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How-To
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PROJECT: Portable Outdoor Chairs
Fun to make, comfortable to sit in and surprisingly lightweight, these outdoor chairs will be a welcome addition to your backyard. Made from white oak, they’ll provide years of service.
Woodworking Skills
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Classic Project: Craftsman-Style Outdoor Lantern
Mount this Craftsman-inspired lantern on a porch post, beside your front door, or along a garden path and you’ll announce to all the world that “a woodworker lives here.”
Project Design
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VIDEO: Build a Folding Adirondack Chair
Learn how to build this folding adirondack chair project that is featured in the March/April 2019 issue of Woodworker’s Journal magazine.
Milling
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Portable Sawmills: Lumber from Local Trees
Tired of paying high prices for lumber at the lumberyard? A portable sawmill could be your ticket to getting quality wood for your next project at a more affordable price.
Cutting
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Scroll Saw: A Serious Tool for a Serious Shop
Which of these are scroll sawn projects? The answer might surprise you!
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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Finish Shelf Life, and How to Extend It
Learn how to store your finish, how to tell if it’s still any good and how to get rid of it when you need to.
Installing Hardware
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VIDEO: How to Install a Drop Leaf Hinge
Learn how to install drop leaf table hinges. This step-by-step instruction video demonstrates how to properly position drop leaf hinges on your table joint.
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.
Tips and Techniques
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Using Toggle Clamp Wedges
Looking for a time saver when tightening your toggle clamps? This reader has a simple trick on how you might avoid the process on your next clamp up.
Woodturning
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How to Turn a Simple Tray
Richard Raffan of the American Association of Woodturners explains the process he uses for turning a small, simple tray on the lathe.
Tricks of the Trade
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Improve Tall Featherboards with Magnets
This reader has a tip for improving your resawing at the band saw. A tall fence you can place and use wherever you need it.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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VIDEO: Build a Router Table Organization Cabinet
Check out all the cool custom features that are part of this Router Table Organizer Cabinet project.
Jigs and Tools
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Forging a Plane Iron
Kimberly McNeelan shares her experience creating a plane blade and the process to use to create a blade for a home-made plane.
Safety
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VIDEO: How to Tune Up and Maintain Your Band Saw
You’ll learn how to change a band saw blade, clean a band saw, tension a band saw blade, adjust the band saw blade tracking, adjust the band saw upper and lower blades guides, and test the band saw cutting.
Tools & Supplies
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JET® 15-in. Planers
JETs Precision Air Strut System on these new helical-head and straight knife 15-in. planers uses two gas-charged struts to eliminate cutterhead snipe.
What's In Store
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RYOBI® 18V Powersource Inverter
When fitted with an 18-volt ONE+ RYOBI battery, this inverter provides a 120-volt outlet and two USB ports for charging small electronics on the go.
Tool Reviews
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Routers 101
Routers can tackle a multitude of cutting and shaping tasks with the appropriate bits, jigs and accessories. Here’s versatility, unrivaled.
Industry Interviews
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Metabo HPT Joins Gen T
Metabo HPT (formerly Hitachi Tools) has joined forces with Lowe’s and its co-sponsors in Generation T to help drive enrollment in skilled trades training.
Blogs
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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).
Q & A
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Best Finish for Oak Vanity Top?
Is an oil finish such as Danish oil the best topcoat for a white oak vanity top? Or, is there a better choice for this application?
Editor's Blogs
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60,000 Toys from St. Louis Woodworker’s Guild
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild hosts Toy Build for charity at Rockler store befittingToys for Tots and Bring Me A Book St. Louis.
Contributing Bloggers
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Found Wood in the Arizona Desert
An Arizona woodturner finds an abundant supply of woods in the desert state.
Today's Woodworker
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Jarvis Boards: Wood for the Water
Tony Smith turned a childhood love of building things into a wooden paddle- and surfboard business.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Tool Themed Workshop Clock
We’re flattered that this reader took inspiration for this cool workshop clock from projects he saw on the site.
Plan Library
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Making an Artist’s Pencil Box
This project, originally featured in Today’s Woodworker back in 1994, will make a perfect gift for an aspiring young artist. The design holds a collection of pencils and an eraser, and the top locks everything in place.
Weekly Latest Issue
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Adding to My Errors
Rob wonders about the cumulative effect of mathematical errors in woodworking projects.
Magazine Latest Issue
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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.
Feedback
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How Many Tape Measures? A Lot
Readers share about their collections of countless tape measures, measuring advice — and guesses on the dog’s tail length.
Issue Information
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May/June 2019 Issue Preview
The May/June issue of Woodworker’s Journal that range from the practical, like a simple-to-make Entry Bench featuring dimensioned lumber, to…
Weekly Editorial
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Bowl of Fun
Rob spends his “bachelor” weekend turning a bowl.
More on the Web
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Mortisers: The Drill Press’s Versatile Cousin
A.J. Hamler gives a basic overview of mortiser set-up and maintenance and how (and why) to use them.
Trade Shows
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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.
Issue Preview
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March/April 2019 Issue Preview
The March/April issue includes plans for a folding Adirondack chair, wooden hand plane, weathered wood shelves, mid-century modern dresser and a tutorial on dust collectors.
Readers' Projects
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From Oak Trees … to Lumber … to Projects
Herb Brodie builds woodworking projects from oak trees downed on his property: trees to lumber. Click through to read more…
Not yet categorized
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May/June 2019 What’s in Store Round-up
Take a closer look at some of the cool new tools that were featured in the May/June 2018 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
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: Kubb Lawn Game
Pronounced koob, this ancient lawn game is enjoying a resurgence. On top of being fun to play, its parts are fun and easy to make.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – May/June 2019
In this issue: Plans for a Compact Drop-Leaf Table, Entry Bench, Dovetailed Whiskey Cabinet and Mid-Century Modern Dresser. Plus a drill press tutorial and harvesting a burl.
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Fold-up Greenhouse
This easy-to-build project lets you pick fresh vegetables and herbs for more months of the year — and it breaks down for easy storage when winter arrives.
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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SuperMax Tools Launches 16-32 Drum Sander
Sporting a patented Quick Adjust Lever that raises and lowers the drum assembly without cranking, a built-in digital readout and newly designed turbo vented dust port to increase dust collection efficiency, SuperMax’s new 16-32 model will sand panels or slabs up to 32 in. wide in two passes.
Gift Project Plans
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PROJECT: Arts & Crafts Calendar Frame
Rare-earth magnets are just one secret in this stylish and useful Arts & Crafts style calendar frame.
Outdoor Project Plans
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PROJECT: Folding Adirondack Chair
While it shares the same relaxed styling of other Adirondacks, this chair does one thing most others don’t: it folds up.
