Woodworking Crafts

Furniture & Cabinetmaking

How to Make a Sanding Bow

Jason Townsend talks us through making a useful sanding bow. Sanding is a job that no one really likes, and

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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Historical Furniture Finishes. Part 1

Yannick Chastang investigates 18th-century finishing techniques. Introduction The following two-part series examines the details of furniture finishes that were typically

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Two people working with a vise in a workshop.
Tools

Diamonds are Forever

Although the art of chequering has been around for many hundreds of years, it was first seen used in England in the

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Intricate wooden Celtic knot designs on black background.
Projects

How to Carve Snowflakes

Dave Western shows how to create some wintery Celtic decorations. With wood bins bursting with all sorts of off-cuts that will

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