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Graham Thompson explores the use of acrylic paints in woodcarving ‘Sacrilege! Why?’ I’m all for showing each species of wood’s

In his book 30-minute Woodturning, Mark Baker tackles this challenging project Goblets are fun things to make and they come

How do I prevent tear-out when cutting across the grain?

In an extract from his new book Whittling Walking Sticks, Peter Benson carves a topper in the shape of a

Paul Purnell makes coasters using pen blanks. Large end-grain projects are reasonably straightforward if you possess a planer/thicknesser and a

With a sharp bench plane or block plane, you can get smooth results when planing end grain. Randy Maxey shows

There is confusion around the world over what a tortoise is. In the UK, we call the land-dwelling shelled creature

How many different jaws are there? There are many, but here we will look at the four most common ones I