Techniques – Page 12 – Woodworkers Institute

Ramon Valdez upgrades his belt sander to tackle concave curves with ease and precision. Sanding inside curves can be tricky

Peter Benson suggests ways of dodging unpredictable problems in your work. No matter how careful you may be in your

Are you struggling to plane a straight edge? Is your wood plane ‘biting’ the wood? Want to know more about

Having you recently got into woodcarving, or are considering doing so? Read on to learn how to avoid common problems

No guillotine? No problem. Ramon Valdez uses a dedicated crosscut jig to trim square edges ready for assembly straight off

Jason Townsend looks at knife skills in the context of working in-the-round. Knife carving is on the increase as far as

With more than 100,000 species of woods in the world, most turners shouldn’t have a need to look to other

Kurt Hertzog looks at using various types of shell in his turned work. As we’ve been exploring materials and colouration