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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Intricately carved wooden panel with floral patterns.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Carved Strapwork

Guest editor Kevin Alviti shows how to adorn furniture with hand-carved decorations Carving strapwork is a remarkably easy way to

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Wooden cabinet with geometric pattern design.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Profile: From Farm to Furniture

Rick Knopke’s rural childhood taught him a resourcefulness that later proved invaluable for his furniture-making career. Here he tells F&C

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Wooden carved mountain landscape on a round table.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Carve Every Mountain

Two French friends are bridging the divide between furniture and art with their unique pieces adorned with whole mountain ranges

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Carpenter inspecting wooden plank next to hand plane.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Building a Rotating Table

From tree to finished table – John Bullar describes the complete process of making an apple wood turntable Just before

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Wood sideboard with green floral design
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Thoroughly Modern Marquetry

Lucy Turner has carved a furniture-shaped niche for herself by adorning pieces with marquetry made from formica laminate. She tells

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Close-up of hands assembling wooden furniture.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Sliding Dovetails

In an extract taken from The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery, Gary Rogowski looks at through sliding dovetails Through sliding

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Wooden tabletop with hand plane and shavings.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

A Tribute To A Tree

Isreal Martin describes making a special box from an old European walnut tree A few years ago, after a really

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