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Jigs & Workshop AidsVideos
Building Basic Router Jigs: Part 4
Ben Plewes  |  Sep 28, 2010  |  0 comments
Ron completes the housing jig and finds time to share a quick tip on sourcing good quality glue bottles!
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Jigs & Workshop AidsVideos
Building Basic Router Jigs: Part 3
Ben Plewes  |  Sep 22, 2010  |  0 comments
To complete the hinge jig Ron first has to make a simple housing jig that utilizes a standard guide bush that comes supplied with most routers.
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Magazines
The Woodworker Magazine
Mike Lawrence  |  Sep 17, 2010  |  0 comments
Autumn is in the air as we go to press this month. The cricket season has just come to an end, the spiders are moving back into the shed and the evenings are drawing in. But that’s all the more reason to creosote the fence, put the garden to bed, and start to plan some woodworking projects to while away the spare time you’ll now have on your hands. We have plenty of ideas for you… • Stand and deliver – Keith…

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News
Jason's Wizardry in Wood
Ben Plewes  |  Sep 02, 2010  |  0 comments
Well known Axminster turner Jason Breach has been awarded 1st Prize in this years Masters Competition run by the Worshipful Company of Turners, held at the Apothecaries Hall in Blackfriars, London. Entrants were required to make A Pair of Presentation Boxes. The Masters Competition was divided into two sections, one for plain turning and the other for ornamental / rose engine turning. Jason's piece was entered into the plain turning…

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Cabinet Making ProjectsVideos
Building an Oak Hall Table: Part 9
Ben Plewes  |  Sep 02, 2010  |  0 comments
In this final episode Ralph trims the top to size and assembles the table.
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Cabinet Making ProjectsVideos
Building an Oak Hall Table: Part 8
Ben Plewes  |  Aug 26, 2010  |  0 comments
After cutting the tenons the next stage is to halve them so that they overlap each other inside the mortices.
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Magazines
The Woodworker Magazine
Mike Lawrence  |  Aug 18, 2010  |  0 comments
After last month’s amazing wooden motorbike story, we couldn’t resist following up with the story of Alan Turner’s one-string guitar – the aptly named diddley bow – which he made after seeing one being played at the recent Reading music festival. He says it’s the perfect instrument for the budding blues guitarist, and explains in detail how you can build one yourself… Once again we have four regular…

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Cabinet Making ProjectsVideos
Building an Oak Hall Table: Part 7
Ben Plewes  |  Aug 18, 2010  |  0 comments
Next Ralph cuts the tenons by hand.
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Cabinet Making ProjectsVideos
Building an Oak Hall Table: Part 6
Ben Plewes  |  Aug 13, 2010  |  0 comments
The next stage involves marking out the tenons.
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News
Raking up the past
Alexandra Preston  |  Aug 12, 2010  |  0 comments
In a small workshop in Dufton, time has stood still for more than a century. Rustic-looking metal tools line the walls, the smell of wood-smoke drifts out of the open fire, and a tattered receipt lying on the table records a purchase paid for in shillings. Thick, dusty stone walls support the low ceiling, and piles of sawdust cover the floor. This is the workplace of father and-son-team John and Graeme Rudd, who are part of a…

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