Techniques

This is the fourth and final part of The Book of Shaker Furniture by John Kassay – A Treasure Trove for SketchUp Generation Woodworkers. Today we add the Circular Disc, which attaches to [...]

Q & A: Silencing a Squeaky Tablesaw Q: My tablesaw screeches like nails on a chalkboard whenever I adjust the blade.WD-40 made the noise go away for a while, but now it’s back. What do [...]

There is always something going on at The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, N.C. Today as Roy Underhill and I were rehearsing to shoot two shows of the “The Woodwright’s Shop,” Tom Calisto was [...]

Getting the Point I frequently use awls in my work and like to keep them needle-sharp. This little jig takes only a few minutes to make and guarantees a fine, tapered point. Two magnets keep the [...]

Today I will show you how to model the Shaker Round Table Legs via video. To begin you will want to download the Leg jpeg image, the Part 3 SketchUp file and the Curviloft tool. If you [...]

Q & A: Jointer Quandary Q: I’ve been having trouble getting boards straight their full length on my new jointer. I spent an hour carefully resetting the knives, but that didn’t [...]

Veneer for Edging Instead of buying veneer or edge-banding material for plywood, make your own from scrap left over from the project. This is not only inexpensive, but the edge banding will match [...]

When building a workbench, boring the dog and holdfast holes is a drag, even with an electric drill. Last month, however, that all changed. While building a French oak Roubo workbench at an event [...]

Q & A: What Kind of Saw for Dovetails? Q: I’d like to try hand-cutting dovetails for the drawers of a sideboard I’m building.What kind of saw do I need for this job? A: Dovetailing can become [...]

In Part 1 we modeled the Pedestal but didn’t include the dovetail sockets to receive the legs. In this post we will add the sockets. Click on the image at left to see an enlarged view of [...]

Have modern glues and clamps rendered this ancient joinery technique obsolete? Absolutely not. By Christopher Schwarz Woodworking Magazine, Autumn 2005, pages 12-15 Drawboring is one of the [...]

Clean Bandsaw Tires – This one is from our old Q & A department. Q. My bandsaw tires have a builup of pitch and sawdust that seems to be embedded right into the  rubber. What's [...]