The Woodworker inc Good Woodworking – April 2022

As well as three different competitions for you to enter and a host of fantastic prizes up for grabs, our April issue has a wide range of projects and technical content, some inspiring features, as well as tests on the latest workshop kit and tools – enjoy!

 

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Brian Barber's wonderful spalted beech cabinet

PROJECTS & TURNING

TABLE LAMP
Peter Benson creates an Arts and Crafts-inspired square table lamp

THREE-LEGGED STOOL
Glenn Perry makes use of a repurposed elm plank and comes up with a unique design for a three-legged stool’s central stretchers, which are cleverly joined by a central sphere

MARKING KNIFE
Dominic Collings hopes to improve his dovetailing skills, but first he needs a marking knife fit for the job

BRANCHWOOD STOOLS
Think twice before feeding the woodburner with offcuts, says Mark Griffiths – instead, you could spend half a day or so making one of these stools

SPINDLE TURNING TROUBLESHOOTER
Les Thorne looks at six common spindle turning problems and offers some helpful solutions

SPALTED BEECH CABINET
Seeking a home for his CD collection, Brian Barber allows some beautiful spalted beech to dictate the design of an elegant cabinet

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The finished dovetail joint should be a tight fit and may need tapping home with a hammer and a woodblock

TECHNICAL

FESTOOL DOOR-CUTTING GUIDE
When cutting doors to length, it’s precision rather than guesswork that’s needed. Here, Festool’s training consultant Nadja Körbel shows how best to achieve this in nine steps

ROUTING: SMALL, BEAUTIFUL & CORDLESS
Some of the greatest gifts do come in small packages, as Jeremy Broun finds when looking at various routers

TIMBER TERMS – PART 38
In this section of the directory, Peter Bishop takes us through the Ts and lots of bits and bobs, ending up with the only renewable resource we know

DOVETAIL HOUSING JOINT
Joint master Andy Standing introduces us to the dovetail housing joint, which is ideal for use when constructing shelving units or cabinets. You also only need a few pieces of kit in order to make it

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Tumbling blocks game by Linley, which features 54 wooden blocks in walnut, cherry, ash, wenge, maple and oak

FEATURES

ARCHIVE
Looking to bring the garden closer, Robin Gates turns to The Woodworker of April 1956 for a window box

LES LIVELY IN PROFILE
Les Lively’s work is a fusion of different styles, which emphasise elegant lines and intricate details such as inlay, double dovetail corners and mortise & tenon joints

THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Despite games today becoming increasingly electronic, there’s still a strong case for the old favourites, many of which are played using handmade boards and pieces, as Paul Greer shows here

THE ALAN PETERS FURNITURE AWARD 2022
For the second year running, this is your opportunity to be part of this prestigious annual award, which champions UK furniture designing and making talent while celebrating the life and work of the late Alan Peters OBE

TAKE 5
From classic Italian design to pieces that open up new horizons for contemporary cabinetmaking, this month’s selection celebrates a variety of techniques, processes and materials

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One of the benefits of a sliding mitre saw is producing trenching cuts – housings, or shoulders on tenons and similar joints

ON TEST

Trend T18S/MS184 cordless mitre saw

Sakazume sanding blocks

Rider awls

Robert Sorby Stebcentres range

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TRIPLE WIN!

We’ve teamed up with Trend once more to give two lucky readers the chance to win an 18V cordless mitre saw kit (with 2 × 5Ah batteries & Fast Charger) from their new T81S range – see page 24 and follow the instructions given or click here.

Also, in conjunction with Geocel, we’re giving away five Joiners Mate product bundles. A range of quality adhesive solutions, Joiners Mate is designed to help you get the job done – see page page 51 for further details, 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. Running over the next two issues, see page page 22 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 April 2022 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe?

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