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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Open up to more with Blum

Discover the products that bring function and creativity to your drawers For more than 70 years, Blum has been supporting furniture makers and designers around the world to take their work to the next level through the elevation of functionality and motion.   First founded in 1952 by Julius Blum in Höchst, Austria, the company has grown from humble beginnings

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Profile: From Both Sides Now

From unpromising student to award-winning teacher, Jamie Ward ran the gamut of woodwork teaching before moving into full-time making Warwickshire-based Jamie Ward started out making furniture, then spent many years teaching before returning to the craft full time – but his school days, both as a pupil and as an educator, continue to make an impact. ‘Woodwork wasn’t my best

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Wood Identification & Use

We review the updated edition of this classic timber guide Wood Identification & Use has been helping woodworkers with their craft for over 20 years with its comprehensive guide to the properties and uses of different wood types. This new edition has been updated to include changes to the availability of endangered and restricted tree species, as well as the

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Wooden workbench vice for woodworking projects
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

The Milkman’s Workbench

Giacomo Malaspina makes a portable workbench that is ideal for working in small spaces While many have the space needed for large-scale woodworking, many others must make do with cramped spaces often found in domestic environments. The portable workbench featured here is not just a substitute, but a truly functional object. The product I was inspired by is known as

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Wood identification and usage book cover
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Wood Identification & Use

We review the updated edition of this classic timber guide Wood Identification & Use has been helping woodworkers with their

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Intricate wooden sculpture of an elderly man's face.
Woodcarving

Carlous Rex

Graham Thompson attempts a royal portrait and suggests you try something similar It was going to be the head of

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Applying gold leaf to ornate wood carving
Woodcarving

Gilding

Follow Steve Bisco’s advice to enrich your woodwork with gold leaf Carvers, furniture makers and woodworkers have been decorating their

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Woodturning

Community News

What have you been turning? Please email your images to WTEditorial@thegmcgroup.com Wedding goblet My granddaughter, Bethany, is getting married soon,

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Woodturning

Tiny Turning

Mark Palma introduces you to the world of miniature woodturning Woodturning is wonderful hobby that lets us make items from

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Woodturning

Kurt’s Clinic

Kurt Hertzog answers readers’ questions I’m thinking about buying a chainsaw to cut wood for turning, especially bowl blanks. Do

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Wall-mounted shelf
Projects

Wall-mounted Shelf

You can buy Routing for only £20/ $28 (+P&P)! Usual RRP £25 / $35 🇬🇧 For UK readers, visit giftstome.co.uk and use offer code

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Wood identification and usage book cover
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Wood Identification & Use

We review the updated edition of this classic timber guide Wood Identification & Use has been helping woodworkers with their

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Woodworking Crafts

Rewilding People

The team at Tree Tents International build extraordinary structures that reconnect people to nature Tree Tents International create a range

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