Rob Johnstone
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New Woodworking Tools and Accessories: the IWF
Last week, I spent several days at the International Woodworking Fair down in Atlanta, Georgia. It was like many shows that I’ve been to … I found new products to look at, old friends to reconnect with and miles of aisles to wear down my shoe leather. But this year, there was something at the show that had been missing for a few years: a spirit of optimism.
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The Woodworking Fairs of August
You might think summer would be winding down in August, but for some of my woodworking tasks, it’s just gearing up. In the next week alone, I’ll be going to two different fairs. First, I’m participating in the judging for woodworking entries at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Turning is Woodworking!
I have a really wide appreciation for woodworking of all types. And one of the wonderful benefits of my job is that I have gotten to dabble in many techniques and niches of the craft. Marquetry, carving, scroll sawing, fine furniture, rustic furniture, cabinetmaking, stringed instrument making — I have attempted them all.
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Wood on the Lathe
I am an expert woodworker … I just am. I have a natural talent for the craft. On the other hand, I do woodturning for fun. While I do give it my best to come up with a great woodturning project, I have not let this one area of woodworking migrate from a release to a regimen — I want it to be my shop fun time. Click through to read more…
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Stories from Woodworking’s Past
A little more than a week ago, we sent out an email announcing that we had collected all of the long out-of-print Today’s Woodworker magazines, and put them all on one CD.
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Hot … Really Hot
Here where I live, it has been really stinking hot of late. Now, I know that this is dangerous ground to cover, because many of you live where you don’t get worked up about the heat until you cross the triple digit Rubicon (we use the Fahrenheit scale here in the U.S. — it would be the upper 30s Celsius).
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Community Glues Woodworkers Together
Community is a great concept — one that has been working well for thousands of years. And now, it’s working on the Internet … how do I know? After reading the Q&As in our last eZine, some readers had a question about one of the questions — or, at least, about the answer.
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It’s a Contest! Turn, Turn, Turn!
Are you a woodturner? Have your thoughts ever turned to fame and/or fortune? If they have, well you are in luck.
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Saved by My Lathe
Some folks seem to think that the winter holiday season is the hardest on their budget. Not so with me — it’s the graduation/wedding season that makes my wallet look as bare as last year’s Christmas tree.
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To Italy for Saw Blades!
In the last two days, your intrepid editor has traveled to Venice, Italy and then up to Udine, Italy, to learn about Irwin’s newest entry into the circular saw blade market.
