Practical projects: from weekend hobby makes to cabinetmaking masterpieces.
Inside information: workshop techniques from the golden age of hand woodworking to the present power-tool age
Tricks of the trade: the knowledge shared by the magazine’s experts and its readers, covering every aspect of workshop practice
Style revolution: a look at how tastes in household furniture and fittings have changed over the…
It's some time now since Stanley yielded up its reputation as a manufacturer of quality hand tools. The old Bailey pattern launched by Stanley served as the template for generations of planes and even up to the 1970's the standard remained high. After this, however, Stanley shifted its range towards the lower end of the market, where it has remained ever since.
Now Stanley is seeking a revolution of sorts with a new range of higher…
This month Good Woodworking remembers the life and times of one of its most respected (and at times notorious) contributors, John Brown. In a five-page feature we look back at the inspired writing of the Welsh stick chair maker, while Phil Davy and Mike Riley share their own personal thoughts and feelings on the man and his work.
Workshop Angles makes a welcome return with a visit to the immaculate, and productive, workshop of David Ames…
FEATURES
No pretensions
It’s designer furniture and it looks fantastic, but there are no fussy, elaborate touches to the making – we peruse the work of Greig Fensome
Raise your game
Sunk, seated, raised and fielded: Whichever way you like it, Andy King shows you the art of panelling
PROJECTS
Spalted beech cabinet: Brian Barber allows some stunning timber to guide his design
Outdoor structures: The perfect summer…
In this month's issue of Good Woodworking - September 2010
FEATURES
Order and creation
Straight talk from award-winning maker Nick Gutfreund who has a way of seeing projects that cuts through the nonsense
Foot power
Meet Robin Wood, the man who uses a foot-powered pole lathe and homemade tools to create wooden bowls
PROJECTS
Oak mantelpiece: Putting his bulk-buy-oak to good use, Dominic Collings rebuilds a fire surround…
The Good Woodworking Mid-Winter Special is on sale from this Friday 4th December. As a taster of what to expect, here's the opening spread from one of the articles - this one's all about veneering.
The other topics covered include design ideas, advice on tools and workbenches, marquetry tips, guides to sanding, scraping and finishing, plus plenty of advice, hints and solutions along the way. You can't afford to miss…
The current issue of GW (216) is on sale for one more week. There’s lots to look forward to in GW217, but if you haven’t picked up GW216, here’s a sample of one of the many interesting articles you’re missing out on.
For the past few months we’ve been looking at the fundamentals of turning, thanks to the friendly and helpful teaching turner, Sarah Thirlwell. Here’s a sneak preview of her article on…
In the latest Good Woodworking (GW216) we’ve an exciting new instalment in the Significant Styles series. Martin Aplin takes a lead from Richard Rogers, the man who designed the Lloyds bank and introduced the controversial inside-out appearance.
Significant Styles is a collaborative affair, and we decided together with Martin Aplin to apply the ‘inside-out’ approach to an item of furniture. Here’s a look at how…
The cover of this month’s Good Woodworking features James Binning, the driving force behind Deep in Wood, Oxfordshire’s newest timber merchant. James is a fervent believer in the ‘local’ ethic yet his stock shows that local doesn’t preclude exotic. While James is new and growing his business fast you’ll see from our article that his goals are all long term. A fascinating read, we hope you’ll find.
Andy King’s handiwork dominates the cover of this month’s Good Woodworking as our tiger on the tools takes over 11 whole pages of the magazine to investigate making dovetails both by hand and with the use of jigs. We hope we haven’t embarrassed Andy by calling it a masterclass, but having subbed and proofed those pages, we think he’s done one incredibly thorough and entertaining job. Nice work, Andy.
This month’s Good Woodworking embraces the festive spirit – sooner that than the sense that western civilisation is in terminal meltdown (or the western economies, at least). Who’d have thought we’d find comfort in a fat guy in red robes at our age?!
In any case, with Christmas approaching we’ve put together three handy wee projects that could just get you out of a tight spot with just days to go before the big day. There’s…
Its a new year but Andy King is turning back the clocks with a masterclass on saw sharpening in this issue. This really is chapter and verse, from topping, through dressing and onto setting with all those tricky little issues like fleam filing explained along the way. Okay, hardpoint saws may make saw sharpening entirely optional these days, but should a craftsman not be fully understanding and caring of his tools?
