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How-To
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PROJECT: Folding Adirondack Chair
While it shares the same relaxed styling of other Adirondacks, this chair does one thing most others don’t: it folds up.
Woodworking Skills
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PROJECT: Classic Walnut Bookcase
A classic design, built with traditional wood and some tried-and-true joinery techniques, adds up to one beautiful heirloom furniture project.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Tambour-topped Box
Talk about cool — when you pull the drawer open on this little box, the tambour top rolls back — a definite attention-getter!
Milling
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Video: Building on Basics, Ep3 – Ash Table – Preparing the Stock
Learn the basics of preparing a piece of stock for a project.
Cutting
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PROJECT: Shop-made Marking Knives
A practical repurposing project to take your mark-up accuracy to the next level.
Drilling
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Drilling Holes: Five Fast Facts
Drilling holes is a task that every woodworker must do. But boring a hole and getting a good result can be two entirely different things.
Shaping
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Routers 101
Routers can tackle a multitude of cutting and shaping tasks with the appropriate bits, jigs and accessories. Here’s versatility, unrivaled.
Joining and Fastening
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Build a Mid-Century Tambour Cabinet
Learn how we built this Mid-Century Modern console cabinet. It features waterfall miter joints, turned tapered legs, and sliding tambour doors.
Gluing and Clamping
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Video: Building on Basics, Ep7 – Ash Table – Glue Sub-Assemblies
In this episode, Ian and Lily finish up the ash table project. You’ll learn the process of how to glue up the base parts and how to check that everything is square.
Finishing
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Using Shellac Inside and Outside of a Project?
Shellac has a place on a dresser. Our expert examines whether that place is in the drawer interiors, or on the dresser top.
Installing Hardware
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Installing a Router Lift
A shop-made template, scrap shims and a single router bit make the task precise and easy.
Making Repairs
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Sharpening Your Tools: Five Fast Facts
Sharpening is a topic that can evoke controversy and discussion, but here are a few concepts to help you stay sharp.
Tips and Techniques
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Router Guide Bushing Organizer
Keeping all your parts and pieces in one place is an issue in just about everyone’s shop. This reader has an easy (and cheap!) solution for keeping your router bushings in one spot.
Woodturning
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Skew Chisel Primer
Keith Tompkins of the American Association of Woodturners gives an overview of how to get the most out of the oft misunderstood skew chisel.
Tricks of the Trade
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Making a Simple Arc-drawing Jig
You could bend a batten to help draw an arc, or you can put together this user’s quick, simple and adjustable jig.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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VIDEO: Build a Router Table Organization Cabinet
Check out all the cool custom features that are part of this Router Table Organizer Cabinet project.
Jigs and Tools
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Build a Modern Coffee Table with Cross Lap Joints
How to build a modern coffee table inspired by the classic mid-century modern George Nelson design bench.
Safety
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VIDEO: How to Tune Up and Maintain Your Band Saw
You’ll learn how to change a band saw blade, clean a band saw, tension a band saw blade, adjust the band saw blade tracking, adjust the band saw upper and lower blades guides, and test the band saw cutting.
Tools & Supplies
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DeWALT, Soft Starter Recalls
Two corded electric drills, Soft Starter device, recalled due to electrical malfunctions. Details regarding repair or replacement outlined.
What's In Store
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ORION® 930 Pinless Moisture Meter
Dual-depth modes enable this pro-quality pinless meter to read wood moisture content down to a depth of 1-1/2 in. and in the range of 4.0 to 32.0 percent.
Tool Reviews
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GluBoost Adhesive Products
This flexible CA glue adds new finishing options with a long open time plus instant solidification when sprayed with an accelerator.
Industry Interviews
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AAW Turning Demos at Rockler
Rockler stores, in partnership with AAW community chapters, are hosting free woodturning demonstrations in two sessions this Saturday, Feb. 9.
Blogs
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60,000 Toys from St. Louis Woodworker’s Guild
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild hosts Toy Build for charity at Rockler store befittingToys for Tots and Bring Me A Book St. Louis.
Q & A
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When are Tack Cloths a No-No?
