMPLE TOOLS. PLUS TIME AND IMAGINATION. REMEMBER ONE THING?? QUALITY IS...

While deep into dovetailing a small chest at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking this summer, my concentration was suddenly burst by someone at my workbench. “There’s a guy outside,”...

Greene and Greene-Style Hall Table ?Exquisite detailing turns ordinary into extraordinary. By Bruce Kieffer People just love this wonderful little table with its soft-colored mahogany, ebony [...]

Slap Shot By Vern Johnson When I was a kid, I decided to make my own hockey stick in my dad’s workshop. I drew the shape on a 2×12 board...

  Spindle Sander Whirlybird By Mark Claypool To clean up the slot I had just cut in a long, narrow piece of white oak, I installed a sanding drum in...

Possessed Belt Sander By Frank Gresser My neighbor was sanding a newly created veneer and inlay tabletop when disaster struck.With the switch of his belt sander locked in the On...

CD DISK 2 A PENNY NOW CHEAP TO BUY. MAKE DECORATIONS FOR YOUR TREE. RECYCLED IDEAS ARE THE BEST .. KIDS CAN PAINT THEM??? UNIQUE DECORATIONS FOR YOUR TREE THIS...

As you can see, I used some smaller diameter cherry stock to work out the transition from the bottle top to the mushroom, but I’m not happy with the result....

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR EMPTY BOTTLES? XMAS TREE DECORATIONS ???? JUST MY IDEA OF DECORATIONS…

One of the great joys of reading old woodworking magazines is that they includes lots of tidbits that aren’t in old woodworking books – such as the one I found...