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If you want to hone your woodworking skills, try some workshop projects, learn a trick or two, read some excellent features, as well as have the chance to get your hands on Trend's latest routing kit, be sure to pick up our latest edition – enjoy!

PROJECTS & TURNING

BASIC BOX-MAKING SKILLS PUT TO THE TEST
Dave Roberts sets himself the task of making a set of plain pigeon holes, to hold a dozen shot glasses, as a test of box-making’s most basic skills: marking out, cutting, planing and chiselling small components

JAN'S BIRD BUFFET
Having previously made a few different bird table designs, albeit a little ‘rough and ready’, Geoff Ryan’s next attempt would prove to require a little more thought, precision and execution

DESIGNER DRAWERS
Brian Barber’s free approach to design exposes the simple beauty of his ‘designer drawers’

A NEW DOOR FOR SPRING
Although building an external door from scratch may be more rewarding, if you’re working to a budget, then a ready-made joinery item may be the better option, says Phil Davy

WET VS. DRY; TRADITIONAL VS. CARBIDE
Andrew Hall conducts an experiment in tools, timber and techniques

STRING TIDY
Inspired by a piece of Regency era wooden treen with a pleasing squat mushroom shape, Les Thorne decides to turn something similar in walnut and cherry, using rare-earth magnets to secure the string tidy’s lid in place

TECHNICAL

TIMBER TERMS – PART 39
This next instalment sees Peter Bishop well into the Ts as he tackles a couple of lengthy subjects including timber-framed and tipped saws

MARKING TOOLS & TECHNIQUES FOR FURNITURE MAKING
In the next part of this series, John Bullar explores the range of marking tools available to the furniture maker, as well as the techniques that can be used to ensure you get the most from them

DECORATIVE CARVING
The ornamentation of wooden objects, which developed into ornamental carving, goes back to pre-history with the oldest known wooden sculpture being twice as old as Stonehenge. In the first of a new series, Iain Whittington tells us more in this fascinating introduction to decorative woodcarving

FEATURES

ARCHIVE
Tempted by The Woodworker of January 1904, Robin Gates ponders the practicality of a tool chest

HOMEGROWN & FIT FOR AN AWARD
Jeremy Broun interviews English Woodlands Timber Ltd, a company passionate about trees

WOODLAND SPIRIT
Trug maker, coppicer and green woodsman Carl Sadler is striving to keep traditional crafts alive

TAKE 5
From an exquisite veneered bar and wine cabinet with a multitude of hidden details to a beautiful turned and coloured miniature birch bowl, this month’s selection features the work of some extraordinary makers

ON TEST

Trend's T12 & T14 workshop & plunge routers

General Finishes Pearl Effects & Enduro Extender

DOUBLE WIN!

To celebrate the launch of the new T12 and T14 routers, Trend is giving two lucky readers the chance to win either first prize of a T14 workshop router with WRT router table (worth £1,200), or second prize of a T12 plunge router (worth £557) – find further details and entry requirements on page 24 or click here

And last but not least, we’re teaming up with woodcare experts, Liberon, to give you the opportunity to showcase your woodworking skills and win a prize bundle worth over £300. Entry deadline is 20 May, so don't miss your opportunity! See page page 31 for further details or click here

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 2022 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?