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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Modern wooden cabinet with abstract red and black design.

Maple Music Cabinet

Carolin Reichert describes the creative use of Valchromat in her bespoke music cabinet. I entered the competition for the Richard Seager

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Ancient Viking ship displayed in museum.

Vikings!

The Oseberg ship, built around 820AD, is one of three magnificent Viking ships preserved in the Oslo Viking Ship Museum

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Handmade paper and bookbinding workshop materials on table.

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.

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.

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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