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September 27th, 2015 in blogs
Last week I did a couple of on-line training sessions with a fellow woodworker. He’s just getting started with SketchUp and using a bedside table he’s planning to build as a subject for learning the program. He wanted to create what […] Read more
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European Travel? Swiss Museums with Woodworking
The following content is syndicated content. If you have the chance to travel to Europe, visiting museums is a pretty traditional thing to do. This summer, I had the chance to travel to Switzerland - and to visit a couple of museums with close ties to woodworking. In and near the town of Brienz, you'll […] Read more
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A Mortise & Tenon Exercise
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September 29th, 2015 in blogs
The Mortise & Tenon joint is probably used more than any other in woodwork, and there are a great number of varieties. Perhaps the most commonest application of the joint is in making door and other frames. But there other applications […] Read more
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Design & Craft Collaboration: The Antigua Project
The following content is syndicated content. In May 2015, a group of 12 New York based designers and artists led by Rebecca Welz arrived in the city of Antigua, Guatemala, to collaborate with artisans in diverse crafts and create a line of products. This project became The Antigua Project, and it follows a model previously […] Read more
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Modeling to Install a Box Lock
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September 13th, 2015 in blogs
I find installations of key or box locks to be significant challenges. Locks seem to require a degree of accuracy of installation beyond normal work in the shop. Multiple recesses and holes are required in the back face of the cabinet […] Read more
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A “Kissing Gate” at Hadrian’s Wall
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How to Sharpen Hollow Chisel Mortising Bits
Finishing Technique for Greene and Greene Furniture
Drawbore Your Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery
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Bandsawn Legs
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September 6th, 2015 in blogs
How do you draw a leg with two different curves? Of all the questions I get related to drawing in SketchUp, I think this one must rank right up there among the most common. I think I’ve covered this in the […] Read more
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Showing Grain Direction without Spoiling the Drawing
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How to Sharpen a Spokeshave
The Essential Tool Chest
Customize Your Router for Centered Mortises
Capture More Dust from Your Router Table
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Drawing a Compression Spring
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Capture More Dust from Your Router Table
Smoothing Plane Tips and Techniques
A Woodworker’s Guide to Grain Direction
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Drawing a Live Edge Slab
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August 15th, 2015 in blogs
The other day a woodworker sent me a photograph of a live edge slab of walnut. He wanted to know if it could be drawn in SketchUp. Here’s what I came up with. The image he sent me was a JPG […] Read more
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