- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Gluing
- 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
- Q & A
- Editor's Blogs
- Contributing Bloggers
- Today's Woodworker
- Reader's Project Gallery
- Plan Library
- Weekly Latest Issue
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- Feedback
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- Weekly Editorial
- More on the Web
- Trade Shows
- Issue Preview
- Readers' Projects
- Not yet categorized
- AWFS 2015
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- AWFS 2017
- Gift Project Plans
- Outdoor Project Plans
How-To
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VIDEO: SawStop Jobsite Saw PRO – First Look
If you are shopping for a new portable table saw or a table saw that is perfect for a small workshop or garage, then you should consider the new SawStop Jobsite Saw PRO.
Woodworking Skills
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PROJECT: Walnut Coffee Table
A new compact drum sander and sliding miter saw combine to help build a coffee table that is rich in details.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Carved Table
For reasons unknown to heaven and earth, our author decided to make a table out of this discarded piece of cottonwood. (Or is it a bench?)
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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PROJECT: White Oak Trivet
Whether you make this project out of white oak (as the author did) or not, this white oak trivet makes a great little gift you can create with your scroll saw.
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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What Is the Best Finish for Marquetry
Marquetry images don’t see a lot of wear and tear — so what’s the best finish option?
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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Tuning Up a Bench Grinder
The calm surface of the wine in this glass, placed on the tool-rest of a running grinder, demonstrates how a properly tuned grinder should operate.
Woodturning
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VIDEO: Turning Three Sizes of Bowls Using Vacuum Chucks
Learn how Ernie finishes turning these three bowls using a combination of vacuum chucks and multiple jaw chucks.
Tricks of the Trade
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VIDEO: Stain Finish for Highly Figured Hardwood
Rob Johnstone explains the process for finishing highly figured hardwoods. Includes a step-by-step guide for preparing and applying the finish.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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VIDEO: Organizing with Lock-Align System
Use the interlocking trays, bins and dividers to build a tidy grid of compartments that is customized not only to the size of your drawer, but also to the tools and hardware that you need to sort.
Jigs and Tools
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CNC Routing: Five Fast Facts
Why would CNC routing be a benefit to a home shop woodworker? We explain some of the benefits of adding technology into the workshop.
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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September/October 2019 What’s in Store Round-up
Take a closer look at some of the cool new tools that were featured in the March/April 2018 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
What's In Store
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Metabo HPT 2-in. Pro Brad Nailer
This pneumatic nailer with aluminum magazine and dust blower will fire 5/8″- to 2″-long brad nails in either sequential or contact actuation modes.
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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Lake Erie Toolworks: Better Clamping Products
Son and father team create traditional maple workbench vises and clamping products.
Blogs
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VIDEO: Making a Table from Well Traveled Wood
Hear the story of how some fine, 50-year old Carpathian walnut traveled from Germany to the United States, where Ernie and Ken Zahka spent a week crafting a table and matching benches.
Q & A
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Finishing Options for Garden Beds?
What’s the best finish option for an outdoor raised garden bed? Can your finish provide the properties you want for your wood when used outdoors?
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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Paul Schurch: Marquetry Plus Wood Fashions
Paul Schurch has focused his woodworking on marquetry. Recently, he’s also adding wooden apparel.
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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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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A SawStop Sneak Peek
Rob gets a first look at the new Saw Stop Jobsite Saw and Chris Marshall shows how a jig can help make taper cutting a breeze.
Magazine Latest Issue
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VIDEO: Power Carving Coffee Table Project
Rob found this huge section of a cottonwood tree and decided to turn it into a coffee table. Watch him use a combination of Arbortech power carving tools and a chainsaw to form the table.
Feedback
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A Place for Everything
Organization is key to losing fewer things and staying efficient in a small shop, says a reader.
Issue Information
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September/October 2019 Issue Preview
The September/October issue of Woodworker’s Journal includes plans for a Wall Storage System, Nakashima-inspired Console, Walnut Coffee Table and a Carved Table.
Weekly Editorial
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The Black Hole of Chaos
Is your shop a black hole of chaos? Rob’s is, but thankfully we have two video tips that will help you keep things a bit more organized.
More on the Web
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VIDEO: Walnut Live-Edge Continuous-Grain Coffee Table
Watch Rob transform a slab of walnut into a coffee table, featuring a continuous live-edge, ash inlay, glass panel, and metal legs.
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 2019 Issue Preview
This issue includes plans for a tambour cabinet, lending library, a sink-top cutting board and a modern coffee table, along with a tutorial on benchtop sanders and steep angle scroll saw cuts.
Readers' Projects
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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.
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: Nakashima-inspired Console
Inspired by Nakashima’s earlier Mid-Century designs, our author reinterprets those themes for today with this modestly-sized media center.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – September/October 2019
Projects include: Wall Storage System, Nakashima-inspired Console, Walnut Coffee Table, Carved Table
Techniques Include: Cutting segmented bowls with scroll saw, chucking and turning cored bowls, and dealing with pine pitch.
Plus a look at power nailers.
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Sharpening Cart
Whether you are a woodturner or a worker of flat wood, a means to organize your sharpening supplies and tools is a handy thing. This rolling cart takes care of sharpening clutter and tool storage in one package.
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: Weekend Tambour Gift Box
Here’s the perfect scrapwood project. The author says that his unique gift boxes have been used for everything from wine to candles. The box always finds a home — long after the “gift” is gone!
Outdoor Project Plans
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PROJECT: Little Book Lending Library
Share your love of printed books by building a repository that the whole neighborhood can enjoy.
