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Joe and Paige Paisley say when butterflies and dragonflies are flitting around the garden it...
Joe and Paige Paisley say when butterflies and dragonflies are flitting around the garden it...
Andrew Potocnik shows the stages involved in making a modern hallway table When asked by...
Nic Westermann explores two fundamental cuts and the differences between them We have completed a...
Martin Harvey explains how he developed the key features of his crockery cabinet When I...
Kurt Hertzog looks at using various types of shell in his turned work. As we’ve...
Nic Westermann explores two fundamental cuts and the differences between them We have completed a...
Andrew Potocnik shows the stages involved in making a modern hallway table When asked by...
Martin Harvey explains how he developed the key features of his crockery cabinet When I...
Even in the modern world – with every conceivable tool with a plug on it,...
Dave Western shows how to carve a Celtic knot pendant I love Celtic knotwork and...
Richard Findley takes a look at involuted turning for the first time. Involuted turning, or...
Kim Gowney tells us about how his experimentation led to this beautiful bowl. Kim’s ‘Opal...
ANTHONY BAILEY AND MICHAEL HUNTLEY JOIN FORCES TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE ONLY WORKBENCH YOU’LL...
Derek Jones assesses the risks Based on information collected by the HSE in relation to...
Amber Bailey reflects on the benefits of adding decorative metalwork to wood. Natural glue for...
Designer-maker Brendan Devitt-Spooner has a love of home-grown timber, as expressed in this beautiful waney...
Follow Steve Bisco’s advice to enrich your woodwork with gold leaf Carvers, furniture makers and...
Alan Holtham builds a folding bench for a part-time carver. The brief for this project...
In the first of a two-part article, Colwin Way looks at supporting and giving lift...
We look at a tree that is often seen as just ancient and venerable. The...
The first workshop I spent time in was more of a dumping ground in a...
Steve Bisco delves into the dark art of fuming oak There is something about the...
Looking for a fun woodcarving project for the weekend? Johan Roudy carves a ready-to-leap mouse...
Caroline Pattenden hears how former accountant Iain Stirling made the leap from corporate to creative...
Michael T Collins makes a useful pair of salad tongs Who doesn’t like a nice...
Louise Biggs restores her client’s faith in her much-used family dining chairs. My client’s father...
Sue Harker makes a laminated open segmented bowl by gluing half rows of open segments...
Given their natural affinity, it somehow feels appropriate to carve an owl from wood. With...
Pete Moncrieff-Jury considers the progression of turning over the last 34 years The 400th edition...
Louise Biggs gives a much-loved early Georgian oak table some vital restoration This oak table...
Having you recently got into woodcarving, or are considering doing so? Read on to learn...
Richard Findley looks at what is needed to turn for furniture I trained as a...
We wax lyrical about the sticky subject of keeping your tools shiny and running smoothly....
Louise Biggs repairs a broken handle This repair to a finger-pull handle of a Chinese...
John Adamson traces the origins of a tool that’s found a use in every trade....
There are times when you can get in a bit of a spin trying to...
Here are some tasty jointer tricks to get your teeth into… Biscuit jointing is so...
Yannick Chastang investigates 18th-century finishing techniques. Introduction The following two-part series examines the details of...
Charles Mak shares a few ideas for preventing an angled jaw, which can cause your...
Ramon Valdez makes a handy jig for shaping curved crest rails I recently created templates,...
Never heard of the ‘Gottshall Block Test’? It is an exercise for beginning woodworkers included...
Murray Taylor gives you a brief history of the origins of the Celtic alphabet; plus...
Nancy Hiller shows how to recreate two of Davies’ decorative effects When John Ruskin enumerated...
Gary Marshall looks at small scale willow growing Have you got a soggy bottom (of...
As a woodturner, we are often in pursuit of swift gratification. We like to create...
With more than 100,000 species of woods in the world, most turners shouldn’t have a...
Rob Porcaro shares some handy tips for tuning your jointer. Jointer parallelism After writing blog...
We turn to those routing difficulties that keep coming around again and again. We turn to...
Ramon Valdez’s auxiliary router fence comes with accuracy, safety and extraction built in There is...
Murray Taylor looks at the planning, layout and carving of these attractive items The thinking...
Peter Benson investigates sources of inspiration There is a common belief that there are only...
We explain the importance of jigs for routing. Routers only work safely and accurately because...
Jan Lennon deconstructs the creation of the curved and angled legs on her Meala table...
Peter Wood guides us through the techniques for Windsor chairs, paying special attention to getting...
In this except from Wood Joints By Machine & By Hand, expert woodworker Randall A. Maxey...
One of the skills that has rather got lost is planing accurately by hand, we...
