Reality strikes! We don't all have huge workshops loaded with high-end equipment, but what we lack in resources we make up for with resourcefulness at least, as the Good Wood team has been finding out.
Take Marc Holloway, for example, who works in one of the smallest 'shops we've ever featured; his Egyptian-style dresser shows us that it really ain't what you got, it's the way that you use it, and that's what gets results
Andy…
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Some styles never go out of fashion. Take Shaker; more than two hundred years after Mother Ann Lee led the 'Shaking Quakers' over the Atlantic in search of a religious/political vacuum, the honest beauty of the movement's furniture is still inspiring designers and makers.
Of course, the Shakers were far more…
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We’ve been fostering a spirit of adventure in Good Woodworking this month. Not only are we on the road with Stephen Skolnik, who swapped pop music for furniture making, but we’ve travelled back in time in search of the secret art of chisel forging – at least, Henry Taylor Tools’ factory felt like being back in…
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What's that? There's a bloke making saw blades on the front cover of GW and you don't know why? Fear not, we haven't morphed into Good Metalworking magazine. But the matter of how our tools, saws and machines are made is of interest to any keen woodworker – knowing what it…
Andy King’s back on the cover of GW217! And what’s that in his hands? A brand new plane from Stanley? That’s right, Andy’s managed to secure another Good Woodworking exclusive, with a first look at the new Stanley Premium No.4 smoother plane, the first in an up and coming range of Premium Planes. At less than £100, it’s much cheaper than its high-end rivals, but can it match them for quality? Find out inside.…
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Good Woodworking goes traditional this month with a pair of profile features by busy GetWoodworking.com Web Editor Ben Plewes. He’s journeyed up to Lincolnshire to meet Richard Maguire, the hand tool devotee who manages to keep up with the pace of power tools to make some of the finest…
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Apart from the free full-size plans of Andy King’s key cabinet and a fantastic competition to win £2,000 worth of Ryobi One Plus tools, there are plenty of reasons why you can’t afford to miss GW219 – on sale now.
For a start, there’s an eight-page Kit and Tools…
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FEATURES
One-man workshop: Johnny Pilgrem uses reclaimed timber for functional furniture
Using scrapers
It’s nonsense to say turners shouldn’t use scrapers, says Richard Raffan, who shows you how
James Krenov
We honour the recently deceased woodworking legend with a special tribute and…
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Apart from a free plans pull-out of an elegant display cabinet, a competition to win £400 of Ironmongery Direct vouchers, and a free inches to millimetres conversion chart, what else is in the year’s penultimate issue of Good Woodworking?
FEATURES
You don’t need loads of tools or shop…
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Our 2009 Special, the 13th and final issue of the year, is a bit of a landmark for Good Woodworking. Gathering together many of the jottings and ideas from our readers and writers over the years, it’s a tribute to GW’s past – and the impressive lore collected there over more than 200 issues.…
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With the recent weather rendering many people’s workshops uninhabitable, you’ll be finding the latest issue of Good Woodworking more of a comfort than ever, we hope. There’s plenty of fireside reading in the form of Phil Whitfeld and Stephen Simmons’ new mini-series on English…
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GW224 is on sale until the 25th February, so we thought we’d bring you an overdue rundown of what’s in the issue – in case you haven’t picked it up off the newstand yet…
With the bad weather finally passing, it’s time to get back in the workshop and get started on some…
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GW225 is an issue with very strong joints, we think. Why? Well, apart from Andy King conducting a thorough exploration of specialist biscuit fixings – a sure guarantee for better joints – there’s our reclaimed wood special with two bedside cabinets made from old mahogany, there’s our…
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FEATURES
Learning curves
Follow Dave Roberts’ experimentation with laminae to work strong, curved elements into your making
Spray finishing tutorial
Andy King explains that spraying your work can provide a quicker, better finish on your work. But which spray…
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Showpiece shells
Be inspired with a pair of nautically-themed coffee tables from the imagination of Mark Griffiths
The daily grind
…well, not quite daily, but it’s worth making the trip to the grinding wheel fairly regular, says Andy King in this month’s Kit & Tools…
