Issue 311
Issue 311
And the Answer Is…
This holiday season will be the first in which I can make a gift for my granddaughter; she was born on the last day of January this year. As you may expect, I am more than a little jazzed about the opportunity, but in truth, the number of potential gift ideas I’ve come up with is actually a bit ridiculous. With that in mind, through strenuous effort I have winnowed the choices down to two. 1. A child-sized kitchen set: range, oven, cabinet and kitchen table. This idea is much favored by the female cohort in my life. And 2., a rocking horse: a trusty trail companion used to work off extra energy.
Why do I bring this up, you may ask? It’s because I am looking for your feedback. I am sure that many of you have crossed this threshold before me, and I want your experience to help me to make a final decision. Are you up to it? I trust that you are.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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Rockler Extra-Large Cribbage Template and Pegs
The Rockler Extra-Large Cribbage Template is a two-piece template, designed to work with Rockler 1/4″Deluxe Cribbage Pegs, that creates a cribbage board two to three times larger than the typical board.
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Makita LXOB01 Random Orbit Sander
Makita’s new 18-volt LXT Random Orbit Sander is an 18-volt cordless sander that will run up to 40 minutes at low speed setting, or up to 20 minutes on high speed, on a single battery charge.
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Infinity’s T&G Flooring Bit Set with Nail Slot
There’s no need to settle for manufactured tongue-and-groove flooring stock if you have a router bit set to make your own custom supply.
Not yet categorized
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14 Wooden Boxes You Can Make by Jim Harrold
Fourteen Wooden Boxes You Can Make by Jim Harrold includes functional and decorative designs that might show off figured wood or provide a decorative storage box.
Tricks of the Trade
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Use a Cabinet Scraper in Comfort
Using a cabinet scraper for any length of time can leave your hands cut and sore from the sharp edges.
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Two Vises on One Workbench
It’s no vice to have two vises, but my woodworking shop didn’t have a good place to put a metal working vise-even though I could have put one to good use on occasion.
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Homemade Push Stick
I designed this pushstick after suffering a serious hand injury while using a molding head on the radial-arm saw.
Today's Woodworker
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Omar Angel Perez: Another Dimension to Woodworking
Although Omar Angel Perez had been doing woodworking “on the side” since college, it was after being part of a recession-related downsizing a few years ago that he became a full-time woodworker.
Q & A
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Should I Change the Finish for Buttons and Shawl Pins?
Do you think that I’m using the best finish or would you suggest something else?
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How Do I Winterize My Table Saw for Non-use?
Also, what should I do at the start of the next season to prepare it for really heavy use?
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How Can I Dampen Vibration on My Powermatic Saw?
Shimming the motor to prevent play helps some, but the saw still vibrates. Can you suggest a solution?
Industry Interviews
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JDS Company: Multi-Router Marks 25th Anniversary
What started as a business venture between inlaws, JDS’s Multi-Router continues to be produced virtually unchanged from its first iteration more than two decades ago.
Feedback
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From Trees to Lumber to Projects — for Many, Many Readers
How many eZine readers had chopped a tree down for lumber, and built something out of it? The answer: a whooooole lot of you. This is just a sampling of the many responses we received.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Birch Candle Stand & Box
When I bought a house in Kenai, AK about ten years ago, there was an old birch tree in the…
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Reclaimed Totara Yacht
I have a friend in New Zealand who worked in the forestry there, and had the good fortune to have…
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White Birch Turned Bowl
I had a beautiful white birch tree that got hit by a disease and killed it. After a couple years…
