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Handheld Sanders
Everybody loves sanding! Oh, wait; I was thinking of ice cream. Sorry. Still, the analogy isn’t a bad one: If ice cream is the dessert that finishes up a good meal, sanding is the process that finishes — literally — all the combined efforts you put
Woodworker's Journal3 min de lecture
Handy Bit Maintenance Kit, Small Chisel Plane
Rockler’s Router Bit Maintenance Kit (item 68994; $34.99) provides an all-inone solution for cleaning and sharpening router bits up to 3¼" in diameter. The translucent reservoir on the base holds 10.5 oz of cleaning fluid, and it has windows so you c
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Storm Trees Business is Cleaning Up
Andy McLean’s Storm Trees business originated with an encounter with a city forester. He’d been a garage wood-worker for a few years by then and, when a storm felled a white oak tree in a park across from his house, “I’m like, ‘There’s a lot of lumbe
Woodworker's Journal7 min de lecture
From Our Readers
LESSONS LEARNED AT THE LATHE. One day last winter, I was feeling a sense of the doldrums that come from too much gray weather and not enough shop time. A woodworking cure that usually helps me snap out of my funk is to grab one of my dried bowl blank
Woodworker's Journal2 min de lecture
Hide Glue
Recently, we asked our Weekly online news-letter readers if they use hide glue. Here are some of their comments. “I use it all the time. Started using the new bottled version, and I haven’t looked back. The [glue] beads are collecting dust. In damp s
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J-Weight Cloth-Backed Sandpaper Rolls
While all sandpaper eventually wears out, the difference in durability between cloth- and paper-backed abrasives is only something you’ll truly appreciate after using both. Cloth backing lasts much longer, particularly in high-friction applications s
Woodworker's Journal6 min de lecture
Carving Linenfold Panels
Linenfold panels date from 14th century Europe and were used extensively in both cathedrals and secular architecture up through the end of the 1600s. In their day, they were called lignum undulatum, Latin for undulating wood; historians applied the n
Woodworker's Journal7 min de lecture
Adirondack Rocker
Four years ago, we published a “modern” version of the classic Adirondack chair. Rockler has produced a set of cardboard and MDF templates (items 61139, 62667) as well as a hardware kit (item 65175) to make the construction process even more convenie
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Editor Picks: Router Bit Storage Inserts
Drilling holes in a board is one option for storing router bits by their shanks. But if the board shrinks across the grain, it can lock the bits in their holes, making them very difficult to remove. If it absorbs moisture, the shanks can rust. And it
Woodworker's Journal4 min de lecture
Pedestal Stand
We’ve had this old-fashioned candy machine in our family for some time, and while I have been meaning to make a nice stand for it, other projects and commitments seemed to always get in the way. But recently I acquired a Rockler VS 12-24 Variable Spe
Woodworker's Journal2 min de lecture
Laguna 14|CX Bandsaw
While the majority of what you probably need to cut on a band saw is wood or sheet goods, wouldn’t it be handy to be able to slice through metal as well? Unfortunately, woodcutting band saws spin the blade too fast for that task. But with the DAKE/La
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Tricks Of The Trade
I use turning tools with carbide-insert cutters. The inserts can’t be sharpened easily, but the tools with square cutters have four edges, so you can rotate to a fresh edge when needed. Still, it can be hard to tell visually which edges are dull, so
Woodworker's Journal3 min de lecture
Crossing the Finish Line
When I was first starting out as a turner, my goal was to turn, sand and finish a reasonably good bowl-shaped object in four hours or less. I don’t know why this seemed to be a good idea, as I wasn’t going to be able to earn anything close to minimum
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Woodworker's Journal8 min de lecture
Translucent Screen Shutters
Windows are meant to deliver light into your home’s interior, but they can also provide an unwanted view into your home. That’s why almost everyone wants and needs some form of window covering in their home (unless you live in the middle of nowhere o
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At-a-Glance Storage and Better Grip Ideas
