- How-To
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- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Gluing
- Tips and Techniques
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How-To
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Binder Clips Protect Sharp Edges
What to keep your chisels protected (and you protected from their edges) between use? This reader reached into their desk drawer for a solution.
Woodworking Skills
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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.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Segmented Bowl
New Setup Blocks from Rockler and basic bowl-turning skills can help you transform two types of lumber into a snazzy-looking vessel.
Milling
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Tips for Using a Portable Sawmill
These tips will help you produce more useable lumber whether you hire a sawyer or use your own portable sawmill.
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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Right-sizing a Dowel Hole
When your dowels don’t quite match up to the size of the hole you drilled for them, this reader has a tip on how to tighten that fit.
Woodturning
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PROJECT: Elegant Biscuit Cutter
Joe Larese of the American Association of Woodturners has an idea for a turned biscuit cutter that is both simple and useful.
Tricks of the Trade
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Toggle Clamping Aid Makes Helpful Third Hand
A simple toggle clamp setup on his workbench helps give this reader an extra set of hands for keeping things held down and steady.
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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“The Gold Standard” Marks 100 Years
Powermatic commemorates its centennial as one of woodworking’s most trusted and innovative brands.
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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Rockler Navigates the Pandemic
During the challenging time of the pandemic, Rockler and its partners have stepped up to support woodworking across the board.
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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Reader Dan Martin’s Shop-made Blade Guard/Hold-down
Reader Dan Martin made his own table saw blade guard for a Powermatic 66 saw. The guard includes a dust collection system and doubles as a great hold-down as well. See it in action in this reader submitted video.
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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The World Keeps on Spinning
This week, Rob shares his National Woodworking month bowls, plus tighter fitting dowels and a look at new jigs from Kreg.
Magazine Latest Issue
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VIDEO: How to Make Segmented Bowl Turning Blanks
Chris Marhall explains the process for creating segmented bowl turning blanks and how to use the Rockler Perfect Miter Setup Blocks.
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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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.
Weekly Editorial
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National Woodworking Month
This week, Rob celebrates National Woodworking Month with a big announcement, plus healing veterans with woodturning and making butterfly inlays.
More on the Web
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VIDEO: Making and Installing Wood Bow Tie Inlays
Chris Marshall demonstrates an easier way to cut bow tie inlays in projects with Rockler’s Bow Tie inlay system.
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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January/February 2021 Issue Preview
The January/February 2021 issue of Woodworker’s Journal features a Cherry Wine Cabinet, Simple Bookcase, Timber Epoxy Table and Carved Spoons.
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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PROJECT: DIY Wall Shelf
With just a few tools and a board from a big box store, you’re ready to build.
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: Waterfall Veneered Office Desk
Here’s a compact desk you can make without specialized veneering skills or a vacuum press.
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.”
