- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Tips and Techniques
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- Not yet categorized
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- Gift Project Plans
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- Outdoor Project Plans
How-To
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The Magic of Milk Paint
Kimberly Winkle of the American Association of Woodturners explains how to use milk paint and explores some of the great ways it can improve a turning project.
Woodworking Skills
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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.
Project Design
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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.
Milling
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Figuring Out Figure
As long as wood figure is not obscured by paint or concentrated stain, it will strongly affect the appearance of your project.
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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Plywood Tail Hook Enhances Crosscut Sled Safety
This reader has engineered a hook mechanism out of scrap plywood to add a bit of safety for crosscutting on his table saw.
Woodturning
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PROJECT: Firewood Table Lamp
The American Association of Woodturners’ Rick Rich explains how you can turn a couple of pieces of scrap firewood and pre-packaged hardware into an attractive table lamp.
Tricks of the Trade
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Third Hand for Jointer Maintenance
Need some help when making adjustments to your jointer’s motor? This reader got a hand from one of his clamps.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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Video: Tool Battery Charging Cabinet
Keep your cordless tool batteries handy and recharged with this handy cabinet. Chris Marshall details the features of this project.
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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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.
What's In Store
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July/August 2021 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at items in the July/August 2021 issue, including offerings from Rockler, WORX, Dremel and Milwaukee.
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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Rockler Supports Hardwood Forestry Fund
Recent donation helps nonprofit plant sustainable forests across the country.
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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Rockler: More Lumber, More Variety
Rockler responds to customer demands for lumber by expanding these resources in select stores.
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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Yee Haw!
This week, Rob tells the tale of his Texas trip, plus tricky glue-up tips and making your own hand plane.
Magazine Latest Issue
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VIDEO: Turning Long Spindles with Mortise-and-Tenon Joints
How can mortise-and-tenon joints help you with your woodturning? Ernie Conover explains how to expand your spindle-turning tool bag in this video.
Feedback
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Jigs Contest Entries
Readers share their favorite jigs for a chance to win a prize.
Issue Information
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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.
Weekly Editorial
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Making It Work
This week, Rob shares his jig making experiences and yours with pictures and video, plus we visit Sarah Listi in her shop.
More on the Web
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Video: Sewing Cabinet with Lift
See how this project’s sewing machine lift mechanism works, plus other features of a compact sewing cabinet.
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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July/August 2021 Issue Preview
The July/August 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features a Cloud Lift Dining Chair, Slatted Cherry Shelves, Lamp with Shade and Steam Bent Hooks.
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: 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.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal September/October 2021
Projects: Charging Cabinet, Hexagonal Table, Sit/Stand Desk and a Compact Sewing Cabinet.
Techniques: Turning spindles and buying green lumber
Tools: Laguna Benchtop Planer and PPE
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Compact Sewing Cabinet
Sewing is becoming more popular than ever. This compact cabinet with foldout leaves is a great way to enhance enjoyment of the craft.
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.”