I screwed these countersunk rare-earth magnets to the back of the cabinet door where I keep my cordless screwdriver. They hold my most often used screwdriver bits at the ready. The magnets have about a ⅛" projection, which makes grabbing the bits eas
Woodworker's Journal7 min de lecture
Loose Tenons
A long with dovetails, traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery is among the strongest there is. But where dovetails are perhaps most useful for corner joints, mortise-and-tenon joinery is adaptable to a variety of project components: stile-and-rail, fr
Woodworker's Journal5 min de lecture
Greenville Woodworkers Guild
The Greenville Woodworkers Guild is bigger than many, both in membership and in physical space. Roughly 950 people are part of the South Carolina organization, which owns a building with over 20,000 square ft of space that houses both a shop and a le
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Biscuits and Splines
Technically, any loose piece of wood inserted into a matching-size slot or hole can be considered a tenon, even a dowel. Two particularly useful processes you wouldn’t necessarily think of as tenons accomplish many of the same goals as more tradition
Woodworker's Journal3 min de lecture
Longleaf Pine
Until a few years ago, I thought longleaf pine was just a regional nickname for some sort of “real” pine — you know, like Norway or white pine. (For example, in the South, where longleaf hails from, a “coke” can be Mountain Dew, ginger ale or, heaven
Woodworker's Journal7 min de lecture
Arts & Crafts Bookcase
I love pine … its smell, workability, luster; there’s a feel to the wood that’s hard for me to describe. As a kid growing up in far northern Minnesota, we had a huge white pine in the yard, the tallest tree for miles. Until I saw a real redwood, I co
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What’s In Store
Making leak-proof forms for pouring custom castings is often a messy hassle, but Rockler’s Rectangular Silicone Casting Mold can eliminate that headache. With interior dimensions measuring 18" long x 12" wide x 2" deep, it’s large enough to help you
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From Our Readers
FOR ME, A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME BEGINS. There is a funny time-warp effect with print magazines. This is our March/April issue, but as I write these words, I am getting ready for the 2023 holiday season. And I am also handing the editorial reigns of Wood
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Stumpers
Call it what you will, its practicality still makes sense! Keith Wood, owner of our December issue’s mystery tool at right, is nodding his head in approval at all but one of your answers to its purpose, because, as we pointed out in that issue, Keith
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Our Weekly Readers
I would love to have an end vise for my workbench, but I am put off by the cost of large one- and two-screw vises or even vise kits. So, I was thinking of buying two relatively inexpensive front vises, connecting their jaws with common faces and conn
Woodworker's Journal1 min de lecture
Editor Picks: Thin Rip Tablesaw Jig
While you may not rip thin strips for shelf edging, kumiko or bent laminations on a regular basis, a simple, sturdy and safe jig certainly comes in handy when the need arises. That’s exactly what Rockler’s Thin Rip Table-saw Jig (item 36833; $39.99)
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Rockler’s New Benchtop Lathes
If you’re ready to take up woodturning this spring, two new lathes from Rockler can get you started off right and affordably! Rockler’s 10-18 Mini Lathe (item 75001) is compact but nicely appointed. It has a cast-iron bed with non-slip adjustable fee
Woodworker's Journal5 min de lecture
Drawer Organizers
The best way to store kitchen knives is in a knife block. It will keep them organized and protect the blades from both getting damaged and perhaps even injuring you! While countertop knife blocks often serve as decorative accents in a kitchen, not ev
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Reader Projects
Last winter, I made a number of Layens Beehives with fun and different exteriors. All have 1½" foam insulation between the inner plywood and the outer wood wall to keep the bees warm in the winter and cool in the summer. I added a front plexiglass wi
Woodworker's Journal8 min de lecture
Dovetailed Printer Stand
A project doesn’t have to have “heirloom” potential to be worth building, of course, and that was the case for this little organizer. I simply needed a way to stack a printer, scanner and a ream of paper to take up less space on my desk. The stand’s
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