Classic Wainscoting
Home Improvement: Add charm, character and visual appeal to any room with the classic look of wainscoting.
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Home Improvement: Add charm, character and visual appeal to any room with the classic look of wainscoting.
Woodchuckle: For those of us who work with wood, whether as a job or simply for pleasure, what we all seem to have in common is at least one particular tool that is a favourite, a tool that we reach for more than any other. A tool that may not be the best one out there, but seems to fit our hand better or does the job better than any other we have tried.
Woodworkers' Gallery: John Jarrett’s butternut blanket chest, replete with lap desk and a hidden compartment, features a curved frame and panel top.
Craft Project: If you sell the woodworking products that you make, it’s a good idea to always carry your business cards with you. After all, you never know when you will meet someone who could be a potential client. And, what better way to wow them than with a sample of your work.
Furniture Project: Building a dresser can be a challenging undertaking, if only because of the numerous pieces and the variety of joinery techniques involved. However, if you take it ‘one joint at a time’, it’s a relatively straightforward project, within the scope of any woodworker with intermediate level skills.
Craft Project: A finely handmade gift is itself a statement, saying as much about the maker as it does about the receiver. And like the act of gift giving, the making of a gift is an intimate activity, requiring time, patience, and thoughtfulness.
Tool Project: You won’t realize how useful these squares can be around the shop until you have a few at hand.
Shop Jig: Safety is all about putting some distance between your body parts and the sharp metal bits that shape wood.
Scroll Saw Project: Intarsia and segmentation – two words often synonymous with creating mosaics with wood. For many of us, our first tastes of these two styles of scrolling came with Patrick Spielman’s work and his many books on scroll sawing.
Toy Project: Trains, boats and planes seem to fascinate both young and old. Perhaps as a child you received a train as a Christmas gift. Or you may remember your first train ride – the sound of a chugging locomotive is one not soon forgotten. With that in mind, here is the locomotive end of a train that can either be a toy, part of a Christmas display or something to put on your fireplace mantle.
Toy Project: As daylight grows shorter at this time of the year, you’re apt to find a lot of woodworkers gravitating to the shop much earlier than usual, with thoughts of the fast approaching festive season milling around in their heads.
Router Basics: While square edges on furniture projects are commonplace, they don’t have to be the first or the last choice in edging. A decorative edge can add considerable visual appeal to any project. The choices for edge forming bits are almost endless and the bits relatively simple to use; following some straightforward guidelines will guarantee success even for a first time user.
Shop Tools: When it comes to putting a new bevel on a chisel or repairing a chipped plane blade, most woodworkers will gravitate to the bench grinder.
Shop Essentials: The ability to take accurate measurements for precise stock preparation is the foundation for good woodworking. Your accuracy will be a function of the tools you use, and how well you use them. Two of the most popular measurement tools are the tape measure and the straight ruler.
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