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Shop Class Lesson
Hand-Cut Joints: DovetailLESSON 1, PART 2: Learn the process and techniques involved in hand-cutting two of the most common of the four types of dovetail joints. |
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Featured Technique
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Finishing 101
Rubbing Out: The Final Step to a Great FinishYou can rub out all types of film forming finishes, including shellac, lacquer, oil based varnish and polyurethane, waterbased coatings and catalyzed or conversion coatings. There are three strong reasons for doing so. |
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Woodworking
Term of the Day
Strap HingeA variation of a butt hinge with a rectangular vertical plate affixed to the door frame but a long, narrow metal bar attached across the width of a door or gate |
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Wood of the Week
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Woodworking Blog
Cleaning up the surface of his workbench with a scraper was a good chance for Chris Marshall to get back to basics with one of woodworking's simplest tools.
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Featured Woodworker
Mark Laub: Nature's Influence, with Hidden Treats "I still remember the day my dad brought home a Shopsmith,•bCrLf mused Mark Laub, a Minnesota woodworker who designs and builds decidedly striking high-end furniture. "I was about nine. We built all sorts of stuff that I thought was cool, and I was hooked. No matter what else I did, I always had a basement shop and always kept woodworking as a hobby.•bCrLf |
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Carving
Woodcarving InsightMy life is all about woodcarving, mostly relief woodcarving. I started when I was 18 years old and knew right off: carving was for me. |
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Marquetry
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Turning
Finishing On the LatheAsk a turner to show you what he or she uses to finish on the lathe and almost anything is likely to "turn" up. |
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Scroll Sawing
Scroll Sawn NightlightsLooking for something to interest the kids (or grandchildren) this summer? How about introducing them to the basics of woodworking with these simple scroll sawn nightlights. |
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