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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Stop Saws In Their Tracks

Meet Sawstop, The US Tablessaw Brand Using Innovative Technology to Save Fingers Across Europe A lone, vulnerable hot dog creeps

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Elegant wooden chair with carved details.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Smoker’s Bow Windsor Chair

Colwin Way Turns a Traditional Chair from Ash As a professional woodturner, I find chair making an extremely pleasing process.

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Hardwax or Danish

After much debate on the Woodworkers Institute forum, we put these two old rivals head-to-headin the ultimate test It was

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Lush green tree in sunny park scene.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Taxonomy of Wood

Chris Prior clarifies the mysteries of taxonomy and sheds some light on why we use certain Latin names and where

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Wooden dovetail joint on display
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Japanese Joints

In an extract from his new book, Dorian Bracht provides an overview of Japanese saws and describes a decorative dovetail

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Making a Chest

KEVIN LEY CREATES A STRIKING CHEST FROM WALNUT AND CEDAR OF LEBANON Unique timbers and individual designs are the unique

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