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Tricks of the trade…A three-in-one solution for your router table
Ramon Valdez’s auxiliary router fence comes with accuracy, safety and extraction built in There is no doubt that a router table is a valuable addition to any workshop, I use mine all the time. However, there are many instances where I need a smaller/shorter fence, a smaller router bit opening and an easy and adjustable fence. For instance, I was
Arts & Craft Rocking Chair
Kevin Ley makes a Morris-style rocking chair. This chair was to be part of a seating set comprising a fireside chair, a sofa and this rocker. The aim was to produce a flexible seating arrangement without resorting to a standard three-piece suite. Some aspects of the project are common to all three pieces and are repeated for convenience. Designed to
Japanese sunrise dovetails
Robinson House Studio’s Theo Cook demonstrates how you can bring a little ray of sunshine into your decorative joints Sometimes we come across an item the making of which is impossible to explain through the use of words and pictures alone. Typically these stories are more about inspiration than instruction and any attempt to describe blow-by-blow how it was made
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Black woodpecker
Mike Wood gets to grips with this magnificent bird As its name suggests, the black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) has mainly
Flying owl
Zoë Gertner shows how to create a relief-carved owl Some years ago I was given, for a small donation, several
Teddy bear bookends
Terry Nokes shows how to carve some fun-to-make bookends The wood selected for this tutorial project is basswood (Tilia Americana),
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Take the rough with the smooth
Mark Baker turns a natural edge vase At some time or other every turner wants to work with either branches
All wood is the same…
Geoffrey Laycock looks at some of the issues turners face when working with wood Woodturners know all wood is not
The fundamentals of hollow forms: part 2
Andy Coates looks at turning hollow forms with a modest shoulder In the first part of this series we looked
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Take the rough with the smooth
Mark Baker turns a natural edge vase At some time or other every turner wants to work with either branches
What you need to know about planer/thicknessers
We give you the plane facts about machining timber flat and square, safely Planer/thicknessers, surface jointers and thicknesser cabinets have
Biscuit ‘bites’
Here are some tasty jointer tricks to get your teeth into… Biscuit jointing is so easy, but it gets easier