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Featuring such projects as a sublimely delicate furnace ring box and a turned waveform bowl, along with a technical piece on workshop mobility and lots more, the May issue also includes a fantastic competition: win a Robert Sorby Five-piece Traditional Bolster Satinwood Bevel Edge Chisel Set – worth over £290!

PROJECTS & TURNING

WAVEFORM BOWL
Bob Chapman presents his own simple method for producing a turned waveform bowl, which he sprays black before decorating with iridescent colours

FURNACE RING BOX
Ian Hawthorne’s sublimely delicate ring box is inspired by the engine rooms of the Titanic

CONCORDE GUITAR STAND
Peter Vivian receives one of his most unusual commissions to date – an acoustic guitar stand in the shape of a Concorde supersonic airliner

COOKBOOK STAND
Douglas Barratt’s clever little creation allows you to squint over cooking instructions hands-free

ABRASIVES STORAGE UNIT
Phil Davy shows you how to make a dedicated unit for storing new sheets, pads, belts and odd scraps of abrasive paper

NESTING TABLES
Alan Willey’s timeless nesting table design relies on crisply executed detail for adding impact

BARLEY TWISTS
Les Thorne presents different methods for turning spindles with spirals

TECHNICAL

ALBION TIMBER COLUMN
David Smyth reflects on the last four years of trade and how market trends have affected the business, led to growth, and ultimately shaped today’s landscape

WOODWORK FOUNDATIONS
This month Michael Huntley shows you how to make that useful planing aid – a shooting board

WORKSHOP MOBILITY
It’s easy to take things for granted, but how about workshop mobility and as the result of an accident, finding oneself on crutches and having to adapt practices? Many readers already face such challenges, but here we take a look at everyday tasks and how they can be modified

WEDGED TENONS
Wedged tenons lift through tenons into another level of class and make for mighty tough joints. Mark Gould shows how not to repeat the mistakes he made…

FEATURES

ARCHIVE
The May 1935 issue of The Woodworker prompts Robin Gates to ponder the magic of indoor-outdoor spaces

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

THE ALAN PETERS ONLINE FURNTIURE AWARD 2024 – MAKE YOUR ENTRY COUNT
With the entry deadline looming for the Alan Peters Online Furniture Award 2024, Jeremy Broun gives his suggestions on design parameters to consider and how this is a great opportunity to create something new

BOOK REVIEW
This new book by Richard Findley – compiled from the archives of Woodturning magazine and first commissioned as challenges from the late Editor, Mark Baker – features 16 projects, covering such techniques as multi-axis turning, pyrography, carving, texturing, piercing and more. Bob Chapman reads on...

WHEELS THROUGH THE YEARS
From potter’s wheels to paddle wheels, roulette wheels and those produced by wheelwrights to this day, Paul Greer investigates their development and significance over time

TAKE 5
This month’s selection shows off a wide range of techniques from all woodworking disciplines, such as the creative use of tambours in furniture design to the mathematic genius of segmented turning

ON TEST

Pentel Graphgear 1000 Automatic Pencil Set

Clarke CWS250 250mm whetstone sharpener

WIN!

A Robert Sorby Five-piece Traditional Bolster Satinwood Bevel Edge – worth over £290!

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 May 2024 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?