The September issue cover story is about getting back to basics with the bandsaw, care of our product-testing maestro Andy Standing. Even if we think we know our machines thoroughly it’s as well to refresh our memory banks – it’s surprising how sometimes we’ve missed a small detail that may be a timesaver or a point of safety. Andy’s also tested six brand new bandsaws, from budget to top of the range, to see what we can get for our…
The Projects section continues to foster attractive yet achievable designs, presented in a neat straightforward yet comprehensive manner. Mark Cass leads the way this month with a three-piece screen (you know, one of those bi-fold room divider jobbies) designed to display the custom weavings of one of his clients. As ever, Mark’s first stop is down at his local timber recycler. Double tenons, wedges – it’s all going on here. Meanwhile…
Young Ron Fox is the November issue’s cover boy. Ron’s guided his router basics series onto the matter of making circle-cutting jigs. Sure there are plenty of jigs you can buy, and it makes best sense to, but there are some simple home-made options that are well worth making as well.
Keith Smith is the handsome gent on the cover. Our master of the workshop (Shop Notes) is the author-maker of this issue’s lead project – a pair of French doors, made without joints. Typically Keith, the project is immaculately executed. Fascinating reading.
Alan Holtham adds more depth to the Projects section with a hall table that proves to be an excellent test of your routing skills. Mark Cass, meanwhile, has a commission to make…
Ian Taylor has produced this months lead item in Projects. A fine, and quite sizeable, chest made in oak, the project combines both hand and machine work to produce a very fine piece. Curiously Gordon Warr too has a chisel to hand as he cuts recesses for hinges on his mahogany pendulum clock. Meanwhile Keith Smith is putting his woodworking skills to the matter of creating a mould for a fibreglass cyclone to aid his workshops extraction system…
This month Good Woodworking has certainly been out and about, checking out what’s going in workshops around the country.
Ben Plewes headed west to find a cooperative of woodworkers recently installed in Bristol who are turning out stunning work (as seen at the Betty Norbury). He carried on driving further west, over the Severn Bridge into Welsh Wales to find Roni Roberts who shared with Ben her inspirational methods on production.
The Projects section hits something of a high this month with some highly attractive and challenging work for you to try. Ian Taylor’s sleigh bed in American cherry and utile is something of a grand design, the use of tambours (some 72 of them – plus 88 splines!) making for a study in production work. Meanwhile Mark Cass makes his Projects debut with a simple yet elegant dining table – you’ll like his projects and you’ll really enjoy…
If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from 0844 848 88 22 ON THE COVERPlant for the futureThe final part in our road trip finds us in Newcastle at Nick James’ ’shopA little off-centreResident turner Les Thorne experiments with off-centre turning in three projectsLet it flowGet inspiration from Matthew Coutts’ incredibly curvaceous Ceres chairHinge fitting…
If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from 0844 848 88 22We kick off 2012 with an issue of Good Woodworking that offers something for everyone - including a fantastic competition to win one of ten sets of Bahco saw systems worth £100 each. One time GW snapper Justin Lambert jets off to Oregon in the American north-west to meet uncompromising furniture maker Gary Rogowski to hear the trials…
If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from 0844 848 88 22ON THE COVERLast man standingMeet 92-year-old Maurice Franklin the last woodturner in one of its former heartlandsJack plane giant testAndy King and Phil Davey with the lowdown on four different planesMr Tambour ManPete Martin teaches the basics of the roll top cover with this neat bread basketPROJECTSNothing to looseDavid Roberts awakes…
If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from 0844 848 88 22It’s amazing the confidence that can be gained by mastering the basics of any craft. This month we present a 22-page chairs special (p20) which should give you all the basic knowledge you need to tackle even the most ambitious project – including the fiendish looking Maloof joint. Luckily as Dave Roberts explains it is not as…
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Welcome to issue 252
Maybe we should rename the mag Good Metalworking this month as it has a distinctly ferrous tang. Purists might give a snort of disbelief at the Centrefold slot (p46) but I challenge anyone with a creative atom in their bodies not to stare in awe at Alun Heslop’s breathtaking Hammerhead…
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Welcome to issue 255
It’s always a breath of fresh air to see a maestro furniture maker at work as I think you will agree when you see Chris Tribe’s truly superb consol table. We can all learn from his rigorous techniques that help cut out the potential for error and his attention to the tiniest details…
