Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Handmade paper and bookbinding workshop materials on table.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Veneer Maintenance

Amber Bailey likes to make sure her veneers are in a respectable condition. As anyone knows, the further into a

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Man varnishing chair in a workshop.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Windsor Chair Repair

Don’t do a ‘bodged’ chair repair – Ian Whittington shows you the correct way. Chairs are misused and abused by

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Assorted wooden step stools and table.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Water-Based Finishes

Are the new generation of water-based lacquers really a match for old school finishes? PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEREK JONES/GMC PUBLICATIONS. If

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Two people and dog in a woodworking shop.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

The Weekend Workbench

With the aid of a few machines, Anne Briggs Bohnett and Steve Dando solve a woodworking school’s workbench problem with

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Gothic cathedral facade with intricate stone carvings and arches.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

The Gothic Style

A revolutionary advancement The Gothic style started around 1150 in France with the cathedral of Saint-Denis in Paris. It spread

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Woodworker using hand plane on wooden board.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

The Dark Horse of Bench Planes

Vic Tesolin takes a detailed look at bevel-up bench planes in the shop. Often misunderstood and therefore frequently overlooked, bevel-up

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Big tree in green farmland under clear blue sky.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Tree for Life – Ash

We look at a tree that is more universally useful than any other tree on the planet – the versatile

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