Here we are in the middle of the summer and it is the perfect time of year to get some of those outdoor jobs done. To this end, Keith smith is in the garden building raised beds and frames to cover them. In between times he has been back in his workshop building a compact mitre saw stand.
Gordon Warr has built a very neat drop-leaf table showing you how to achieve the perfect rule joint and how to fit lopers - what are lopers? All is…
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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…
Behind the scenes we have been working hard to find you some of the most interesting woodworking projects around and this month we have some crackers! Duncan Rose has been hard at it with a pair of Shaker inspired bookcases. We paid Duncan a visit a few weeks ago and found him in his well-appointed single garage workshop. It never fails to amaze me just how small our contributors workshops really are. It proves that you do not need a lot…
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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…
Another feature packed issue for you to enjoy. We have been busy sorting out a diverse collection of articles this month. There's something for everyone, from new and established contributors. All the articles are packed with techniques for you to use in your own woodworking, even if you are not following the published project. Some are simple and others are just plane clever. Whatever your woodworking interest there will be something to…
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…
You will find an expanded news section this month. In two sections we will include other items that may well be of interest to you. Over the fence is a place where we will slot in little snippets of interest that are woodwork related, that we hear on the woodwork grapevine or you the readers send in to us. Anything goes here from hints and tips and readers questions to interesting photographs or unusual purchases. Our other new section…
This month you will find Andy Standing on the front cover amongst a pile of tools in his workshop ready for another rigorous testing session. Towards the back of the magazine you will also find him sampling a few tasty biscuit jointers and passing on a few tips along the way.
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?
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’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…
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…
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.
