A Bag Full of Tricks

This issue of Woodworker’s Journal will add a mighty mix of woodworking tricks to your shop arsenal, providing you with techniques you’ll be able to use in carving out wood with your circular saw, in creating the sturdiest shelf you’ve ever seen, and in designing your own project scale models quickly and cheaply -- as well as tricks, techniques and tools that cover the gamut of the woodworking hobby.

Circular Saws: A Woodworker’s Secret Weapon Woodworker’s Journal editor Rob Johnstone takes a “coarse” construction tool on a crash course in fine woodworking, sharing jigs, techniques and his over-the-top circ saw trick.

Electronic Drawing Tricks: Cheap, quick and easy: Sandor Nagyszalanczy draws out all these qualities in a series of tricks for creating realistic scale models, creating patterns from your sketches, transferring sketched designs to a workpiece and more with today’s technology.

Torsion Boxes: Master woodworker Ian Kirby teaches you the techniques for creating shelves that’ll out-sturdy your house, yet still exude an elegant look.

HVLP Spray Gun Shootout: Finishing expert Michael Dresdner and a team of testers put 8 high-end HVLP systems through their paces on various finishes, and give you their recommendations.

Electronic Charging Station: Need a place to store all those electronic gizmos as they’re recharging for your life on-the-go? Chris Marshall’s casework cabinet will fulfill this function and look nice at the same time.

Woodturning: Woodworker’s Journal woodturning expert Betty Scarpino teaches you the right way to sharpen your turning gouges.

Jigs and Fixtures: Building Sandor Nagyszalanczy’s simple fence can result in routing perfect dadoes.

Finishing Thoughts: Minimize dust particles on your finished pieces, reduce sinus reactions and protect your woodwork against the weather with advice from Woodworker’s Journal finishing columnist Michael Dresdner.

Questions & Answers: Woodworker’s Journal experts share tips and tricks in answer to your questions, including how to get a clean cut with a jigsaw.