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PROJECTS & TURNING

BANJO BAROMETER
If you fancy yourself as an amateur weather forecaster, this classic instrument by Peter Dunsmore is perfect. It features a barometer, hygrometer and twin-scale thermometer, all housed in a stunning banjo-style case

ICE CREAM VAN SOAPBOX
Creating his own entry for the local soapbox derby, Peter Vivian’s ice cream van isn’t only a fun design but also a great exercise in various woodworking and construction techniques, all with an added touch of ingenuity...

REPURPOSING FENCE POSTS
Utilising various storm-felled fence post offcuts left over from a recent project, Andrew Hall comes up with a fun design for his own ‘ruff turnings’, each of which cunningly features subtle design differences

COTTAGE DOOR
Mike Jordan’s ledged & braced version still has the look of a stable door

COCO DE MER REHAB
Peter Bishop sets about repairing and restoring a wonderful Coco de Mer seedpod – a twin-sectioned variety produced entirely and only in the Seychelles

SUFFOLK LATCH
Taking only a few hours to install, follow Phil Davy’s simple steps for installing a Suffolk latch on a ledged and braced door and be sure to avoid any of the common pitfalls

WINDOW BOARD REPLACEMENT
Phil Davy shows you how to quickly and easily replace a rotten window board

PLATTER & APPLES
Taking a piece of spalted beech he’d had for a long time, Les Thorne turns a platter in addition to a selection of apples in various exotic timbers

TECHNICAL

EVOLUTION POWER TOOLS
Jeremy Broun is given the opportunity to hand select £500 worth of products from Evolution Power Tools’ cordless range – second prize sponsor of the upcoming Alan Peters Online Furniture Award 2024. Read on to discover which ones he chooses and why

FURNITURE MAKING: CONSTRUCTING BOXES
As John Bullar shows, box making projects are ideal for demonstrating various fine furniture making skills, being well suited to a small workshop with a few good quality tools

FEATURES

STURMER: OVER 40 YEARS OF PRECISION & INNOVATION
Standing for courage and optimism, Stürmer Maschinen has successfully carved a very unique niche and today, this wholesale machinery company supplies a growing range of metalworking, woodworking, compressed air and welding technology to over 60 countries worldwide

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

ANATOMY OF A CLASSIC – ERCOL
Mastering the wayward structure of elm made Ercol a furniture design classic

ARCHIVE
A mitre shooting block in The Woodworker of February 1937 prompts Robin Gates to work on his sawing technique

TAKE 5
Featuring several critically acclaimed pieces, this month’s selection includes a recently shortlisted entry for the 2023 Wood Awards and a chest of fitted drawers that breaks free from the confines of conventional furniture

As Jonathan Salisbury discovers, happiness is a lathe covered in shavings

ON TEST

Clarke CWL460 18in (460mm) woodturning lathe

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