Dave Western shows how to carve a Celtic knot pendant I love Celtic knotwork and...
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Peter Wood archly weaves his willowy way through another satisfying technique. In this article I...
Anthony Bailey makes a sleek media centre This media unit is designed to be a...
Mark Baker turns a natural edge vase At some time or other every turner wants...
Cedric Boyns carves a stylised raven spirit from the Russian Far East Things you will...
Traditional seating in a simple, rustic style Making furniture doesn’t have to be difficult or...
A beginner’s guide to knife-carving a fish, by Terry Nokes. For this project I chose...
Philippa Lobb takes us through the manufacture of a bar stool that champions wood joints...
Murray Taylor looks at the planning, layout and carving of these attractive items The thinking...
Steve Bisco delves into the dark art of fuming oak There is something about the...
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Cutting joints by hand challenges your skills. Charles Mak illustrates the technique of cutting a...
Colwin Way makes an out of this world moonlight bowl. So we are in the...
Michael T Collins makes an easily adjustable lectern. Dale Carnegie once said ‘there are always...
With the aid of a few machines, Anne Briggs Bohnett and Steve Dando solve a...
Sue Harker pens a piece describing how to turn a paper holder It is amazing...
Vic Tesolin makes a simple bench with rock-solid joinery that won’t cause you to lose...
Dave Western shows how to create some wintery Celtic decorations. With wood bins bursting with all...
Walter Hall makes an elegant, contemporary-style desk pen The temptation when turning desk pens is...
Steve Bisco carves a Norman Romanesque corbel with an 11th-century figure When William the Conqueror,...
Colwin Way makes another dining table piece. This one’s a real favourite of woodturners and...
In the first article of this two-part series, I showed you how to take a...
David Barron uses two simple jigs to put a whole new slant on your dovetailing....
Issue 334 of Furniture & Cabinetmaking is packed with inspiring projects and expert techniques, from elegant oak display boxes and splayed-leg tables to restored furniture and handcrafted scrub planes. Learn how to achieve precision with machine tools, explore the restoration of a classic Finn Juhl chair, and discover outstanding designs nominated for the Wood Awards. With talented maker profiles and book recommendations, it’s an inspiring read for furniture makers of all levels.
Issue 216 of Woodcarving is packed with festive inspiration and creative projects, from Peter Benson’s snowboarding Santa to Gothic tracery, decorative signs, and intricate restoration work. Learn how to carve figures in motion, explore the fascinating craftsmanship of Armenian woodcarver Georgy Metichian, and discover Nik Keevil’s unique wood art. With book recommendations and the latest carving community news, it’s an inspiring issue for carvers of all skill levels.
Issue 428 of Woodturning is packed with creative projects and practical techniques, from festive snowman music boxes and unusual sphere boxes to decorative platters and split-turned bowls. Learn workshop photography tips, explore twisted box-making with Richard Findley, and discover the work of French woodturner Olivier Fillot. With book recommendations, community news, and a special Robert Sorby giveaway, there’s plenty to inspire woodturners of all skill levels.
Issue 103 of Woodworking Crafts is packed with festive inspiration and creative projects, from carved turkeys and turned penguin decorations to handmade gifts including toy shops, sewing tidies, and pyrography clocks. Discover expert tips on rust prevention, fitting hinges, and traditional joinery, explore the restoration of a classic Mogens Koch chair, and meet inspiring makers Andrew Potocnik and Ben Willis. With Wood Awards highlights, book reviews, and a free book offer, it’s a must-read for woodworking enthusiasts of all levels.
Masterpiece Chairs presents an in-depth study of 18 iconic 20th-century chair designs, revealing the construction, materials, and design thinking behind some of the most important furniture pieces in modern design history. This unique book goes beyond aesthetics to explore what makes a chair truly exceptional: structure, engineering and craftsmanship. Each featured chair has been carefully disassembled and restored, offering a rare, close-up look at how these design classics are built and assembled. With over 1,000 step-by-step photographs, the book provides a detailed visual record of every stage of disassembly and reconstruction, making it an essential reference for designers, woodworkers and furniture enthusiasts.
Willow Weaving is a collection of 10 contemporary hand-woven projects, inspired by traditional woven baskets. Weaving willow to make baskets and containers is a historic art that has been passed down through generations, and in this book, Eddie Glew continues the tradition, introducing techniques he has learnt from experts in the field and perfected. The book starts with a brief history of basketmaking, before moving on to guide the practical details of willow growing and preparation, choosing the right tools for the workshop and a guide to the techniques needed to make the projects. The ten projects that form the main part of the book cover a wide variety of different makes, from a simple Catalan tray to a lavish picnic hamper. The book features full-colour photographs throughout every stage of each project, and clear, colour-coded diagrams.