- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Gluing
- Tips and Techniques
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How-To
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Are Carbide Insert Tools Right for You?
Ernie Conover compares and contrasts his standard turning tools and carbide insert turning tools, then puts them through their paces.
Woodworking Skills
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Hand Cutting and Installing Inlays
Rob Johnstone shows an alternative technique for cutting inlays like the one from his Cloud Lift Dining Table.
Project Design
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Cutting Inlays with the Shaper Workstation
To cut the inlays for his Cloud Lift Dining table, Rob Johnstone turned to the Shaper Workstation. See the process in this video.
Milling
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Five Options for Finding Project Wood
Want better variety and lower prices for wood? We’ll help you think outside your local “big box” store.
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.
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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Keeping Router Collets Clean
Keeping your router bits and collets clean is an important bit of shop maintenance. This reader found a tool for another hobby that is a perfect helper for the task.
Woodturning
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Simplifying the Skew
The American Association of Woodturners’ Jim Echter simplifies the skew, what it is, types of cuts and how to implement them.
Tricks of the Trade
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Making Small Fastener Organizers
If you need a better way to keep your small hardware organized, this reader has a refreshing solution.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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How to Control a Vacuum Hose
Shop vacuum hoses can be a little unwieldy after being stretched all over the shop, but this reader has a quick tip to keep it under control and in one spot.
Jigs and Tools
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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.
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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May/June 2021 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at the items in the May/June 2021 issue, including offerings from Rockler, General International, General Finishes and Kreg.
What's In Store
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March/April 2021 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at the items in the March/April 2021 issue, including offerings from Rockler, RYOBI and WORX.
Tool Reviews
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VIDEO: Rikon Lathe 70-3040 Overview
Chris Marshall takes a closer look at the expanding bed feature of the RIKON 70-3040 VSR Full-Size Lathe.
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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VetsTurn: Helping Heal PTSD Through Turning
Online influencer and many other sponsors provide training and tools for veterans interested in woodturning.
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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Record-worthy End Grain Table
“Old Bones” tasting table gives new soul to vintage timbers.
Contributing Bloggers
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Grow Against Poverty
Proceeds from couples’ woodcraft sales benefit education for Kenyans.
Today's Woodworker
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Pyrography: A Brand New Way to Draw
Artist literally turns up the heat to create beautiful wood-burned designs.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Your National Woodworking Month Projects – Part One
Rob asked and you delivered! Check out the first group of our readers’ projects submitted for National Woodworking Month!
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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And Here’s Robby!
This week, Rob shares the first group of reader submitted project photos, plus Chris’ Benchtop Tool Cart and a tip for keeping router collets clean.
Magazine Latest Issue
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Cloud Lift Dining Table Templates and Drawings
The apron and leg drawings and diamond inlay pattern for building Rob Johnstone’s Cloud Lift Dining Table from the May/June 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
Feedback
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Afterglow or No?
Our publisher wishes his exuberance about projects lasted until he finished building them. Some of you feel likewise.
Issue Information
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May/June 2021 Issue Preview
The May/June 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features a Benchtop Tool Cart, Cedar Potting Bench, Rolling Task Light and Cloud Lift Dining Table.
Weekly Editorial
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Building a Praying Mantis
This Week, Ernie Conover tells the tale of one of his favorite woodworking projects, plus a wood buying guide and a tip on storing small fasteners.
More on the Web
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VIDEO: Color Matching by Glazing
Rob Johnstone had two pieces of wood in a project that took stain differently, he turns to glazing to help match the colors.
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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March/April 2021 Issue Preview
The March/April 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features a Waterfall Veneer Office Desk, Segmented Bowl, DIY Wall Shelf and Bar Height Adirondack Table.
Readers' Projects
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Pandemic Project Winners
The winners of our Pandemic Project contest as selected by our esteemed panel of judges.
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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Woodworker’s Journal May/June 2021
Projects Include: Benchtop Tool Cart, Cedar Potting Bench, Rolling Task Light and Cloud Lift Dining Table.
Techniques: Figures, Varnishing
Tools: Carbide Insert Turning Tools, Task Lighting, Castle 110 Pocket Cutter
Wood: Longleaf Pine
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal March/April 2021
Projects include: Waterfall Veneer Office Desk, Segmented Bowl, DIY Wall Shelf and Bar Height Adirondack Table
Techniques: Sharpening Bowl Gouges, Shopping for Lumber
Tools: Measuring and Marking Tools, Powermatic PM2820EVS Drill Press
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Bar Height Adirondack Table
Build a companion to our April 2018 tall outdoor chairs. It’ll add some shade to summer lounging.
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: Traditional Spoon Carving
Make a useful and beautiful spoon with only a few traditional woodcrafting tools.
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.”
