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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

Further decorative fonts
Murray Taylor looks at the Ambrosia, Versal and Asian fonts, a method of carving handwriting and some interesting finds from

Decorative carving in the Stanley Webb Davies style
Nancy Hiller shows how to recreate two of Davies’ decorative effects When John Ruskin enumerated what he called the ‘moral

Turn a seed pod complete with pearl ‘seeds
Taking inspiration from nature, Jack de Vos uses a variety of techniques to create this Trinitas seedpod The Trinitas seedpod

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All About Faceplate Turning
Richard Findley looks at the difficulties surrounding faceplate work. So, what is faceplate work? Essentially faceplate work covers any type

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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

Choosing which glue to use –and when
Louise Biggs gets stuck into adhesives There are many different types of wood glue on the market, far more it

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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