Woodworking's appeal combines many factors, from fun to frugality -- and so does this issue of Woodworker's Journal. Frugal? Build our shop table plan for only $100. Fun? Check out the creations in this year's challenge of teeny-tiny turnings, or tackle the Greene & Greene Bedside Table. You'll also find our coverage of combination machines for your shop, as well as a review of the classic tool, combination squares. All these elements, plus our regular departments, combine for a great woodworking magazine.

Greene & Greene Bedside Table: A classic Arts & Crafts style bedside table displays elegant cloud-lift aprons, ebony plugs and splines and a breadboard top.

$100 Shop Table: This weekend shop project is simple, practical, sturdy, and frugal!

Today's Shop: Combination Squares This basic tool offers a lot of choice. Bill Hylton covers all the options available to you in a combination square.

Wall-Mounted Router Table: Save space in your smal shop with a router table that attaches to the wall, then flips up when you're done using it.

Tiny Turnings: In our fifth annual turners' challenge, particpants start out with wood pieces that measure 2x4 inches.

Shop Test: WJ editor Rob Johnstone reviews the merits of planer/jointer combination machines.

What is Wood?: Master woodworker Ian Kirby explains cambium, tyloses, and why exactly wood does what it does.

African Mahogany: It's a richly colored hardwood Š but is it mahogany?

Skill Builder: Michael Dresdner explains what makes a wipe-on finish look great (hint: it's not how you wipe it on).

Shop Talk: Wood and its would-be collectors ‹ an excerpt from The Splintered History of Wood by Spike Carlsen.