
Super Powers
Super Powers Over the years, I have used or developed many tricks or shortcuts on my shop machines for quicker,…

Making a Packet out of Marquetry
Making a Packet out of Marquetry Several months into my course, I have already garnered a notebook full of useful…

Laminated Roubo Bench
Laminated Roubo Bench Over the years my off-the-shelf bench gradually had more and more bits screwed and bolted to it…

Book Stand
Book Stand Although I have called this a book stand it could be ‘multifunctional’. It could be used to hold…

Router Tables Lowdown
Router Tables Lowdown Anyone who owns a router invariably seems to want a router table to go with it. There…

Simple Tool Tote
Simple Tool Tote What you will need: • 38mm twist bit or adjustable bit • Bow saw • Compass or…

Tablesaw Magic
Tablesaw Magic Recently I have become less dependent on making measurements and marking cut lines on boards. They are time-consuming,…

Hand Skills
Hand Skills Continuing on from an article on the dovetail housing joint used on our students’ tool racks, some of…

Alder Owl
Alder Owl Like a stale bread roll, the longer you keep your carving timber, the harder it gets, and when…

Ranakpur Jain Temple
Ranakpur Jain Temple This stunning 15th-century marble temple honours Adinath, the founder of the Jain religion Considered to be one…