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Rob's Editorial

Brave New (Social) World

As eZine aficionados, you are probably hip to the world of social media (or at least you’ve heard the term …). Woodworker’s Journal is fully engaged in this new world and wants to make it easier for you to find the woodworking Facebook pages, Twitter™ feeds and YouTube videos that are becoming an important part of the online woodworking community. (And we’re not stopping there… there are also blogs, Flickr® photos, message boards - and the list continues to grow!)

Today, we are launching the Woodworker’s Social Media Directory, with a selection of companies that already have a social media presence. With each new eZine, we plan to continue expanding the number of companies you’ll find in this directory. Keep your electronic eyes peeled!

Rob Johnstone, Woodworker's Journal

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Queen Anne Highboy (Part 2)

Last issue, we tackled the base of this classic project. In Part 2, our author builds the upper case and all of the dovetailed drawers.

Dovetailing Outside the Box

Are clamp-in, template style jigs the only way to make beautiful dovetails? With plenty of practice, you can learn to do it by hand - or perhaps one of these nontraditional jigs could be your ticket.

Modular Bookcases

This geometric design combines modern styling, flexibility of function and durability into one tidy package. At home in a living room, bedroom or dorm room, it even expands to become a home for your flat-screen TV.

Horizontal Tilt-Top Router Table

This horizontal router table’s tilting top puts it in a category of its own. Its versatility will take your routing to the next level.

Picture Frame on the Table Saw

A table saw is the only tool you need to create a handsome cove-and-dentil picture frame. Suitable for art or portraits, it makes an attractive holiday gift.

Queen Anne Highboy (Part 1)

Every piece of furniture has a story, and the story of this highboy begins three summers ago, with an ad in the local paper offering air-dried walnut and cherry for $1 a foot.

Adjustable Tenoning Jig

Cut crisp, clean tenons quickly and safely with this helpful shop jig. Suitable for any table saw, this jig can be built out of plywood, scraps and easy-to-find hardware.

In This Issue of the eZine . . .

Today's Woodworker

Paul Jensen: Cooking Up Culinary Woodworking

Paul Jensen has been around wood all his life: with a dad who was a carpenter and cabinetmaker, "Wood was my toy," he said. "If I wanted to play blocks or something, I'd pick up wood and make something – maybe a little toy boat or put wheels on it and make a little toy truck."

Tool Preview

Grizzly G0706 12" x 60" Short Bed Jointer

Q & A

Sawing Small Pieces

Ways to Flatten Wood

Burn Cause: Too Tight? Too Much Sugar?

Feedback

Wheels, Brushes and More

The conversation on cyanoacrylate glue begun in a previous eZine's Q&A and continued in last issue's Feedback also resulted in an essay on the subject by finishing expert Michael Dresdner. –Editor

Industry Interview

Wood Werks Supply: Family-Owned, -Operated and Going Strong After 20 Years

Those who think family and business make for a bad partnership don't know Ron and Todd Damon. This father/son team, along with Ron's wife Lee and 15 other employees, provide central Ohio and the surrounding area with woodworking machinery, lumber, supplies and hands-on classes through their business, Wood Werks Supply. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this March.

Web Surfer's Review

Flat Stones, Crooked Trees

This discussion began with a post from a woodworker who was looking for an effective – yet inexpensive – way to flatten his oilstones, without purchasing a diamond stone. He began by sharing his first attempt – which hadn't worked out so well. - Editor