#313-NOV/DEC 2024

Articles

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  Online Extras from FW Issue #313

  STL326: No Finish? No Problem! Ben and Amanda chat with Seri Robinson, a professor of wood anatomy at Oregon State University, to talk all things wood science. Drill gauge dowels…
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  Keeping Hand-Tool Cabinetmaking Fun

  Israel Martin likes machines but prefers to work with hand tools. To avoid the tedium that can accompany working with hand tools, he simplifies his designs, using mostly straight lines and square corners.
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  Designer's Notebook: Artistry, technology, and craft

  Former industrial designer Gerard Furbershaw now creates art furniture, which he describes as "art you can sit on." He fashions most of his pieces out of 13-ply maple plywood, using positive/negative space to make forms that are about half plywood and half empty space.
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  Mid-Century-Style Easy Chair

  Scott McGlasson's chair combines mid-century style and hardwood scraps into a cool, comfortable chair.
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  The Best Food-Safe Finish May Be None at All

  Seri Robinson, a professor of wood anatomy, says finishes undermine the natural antimicrobial properties of wood.
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  Turning a Southwestern Bowl

  Matt Monaco creats a bowl with a clean, classical simplicity of shape that he sees as wooden pottery.
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  Build a Contemporary Coat Rack

  When asked to create a simple coat rack, Christian Becksvoort came up with this design, which includes a rod for hangers as well as shelves for shoes and hats.
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  Mechanical Drawer Slides

  Furniture maker Mark Edmundson explains the differences between the three basic slide options: basic bottom-mount slides, side-mount slides, and undermount slides.
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  How to Weave a Wooden Tile Seat

  Scott McGlasson shares his techniques for making the tiles, drilling the holes in them for the rope, weaving them in a running-bond pattern, and creating the walnut beads that decorate the tied end of the rope.
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  Building with bonsai

  Joe Scannell collected seedpods from a black locust tree on his honeymoon in 1971.
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  Vessels of Life

  Marc Ricourt creates vessels out of beech and oak he harvests near his home in Burgundy, France. He begins each piece with chainsaw work before refining the shape at the lathe. He completes the piece with carving, sanding, and finishing.
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  Hand-screw bench vise is great for beginners or kids

  Simply drill holes in a hand-screw and secure it to a bench or tabletop using F-style clamps with a bar-type tip.
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  Drill-press table has replaceable insert and full-featured fence

  Build this plywood table for a drill press with two layers of Baltic birch glued and screwed together, then add a sliding insert that can be moved forward and back-or replaced entirely.
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  Simple, solid board jack for any workbench

  To create a simple board jack, screw a board to the underside of your benchtop, making sure the end of the board is far enough from the vise to allow it to be used normally.
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  Make Dowels with a Drill Gauge

  Make your own set of dowels and pins by hammering a slightly oversize workpiece through a drill gauge.
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  Sled and spacer produce flawless mitered boxes

  For mitering parts for boxes and trays, tilt the table-saw blade to 45 degrees and use this simple sled to support the parts, with a toggle clamp added to help keep them in place.
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  Review: JessEm Clear-Cut Flex Stock Guides

  Roller guides keep workpieces on track
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  Best new products at IWF 2024

  Here are a few of the best new products we saw at the 2024 International Woodworking Fair, which was held August 6-9 at the Georgia World Congress Center.