News

Our February issue is positively brimming with workshop projects for you to make and enjoy – from Bob Chapman’s miniature turned hats to Phil Davy’s through-dovetailed storage box for planes

PROJECTS & TURNING

SUTTON BENCH
A tailor-made bench that suits your needs and preferences, says Tony Sutton, reflects your woodworking aspirations

CURVED OAK DESK
A desk designed with a gentle curve puts everything within Reach. Jeff Segal shows you how

WURLITZER RERIREMENT AWARD
Andrew Hall creates a presentation piece for the North East Theatre Organ Association, which makes use of an F sharp pipe from a 1930s Wurlitzer

MINIATURE HATS
Bob Chapman first came across these little hats during a demonstration he gave to Suffolk Mid-Coastal Woodturners – a great idea and ideal as elegant small gifts, he takes us through the steps for turning them here

ACE PLANE CASE
There’s no cutting corners with Phil Davy’s through-dovetailed storage box for planes, but he does allow biscuits for the drawers

PYROGRAPHED BOWL
Les Thorne gets creative and uses his artistic skills to add a burnt and decorated band to a turned bowl, which also features a textured interior dome

TECHNICAL

LIBERON TECH
In the third instalment of this new technical series, Liberon, the woodcare expert, tackles the issue of how to differentiate one wax from another

WOODWORK FOUNDATIONS
In part 3 of his woodworking foundations series, Michael Huntley recalls a box project previously made, and recreates the carcass joints for us here

TIME: THE CRUELLEST CUT
While stopping the ageing process isn’t a possibility, as Phil Davy explains, you can help to protect and preserve your wood

FEATURES

ARCHIVE
A fly-tipped cupboard and the November 1954 issue of The Woodworker stir Robin Gates to reorganise and reinforce his shed

THE ALAN PETERS ONLINE FURNTIURE AWARD 2024
Continuing to champion UK furniture design and making talent while celebrating the life and work of the late Alan Peters OBE, the 2024 award returns as a biennial competition and is set to adopt an online format as before

BUILDING A NORDFJORD FAERING
John Greeves talks to Charles Lyster about the building of a Nordfjord faering; a boat with historical pedigree dating back to the Viking era

DANIEL SALVUCCI IN PROFILE
Daniel Salvucci swapped Paris for the provinces and a life more propice in the Dordogne, as Dave Roberts discovers here

TAKE 5
This month’s selection features box-making, production turning in its various guises, along with a sculptural piece that fuses woodcarving and cast bronze

ON TEST

Trend T8EK 1⁄2in plunge router

Veritas Box-Maker's Plough Plane

WIN!

A Trend Tool Technology MS/T/SET3/A – ProTransit three-piece Storage Set or 1 of 2 14 litre MS/P/TB1 – Pro Modular Storage Toolbox 500s

See inside the issue for details or click here to enter – good luck!

YOUR FAVOURITES
As well as all this, you can also expect to find your usual favourite pages, including news, welcome, marketplace, next month, letters and readers’ tips, plus much more.

We hope you enjoy the February 2024 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?