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The Woodworker & Good Woodworking – November 2021

As the end of 2021 approaches, our November issue is sure to be a memorable one thanks to its varied selection of woodworking and woodturning projects, technical articles, features and tests on a host of new products. Focusing on the Chippendale School's 2021 Graduate Showcase, join us as we celebrate a plethora of new furniture making talent. Enjoy!

PROJECTS & TURNING MEMORY BOX
Using only hand and power tools, Andy Brough had to think creatively when it came to the design and making of this keepsake box, which utilises a stunning piece of quilted sycamore in its main construction

TWISTED TEALIGHTS
While the actual turning of these little tealights is very simple, it’s the marking out that can cause some confusion, as Colin Simpson shows

GREEN WOOD TABLE Leon Osman‘s ash table demonstrates a spontaneous and organic approach to furniture making using green wood and salvaged timber

DISPLAY RACK FOR COLLECTIBLES Phil Davy shows you how to make a display rack for showing off all your treasured possessions

MDF BEDSIDE UNITS Made using ash, MDF and comprising a simple wall-hung shelving unit with French cleat, allowing for fixing to a wall, Geoff Ryan’s bedside storage solution ticks all the boxes

HOBO REEL & FLOAT
Inspired by a fishing trip to Mexico, Les Thorne sets about turning his own hobo reel and fishing float

TECHNICAL

CHOOSING & USING BENCH PLANES
Looking at the vast subject of bench planes, John Bullar concentrates on the Bailey plane while looking at block variants, smaller ones for special jobs and the most useful and versatile of them all, the shoulder plane

TIMBER TERMS – PART 32
This section of the directory is all about the Rs – there’s lots of rings and rips – ending with the router, which is one of Peter Bishop’s favourites

HOUSING JOINTS
Structural in application, the housing joint – sometimes also called a dado joint – is widely used in cabinets and shelving units. It’s made by cutting a trench across the width of one component, into which the end of the other is inserted, as Andy Standing demonstrates

FEATURES

CHIPPENDALE SCHOOL 2021 GRADUATE SHOWCASE
Featuring a multitude of international talent, join us as we celebrate the exquisite work of the 2021 Professional Course graduates

ARCHIVE
Fascinated by its low-key posterised cover, Robin Gates takes tea with the June 1967 issue of The Woodworker

LONELY MOUNTAIN SKIS IN PROFILE
Jamie Kunka is making a name for himself as one of the most exciting hand-crafted wooden ski-makers around. Operating from his Perthshire workshop, he describes the processes behind making a typical ski – involving half hand and half machine work – all the while using as many sustainable and natural materials as possible

FALCONET CANNON
John Greeves talks to Jonathan Davies and Greg Rowland about the construction of a Falconet Cannon

TAKE 5
We've searched high and low to bring you some truly exceptional examples of the finest woodworking across a multitude of disciplines – from a stunning handmade veneer and inlay saw to a jewellery box with the most wonderful rippled sycamore figuring

ON TEST

• Benchdogs Parallel Guide System
• Morakniv carving & spoon carving hook knives

WIN!

We’ve teamed up with Wood Workers Workshop to give five lucky readers the chance to win 1 of 5 workshop sets from AUKTools. Each set includes a set of eight contour sanding grips plus a router bit foam tray. Click here for details on how 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 November 2021 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?