The Woodworker & Good Woodworking – January 2023

Our first issue of 2023 includes two fantastic competitions, plus a wide range of projects technical articles and features to whet your appetite

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Gordon Warr's collection of turned hardwood boxes

PROJECTS & TURNING

ROUTER-MADE BLANKET BOX
Peter Bishop shares an elegant and functional router project for the intermediate woodworker, which is made using kiln-dried English oak

HARDWOOD BOXES
Gordon Warr uses a variety of hardwood offcuts to turn a collection of little boxes, in a range of unusual shapes

CHUNKY COFFEE TABLE
Sean Healy makes a simply designed table to demonstrate his joint-making skills

PICTURE FRAMES
Making your own picture frames allows you to experiment with various woods and profiles, so they become more individual, as Phil Davy shows

BURRY NICE VASES
Deciding to utilise some of the offcuts in his timber pile, Les Thorne uses various pieces of burr oak to create two different vase shapes

SHOW-OFF SHELVING
These simple bookshelf units are a perfect example of the past revisited

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John Bullar uses a small router with guide bush to chamfer edges inside a frame

TECHNICAL

ROUTERS & ROUTER TABLES
Routers are great tools for shaping edges in furniture making, but they also have several other uses, as John Bullar discovers

TORMEK T-8 ORIGINAL
We move on to looking at the T-8 Original, which is described as a powerful and versatile water-cooled sharpening system

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'Deadfall Table' by Scott E. Armstrong - walnut and poplar solids with figured cherry, walnut, sapele, makore and quartered ash veneers - 660mm wide x 1,626mm long x 864mm high - inspired by off trail hikes with his grandfather through the Cloud Peak Wilderness in northern Wyoming

FEATURES

ARCHIVE

Robin Gates wanders distractedly through the September 1926 issue of The Woodworker

D&M TOOLS’ RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Established in 1978 and proudly remaining an independent family business to this day, D&M Tools not only boasts a Twickenham tool empire but also the industry’s No.1 hand, power tools and machinery event, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary

THE SAILS OF HOPE
A dream to start a project rebuilding and re-floating pre-war wooden sailing ships to aid a local maritime community is now thriving in its 25th year, and at its heart? Carpenters! Barrie Scott reports

SCOTT E. ARMSTRONG IN PROFILE
Designer, artist and master craftsman Scott E. Armstrong has had an intimate relationship with wood for more than 30 years

TAKE 5
Featuring two-award winning pieces – Anna Dugard's 'Nahas' console table and Clare Ng's ‘Gemini’ drinks cabinet – this month's selection is certainly show-stopping

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Jonathan Salisbury stropping with the guide on the MPOWER SBS Triple Diamond Stone Sharpening Station

ON TEST
SBS Triple Diamond Stone Sharpening Station

Veritas plunge router base

 

 

 

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Be in with the chance of winning one of Robert Sorby's new Micro Resin Pen Turning Sets

DOUBLE WIN!

COMPETITION 1: 
Win 1 of 3 SBS Triple Diamond Stone Sharpening Stationsworth £195.95 each

COMPETITION 2: Win 1 of 2 Robert Sorby Micro Resin Pen Turning Sets – worth £75.60 each

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 January 2023 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?

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