- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Joining and Fastening
- Gluing and Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Making Repairs
- Tips and Techniques
- Woodturning
- Tricks of the Trade
- Workshop Organization and Storage
- Jigs and Tools
- Safety
- Tools & Supplies
- What's In Store
- Tool Reviews
- Industry Interviews
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How-To
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Card Scraper Sanding Shield
This reader has a clever trick for protecting the corners of his projects when he’s forced to sand pieces after he’s already put them together.
Woodworking Skills
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Finishing Outdoor Furniture
Our expert presents several options for exterior finishes – including leaving the wood au naturel.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Classic Cherry Chest
This project’s hand-cut dovetails aren’t as challenging as you may fear, thanks to an ingenious aluminum sawing guide.
Milling
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Portable Sawmills: Lumber from Local Trees
Tired of paying high prices for lumber at the lumberyard? A portable sawmill could be your ticket to getting quality wood for your next project at a more affordable price.
Cutting
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VIDEO: Using a Simple Jig to Hand Cut Dovetail Joints
In this video, Chris Marshall demonstrates how a simple jig makes it easier to cut the pins and tails with a hand saw.
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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PROJECT: Elegant Curved-handle Serving Tray
Dovetail joints and a “hot pipe” bending technique to make its handles combine to lift this tray’s distinctiveness to the next level.
Joining and Fastening
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PROJECT: Five Drawer Tool Chest Till
Interior drawer dividers create storage spaces for your tools, while partitions slid into dadoes in the carcass support the drawers themselves.
Gluing and Clamping
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Veneering with a Vacuum Pump
A vacuum pump and veneer bag is a fully portable system that can be used anywhere. Here, learn some simple veneering techniques.
Finishing
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VIDEO: Fast Woodturning Finish with GluBoost Fill n’ Finish
Rob Johnstone explores finishing woodturning projects with GluBoost Adhesive Products.
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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Plumbing Coupling Provides Quick Hose Connection
Need a new (or spare) connector for your shop vacuum hose? Look no further than the hardware store’s plumbing aisle, as Charles Mak explains.
Woodturning
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Hollow Spindles as Hollow Forms
Move beyond basic spindle turning with small hollow forms. Small hollow-form spindles make a fun and accesible introduction into this style of turning.
Tricks of the Trade
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VIDEO: How to Laminate Plywood to Create Thicker Pieces
Learn the proper way to glue two pieces of plywood together to make a strong thicker piece.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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PROJECT: Nail Gun Cabinet
Organize your air nailers and nail supply, too, with this wall-mounted weekend project.
Jigs and Tools
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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.
Safety
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Scroll Saw 101
Expert scroller Carole Rothman introduces a new series with a spotlight on the scroll saw: Here’s what you need to know about buying, using and being safe with this tool.
Tools & Supplies
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JET® 18-in. Scroll Saw
Tilting-arm scroll saw features an exclusive upper blade mechanism that speeds setup by combining blade clamping and tensioning into one step.
What's In Store
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American Hardwoods Mobile App
Learn to identify the general characteristics of America’s 20 most abundant hardwoods using this free app for Apple mobile devices.
Tool Reviews
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Table Saw 101
Take a good look at that shop mainstay, the table saw. Tool expert Sandor Nagyszalanczy walks you through what it can do, features and options to look for, safety setups and more.
Industry Interviews
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Micro jig: GRR-RIPPER® School Donations
Company hopes to help stop table saw injuries by 2020 through a donation program of GRR-RIPPER push blocks to America’s public high schools.
Blogs
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Victorian Mansion Turned Museum
Gawk all you want inside this house: full of stunning woodwork, the mansion is now a museum.
Q & A
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Best Workshop Sound-proofing?
What’s the best way to sound-proof a new workshop I’m planning to build so my woodworking noise won’t disturb my neighbors?
Editor's Blogs
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Maker Spotlight: Laura Kampf, Paul Jackman and Johnny Brooke
Spotlight of woodworking makers Laura Kampf (laurakampf.com), Paul Jackman (jackmanworks.com) and Johnny Brooke (craftedworkshop.com).
Contributing Bloggers
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Design and Operate a Small-Scale Dehumidification Kiln
Saving money by drying your lumber may not be the answer for every woodworker, but the basics shown here demonstrate that it is within the reach and skills of the average person.
Today's Woodworker
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Pamela Weir-Quiton: 50 Years of Play with Wood
For 50 years, Pamela Weir-Quiton has been a Los Angeles area woodworker with a focus on whimsical, playful objects like wooden dolls inspired by fashion icons and indoor playground installations.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Cherry Baby’s Crib
For his first large-scale furniture project, this reader built a cherry wood crib for his nephew’s first baby.
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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New Shop Stuff?
Rob wonders what you might be considering adding to your shop this fall.
Magazine Latest Issue
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September/October 2018 – What’s in Store Round-up
Take a closer look at some of the cool new tools that were featured in the September/October 2018 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
Feedback
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Sharing the Scroll Saw Love
We got an overwhelming response to Rob’s question “Do You Scroll Saw?” Short answer: yes — for a variety of reasons.
Weekly Editorial
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Fall in the Office
The Woodworker’s Journal staff basks in the energy of fall, while working to put together your favorite woodworking magazine.
Issue Information
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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.
More on the Web
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VIDEO: Table Saw Outfeed Table Build
Matt Cremona shows the entire build process for his outfeed table using a thick slab of live edge ash lumber in this video.
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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July/August 2018 Issue Preview
You’ll get some time in outdoors when you make the Shou Sugi Ban table from the July/August issue of Woodworker’s Journal – that’s where you do the Japanese charring technique – as well as when you set it up afterward.
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: Half-Blind Dovetails – Cutting the Pins
How to mark drawer parts for half-blind dovetails. You’ll learn how mark the depth of the dovetails and lay out the pins for both the front and back of the drawer box.
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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Woodworker’s Journal – September/October 2018
This issue includes plans for a Classic Cherry Chest, an Elegant Curved-handle Serving Tray and a Table Saw Outfeed Table as well as instructions on re-turning a green bowl and tuning a band saw.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal July/August 2018
Projects include a Waney-edged Box, Limbert Window Bench and Shou Sugi Ban Side Table. Also, learn spindle turning, exterior finishing and exploring drill/drivers.
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Making a Westport Chair
The “big brother” of the Adirondack chair, the Westport chair is a familiar Northwoods classic. Our version of this iconic outdoor chair is reimagined using thermo-treated oak.
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.
