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Wooden chair with autumn leaf design

Tricks of the trade…bandsaw set-up jig

Ramon Valdez has a solution for making quick, accurate veneers I love my bandsaws: I have a small 14in that I use for general work and a larger 18in that I use primarily for re-sawing timber to be used for inlay work and marquetry. The thickness (or thinness) of the slices that I cut is sometimes dictated by the size of

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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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Using reactive finishes

Kurt Hertzog looks at reactive finishes such as epoxies, cyanoacrylates, oils, varnishes, and oil/varnish blends In previous articles, we’ve had

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