Issue 292
Issue 292
Starting Them With Style
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my impending grandparenthood. The day draws ever closer, and I have decided upon the first woodworking project to embark upon for the progeny of my progeny: I am building her a dresser.
It’s a youth dresser (that means it’s smaller than the ones that are full-grown — a sapling, as compared to a mighty oak). I am painting it with white enamel, a finish that can kindly be called “bombproof.” (I did raise three children of my own; I am not unaware of the hazards children’s furniture faces.) But that does not mean it will lack style. Indeed, I am imparting some subtleties of Art Deco design into this project. My grandchild, by jove, will have taste! She will have style! She will have an appreciation for the historic moments in the history of furniture! The subliminal influences in the styling of her infant furniture will start her down the right path … into the shop.
Have you ever incorporated subtle stylistic stylings into a project for your progeny? Lead on, MacDuff, and tell me your tales.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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Woodcarving Magic
Woodcarving Magic by Bjarne Jespersen includes instructions pocket-sized “gizmos” such as puzzles, cages, spheres, chain-links and more.
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Metabo SBE751 1/2″ Hammer Drill
Metabo’s new SBE751 1/2″ hammer drill weighs 7 pounds and features a 750-watt motor.
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Rockler 15 Pound Torsion Hinge
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has added support and strength to smaller box lids with the addition of a 15-lb. Torsion Hinge to its line.
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Eagle America’s Filter-A-Fan
Eagle America’s new Filter-A-Fan provides a more economical alternative to many air filtration units.
Tricks of the Trade
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Store Dowels in Staggered Lengths of Drain Pipe
Dowel offcuts quickly multiply in a busy workshop.
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Shop Made Hold-Downs
Tricks to keep lumber safely tight to a machine while cutting or routing are always helpful.
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Old Bar Stool Aids in Spray-Finishing
Now, I don’t have to move my work light or walk around the workpiece to spray the different sides.
Today's Woodworker
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Lynne Buss: Marquetry Day and Night
Lynne Buss got an education in manufacturing and then spent nearly five years working as a mechanical engineer. And then, she decided to try to find a job that used her hands and let her work from home.
Q & A
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What Are a Jointer’s Stock Capacities?
What is the recommended maximum length board that should be passed through a jointer (taking into consideration the length of the jointer bed)?
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Should I Prime My Wagon Wheels with Linseed Oil?
Would boiled linseed oil (with dryers) still be a good sealer and base before painting with an oil-based paint?
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Does Epoxy Have to Be Mixed Before Use?
I read that one can apply one part of epoxy glue to one workpiece and the other part to the other workpiece, and then put them together, rather than mixing the two parts first.
Industry Interviews
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HANDy Paint Pail’s Bergman Offers Advice to Inventors
What does it take to turn a clever idea into a tangible product?
Feedback
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Woodworking Projects of Auld Lang Syne
Our last eZine of the old year led woodworkers to reminisce about projects from their pasts.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Child’s Adirondack Settee
Searching for a project to make for the Antelope Valley Fair I started looking through my back issues of the Woodworkers Journal. I built it out of clear red wood.
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Clamp Rack
I made this to hold the 50 plus clamps that I have.
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Bear Coffee Table
I am attaching a couple of pictures of a bear coffee table I made some years back.
