- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- 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
- Blogs
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- Today's Woodworker
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- Weekly Latest Issue
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- Weekly Editorial
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- Trade Shows
- Issue Preview
- Readers' Projects
- Not yet categorized
- AWFS 2015
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- AWFS 2017
- Gift Project Plans
- Gluing
- Outdoor Project Plans
How-To
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PROJECT: Modern Farmhouse Dining Table
This substantial, handsome table will usher in many decades of holidays to come, thanks to sturdy Beadlock loose-tenon joinery.
Woodworking Skills
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PROJECT: Beehive Honey Dipper
Turn a knob or handle to give Rockler’s stainless-steel honey dipper hardware a personalized touch.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Pouring Resin Coasters
Epoxy projects don’t have to be spendy. These practical drink coasters can help you learn pouring fundamentals economically.
Milling
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Green Lumber: What Can I Do With It?
When is soaking-wet “green” wood desirable? History shows it’s had scores of practical uses.
Cutting
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VIDEO: Power Carving a Dough Bowl
Learn how Rob Johnstone used the Arbortech TurboPlane to carve a dough bowl. Mounted to your angle grinder, the Arbortech TurboPlane can be used to shape, sculpt and plane a huge variety of wooden objects.
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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VIDEO: How to Set Up and Use a Hand Plane
Learn how to set up and and use a hand plane from master woodworker, Ian Kirby. This is a free preview episode from The Way to Woodwork: Essential Starters series.
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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Six Simple Finishes
Six examples of simple finishes that anyone can use to enhance their next project.
Installing Hardware
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Installing Cam Locks with a Biscuit Joiner
Willie Sandry lays out his process for installing cam locks in the drawers of his Limbert-style hutch.
Tips and Techniques
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Same-height Work Surfaces Maximize Shop Space
This reader had trouble making the most out of his small workshop, this tip helped him make the most out of his limited space.
Woodturning
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PROJECT: Turning an Umbrella Ornament
Getting ready for the holidays? Kurt Wolff-Klammer of the American Association of Woodturners has an idea for an intricately turned and interesting to work on project.
Tricks of the Trade
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Surgical Glove Improves Grip Strength
If you find yourself having a bit of trouble getting a tight grip on smooth clamp handles, this tip will lend you a hand.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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PROJECT: Tool Battery Charging Cabinet
This easy-to-build shop project will store six chargers and keep more than a dozen tool batteries ready for use.
Jigs and Tools
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PROJECT: Rolling Task Light
Whether used as a raking light for finishing or for quick, wherever-you-need-it illumination, this articulating task light is on a roll.
Safety
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Stationary Tool Plug Storage is a Snap
Keep your electrical cords out of the way from underfoot, but still ready at hand around your tools with this helpful reader tip.
Tools & Supplies
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November/December 2021 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at items in the November/December 2021 issue, including offerings from Rockler, GreenWood and Festool.
What's In Store
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September/October 2021 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at items in the September/October 2021 issue, including offerings from Rockler and Laugna.
Tool Reviews
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Choosing the Best Tormek Sharpening System for Your Shop
Tormek offers many ways to create a customized sharpening system that suits your needs. In this video, we’ll show you several new solutions.
Industry Interviews
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“The Gold Standard” Marks 100 Years
Powermatic commemorates its centennial as one of woodworking’s most trusted and innovative brands.
Blogs
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Huy Huynh: Cut from the Same Cloth
Industrious influences fuel this rocket scientist’s passion for woodworking.
Q & A
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Biscuits or Mortise and Tenons
Can you use biscuits instead of mortise and tenon joints?
Editor's Blogs
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Going “Green” and Where to Find It
Finding unseasoned lumber needn’t be that tough if you start by looking (very!) close to home.
Contributing Bloggers
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High Lumber Costs
What’s behind these crazy lumber prices? Our former editor reports.
Today's Woodworker
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Sarah Listi: Problem Solving Fuels Her Passion
Sarah Listi has turned a lifelong love of woodworking and interest in functional, useful products and projects into a career and a form of therapy amid a hectic life.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Your National Woodworking Month Projects – Part Five
Part five of our celebration of our readers’ National Woodworking Month project submissions!
Plan Library
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Easy-To-Make Holiday Ornament
Sandor Nagyszalanczy gives an overview on how to turn one “yule log” into several fun ornaments for your friends and family.
Weekly Latest Issue
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Time to Be Thankful
This week, Rob spends time giving thanks, plus a pizza cutter plan and assembling a turned Windsor stool with Ernie Conover.
Magazine Latest Issue
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Video: Making Coasters with Epoxy Coaster Molds
LiLi Jackson shows you how a bit of epoxy, silicone molds and whatever accents you’d like combine to make a perfect gift projects for your loved ones – or yourself!
Feedback
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Honey Dipper Reviews
Readers comment on staffer honey dipper designs.
Issue Information
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November/December 2021 Issue Preview
The November/December 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features Resin Coasters, Serving Tray, Honey Dippers, Candleholder and Dining Table.
Weekly Editorial
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Honey Dippers: Nick Weighs In
This week, Nick Brady explains his honey dipper strategy, LiLi Jackson makes coasters and a dovetailed whiskey cabinet plan.
More on the Web
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Video: Windsor Stool Drilling and Glue-Up
Ernie Conover uses Forstner bits to drill out the holes for installing the legs and stretchers for his Windsor stool, then demonstrates the assembly process.
Trade Shows
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Chris Marshall: A WJ Editor, Builder and More
You’ve seen Chris Marshall in Woodworker’s Journal’s print and digital pages, plus videos. In this interview, go behind the scenes and into his shop(s).
Issue Preview
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September/October 2021 Issue Preview
The September/October 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features a Charging Cabinet, Hexagonal Table, Sit/Stand Desk and a Compact Sewing Cabinet.
Readers' Projects
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Your National Woodworking Month Projects – Part Four
Part four of our celebration of our readers’ National Woodworking Month project submissions!
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: Menorah/Holiday Tea Light Candleholder
Modular construction ensures easy building for this scroll sawn holiday tea light holder.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal November/December 2021
Projects include Resin Coasters, Serving Tray, Honey Dippers, Menorah/Holiday Candleholder, Farmhouse Dining Table, Windsor Stool
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Sit/Stand Desk
This wall-mounted desk is height-adjustable for standing while working, or take a seat in front of its hinged, drop-down lower desk surface.
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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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.
Gift Project Plans
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PROJECT: Turning a Funnel
Tim Heil of the American Association of Woodturners saw an opportunity in his kitchen and turned it into a very unique woodturning project.
Gluing
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VIDEO: Choose the Best Glue for Your Woodworking Project
Which glue would be best for a particular application? Here are some popular options.
Outdoor Project Plans
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Project: Bamboo Fly Rod
The author, a fly fisherman and woodworker, imagines himself during the various stages of rod-making as a “lumberjack, cabinetmaker and finisher.”