Tack cloths have been used by finishers for a very long time, but are there situations when a tack cloth isn’t advisable or even detrimental to finishing?
Editor's Blogs
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Great Gift Ideas for Woodworkers
If you’re needing gift ideas for a woodworker this upcoming holiday season, Rockler has 10 suggestions, including subscribing to an award-winning magazine.
Contributing Bloggers
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Found Wood in the Arizona Desert
An Arizona woodturner finds an abundant supply of woods in the desert state.
Today's Woodworker
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John Murphy: Working Wooden Vehicle Models
John Murphy, a woodworker in Ireland, builds realistic models of vehicles and construction equipment, with moving parts.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Old Table, New Desk
This reader was tasked with building an industrial-style desk for his nephew’s home office. A few reclaimed pieces (including an oak library table) later and he has a rather impressive piece.
Plan Library
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Making an Artist’s Pencil Box
This project, originally featured in Today’s Woodworker back in 1994, will make a perfect gift for an aspiring young artist. The design holds a collection of pencils and an eraser, and the top locks everything in place.
Weekly Latest Issue
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Smoking Good Wood
Rob wonders if other woodworkers use project leftovers to add smoky flavor on the grill.
Magazine Latest Issue
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January/February 2019 Issue Preview
This issue includes plans for a shop storage cabinet, router table organizer, a contemporary hall table and marking knives, along with a tutorial on scroll saws and miter saws.
Feedback
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Valentine’s Gifts from the Shop?
Woodworkers share whether they do — or don’t — make shop-made gifts for Valentine’s Day. Plus, some take offense to a mention of Galentine’s Day.
Weekly Editorial
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Valentine’s Day: A Woodworker’s Gift-giving Occasion?
Joanna wonders whether woodworkers’ loved ones get gifts from the shop for Valentine’s Day — and, if so, whether those are really belated Christmas presents.
Issue Information
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November/December 2018 Issue Preview
You’ll find great gift ideas showcased in the projects found in the November/December issue.
More on the Web
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VIDEO: Contemporary Hall Table
See the process author Chris Salomone used to design and build his Contemporary Hall Table, featured in the January/February 2019 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
Trade Shows
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Titebond Expert Discusses Chemistry of, Uses for Quick and Thick Glue
Bob Behnke, technical service manager for Titebond, shares the chemistry and best uses for Titebond’s newest PVA wood glue option, Quick and Thick.
Issue Preview
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September/October 2018 Issue Preview
The September/October issue of Woodworker’s Journal is full of information about your favorite hobby.
Readers' Projects
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From Oak Trees … to Lumber … to Projects
Herb Brodie builds woodworking projects from oak trees downed on his property: trees to lumber. Click through to read more…
Not yet categorized
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Video: Advancing Your Skills, Ep10 – Cutting Through Dovetails
In this episode of Advancing Your Skills, Ian Kirby demonstrates how to mark and cut through dovetails with hand tools.
AWFS 2015
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American Fabric Filter – AWFS 2015
Get the best performance from your dust collector by upgrading to a custom filter bag.
Premium Content
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PROJECT: Router Table Organizer
Turn empty space under your router table’s top into useful storage with this easy-to-build shop project.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – January/February 2019
This issue includes plans for a shop storage cabinet, router table organizer, a contemporary hall table and marking knives, along with a tutorial on scroll saws and miter saws.
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Krenov-inspired Shop Cabinet
Knife hinges and an inset door are precise details that elevate your cabinet work to the next level of craftsmanship.
IWF 2016
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Three Innovative New Products from Titebond
Titebond introduces three new products at IWF 2016 in Atlanta. Learn more about Titebond Quick & Thick Glue, TiteWrap, and Titebrush.
AWFS 2017
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SuperMax Tools Launches 16-32 Drum Sander
Sporting a patented Quick Adjust Lever that raises and lowers the drum assembly without cranking, a built-in digital readout and newly designed turbo vented dust port to increase dust collection efficiency, SuperMax’s new 16-32 model will sand panels or slabs up to 32 in. wide in two passes.
Gift Project Plans
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How to Turn Earrings on a Lathe
Whether you’ve got a big lathe or a small one, you have what it takes to turn tiny earrings.
