A Young Man’s Enthusiasm
Community – St. Catherine’s: Meet a 21-year-old hobby woodworker, working out of his parents’ garage.
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Community – St. Catherine’s: Meet a 21-year-old hobby woodworker, working out of his parents’ garage.
Wood Chuckle: As most of you are, or at least should be, aware, I recently moved across the country.
Father’s Day: With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’re taking a look at the role fathers play in our lives, as well as the woodworking influence they had on us. Some of our regular magazine contributors and a number of forum members add their thoughts on the important role their dad had in their lives.
Woodworkers’ Gallery: Warren Boese of Strathmore, Alberta built this traditional woodworking bench after contemplating the challenge for the last few years.
Contest Entries: A special thanks to Hammer for sponsoring Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement’s ‘Small Shop Solutions’ contest. Hammer machinery has proven to be an ideal solution for many small shops across Canada. Here is a sampling of the small shop tips that our readers sent us to enter our recent contest.
Shop Project: This blade holder will not only protect your sharp saw blades, and keep them well within arm’s reach, but it also won’t interfere with the regular use of your saw.
Shop Project: Adding an auxiliary table to expand the work surface and accommodate accessories can enhance the functionality of the drill press and make life in the shop more enjoyable.
Shop Storage: These rolling storage cabinets will help out in more ways than you can imagine around the shop. You won’t know what you did without them.
Shop Project: Build this super-sturdy, efficient workbench for your small shop and you’ll never regret it. It’s big on functionality, but small on space.
Top Ten: Learn the basics of when and how to use these finishes and you will be well on your way to success in woodworking’s crucial final stage.
Product News: The CT186 from Craftex is a great workhorse at an incredible price.
Shop Tested: Having tired of continuously replacing worn sandpaper on my rough sanding block, I picked up both the Carbide Block Sander and 90º TruSanding Block from Dura-GRIT.
Small Shop Essentials 2014: Woodworking products to help you tool your shop.
Tool Comparison: With so many models out there, how do you select the right random orbital sander for the work you do? Ted Brown tests out 15 models and gives you the low-down.