#308-JAN/FEB 2024

Articles

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  Online extras from FWW issue #308

  Online extras from FWW issue #308 A master’s tips for dovetailing On p. 74, Chris Beckvoort shows off some of his shopmade tools. In this video, you’ll see a few…
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  Remembering Jere Osgood, a quiet innovator who bent wood to his will

  Looking back at the furniture and philosophy of Jere Osgood, who died Oct. 10, 2023.
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  How to build an artful easel

  Amanda Russell makes an easel that will complement any artist's canvas.
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  The essential table saw crosscut sled

  Bob Van Dyke's crosscut sled delivers accuracy and versatility without bells, whistles, or lots of measuring and fussing.
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  Basic shopmade banding

  Commonly found in Federal-style furniture, Steve Latta's basic block banding is a great way to embellish all furniture, whether period or contemporary.
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  Tips For Turning Spalted Wood

  Seri Robinson demonstrates how to overcome the challenges of working with spalted wood to reveal the beauty within.
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  Build a Classic Ming Table, Part 2

  John Cameron builds a beautiful table, copied directly from a 400-year-old Ming Dynasty piece, with a wonderfully complex, interlocking system of joinery, accomplished without glue.
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  Here Stands the Cabinet

  A look at the cabinet on stand, the furniture type most associated with James Krenov, from the director of the school that bears his name.
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  Christian Becksvoort's small shopmade tools

  Here's a look at some easily made tools that will make life easier in the shop: the dovetail marker, the glue-bottle wrench, a drawer opening strap, pins for centering a tabletop, spacers for aligning drawer parts when cutting dovetails, and a foolproof depth stop for drilling.
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  From The Bench: The glue that binds us

  When retired Anglican priest Donald Lawton thinks about his wife Norma's support of his woodworking passion over the years, this sticky story comes to mind.
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  Of Marquetry, Masonry, and Me

  Silas Kopf has done a number of marquetry self-portraits in furniture. In these two, he's taking a rather claustrophobic view of the world.
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  Fine Woodworking's 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

  Think about adding these woodworking tools to your wish list.
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  Jig guarantees perfect cutting burrs on card scrapers

  An improvised version of a commercial scraper-burnishing jig, but with a bonus!
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  Resaw fence allows boards to release tension

  This bandsaw fence allows the board to spring open or closed without affecting the cut.
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  Make inside cutouts on a spindle sander

  Start with a jigsaw and sand up to the layout lines using a pattern.
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  Use feeler gauges to dial in your tenoning jig

  Team up your dial calipers with a set of feeler gauges to sneak up on the perfect tenon size.
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  Stand large bar clamps in table-saw miter slots

  Slots help clamps stand up, enabling a variety of glue-ups.
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  Review: Infinity Flat-Top Saw Blades

  Square-top blades for table-saw joinery available in three different blade widths: 1/8 in., 5/32 in., and 1/4 in.
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  Review: Metabo HPT NT1850DF Compact Cordless Brad Nailer

  Cordless nailer drives brads beautifully
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  Review: Optima Mortise Chisels from Blue Spruce Toolworks

  Dan Faia says these mortise chisels work as well as they look.
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  Review: Shaper Origin's Trace

  App turns sketches into files for your CNC or laser cutter.