Words cannot describe this striking knife blade made by Master Blacksmith Mark Schramm. Damascus steel L6 and 1080. Here is what the handle will look like. This is a steel nib pen holder made of black palm and bound with linen thread and varnished. Similar blades [with different Damascus patterns] are available to make your [...]
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Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Tiger Maple Purpleheart Kitchen Table August 30th , 2011 by Matt Becker 2 Comments In addition to the beautiful inlay and the two wood species’ contrasting colors , the coordination between the modified tusk tenons and the extension slide handles are incredible details not to be . missed This is a kitchen table I made out of tiger maple and purpleheart . The purpleheart table legs kept splitting on me down the center so I decided to hide the splitting with tiger maple inlays to match the table top . I also made two foot long extensions for the table that attach with pegs to sliding boards that are concealed under the ends of the table top . Each extension has two folding legs for storage 
Pictured in the previous post on the right side of the two bobbins is the whorl with the first repair of missing wood. Because of the end grain orientation of the wood in spinning wheel bobbins and whorls they are subject to damage and this one was not in good shape. Because of the extent [...]
The most beneficial discoveries come when you least expect them. Last week as I wrapped up finish on the desk for the November issue and from our upcoming book "Furniture in the Southern Style", I was about to sand my first couple coats of shellac. I dug through my sandpaper drawer and soon found out [...]
This article is by Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture. I’ve been doing some “deep thinking” lately. The question: “How can I sell more handmade furniture?” Let’s assume I suddenly have a much larger advertising budget. I run ads on … Continue reading →
Back when I made my living as a cabinetmaker, the projects I enjoyed most were the ones where we went out on a limb and built something we had never made before. It's like riding a good roller coaster: scary after you make the decision, walk through the turnstiles, and crawl up the first hill; [...]
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I started documenting the restoration of this wheel here. There are pictures there showing some of the damage to this nice old wheel. I usually use a dovetail Dutchman to repair the small endgrain fractures and lacuna on bobbins and whorl pulleys, but I tried a different approach on these. I made small round bottom [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store September October 2011 Issue Preview August 26th , 2011 by Matt Becker One Comment Our new issue is on its way to subscribers and newsstands . everywhere If you don’t have your copy yet and you’d like to know what we’ve packed into the issue this time out , this video from Field Editor Chris Marshall and Editor in Chief Rob Johnstone will bring you up to . speed You can check out a digital version of the issue by clicking here or you can buy the issue through our online store Matt Becker Internet Production Coordinator Related : posts A(nother Quick Look at the New April Issue Whats New in the August Issue June Issue Coming Soon Many Multi-Tool Options for Woodworking DIY Tags : issue
This link is to an article titled "Guitar Frets:Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear" was published today in the Wall Street Journal. It was sent to me by Mel Hancock, a woodworker and one of our readers. Mel wrote, "While it doesn't go much beyond the use of controlled or restricted woods for musical instruments, [...]
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I am behind on my restoration work, I now have two spinning wheels to repair in my shop. So while they have some of the same damage to the same parts I am repairing both at the same time. This wheel {both are European} has a nasty bent crank and the shaft of the opposite [...]
Sometimes I need to be reminded that not everyone who reads our blogs are at the same level of woodworking experience, and that I should give explanations as if my readers were beginners. I learned that lesson when I was teaching my first continuing education class in woodworking. It quickly became apparent that I had [...]
<a href="http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/tool-auction-ambivalence"I attended my first tool auction last Saturday, and like most (adult) auction-goers, I was caught up in the potential for bargains (there were a passel of Emmert vices on offer...but sadly, no bargains on that front). But the auction also induced a touch of melancholy. It used to be that auctions and antiques shops [...]
This personalized State Clock was custom carved to feature the outline of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. What can we create for you? Jim & Rebecca The van Vegten Family
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We were excited about the opportunity to bring Thomas Moser's "How to Build Shaker Furniture" up to today's publishing standards. While the book has been an inspiration to many, it hadn't been updated in 30 years. What's the difference? Take a look at the two photos below for an example of old and new. [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Buying or Selling Logs For Lumber Log Rules Part 2 August 22nd , 2011 by Tim Knight Leave a Comment From the time the very first Europeans set foot on American soil , we have tried to develop systems to estimate the board feet of finished lumber we can obtain from a green log . It seems straightforward : figure the number of 1-inch thick planks that can be sawn , subtract for the width of the saw blade kerf and for waste trim and there you would have it , what is known as a log rule . However , it i s not that simple , because that does not take into consideration the high variability between logs , equipment used to saw those logs , and the operators of that equipment . The ForestTwo months ago, I wrote about two new saws from Bad Axe Tool Works – a 10" dovetail saw and a 12" dovetail/small tenon saw. I joked that that I was going to rename the "Doc Holliday" (founder Mark Harrell's name for the 10") to "Annie Oakley" – she was a better shot. (You can [...]
One of the issues of using a table saw safely is that many of the things intended to keep us safe don't work well when you really need them. Ripping thin pieces on the table saw is a good example. In our shop, we have an overhead guard with built in dust collection. It's a [...]
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There is a very similar design on page 4 of Hide Glue – Historical & Practical Applications with a couple of changes. I found the yellow brass bowl [it was a compote, with a soldered on foot, which I removed]. I had given it to Brian Westover, the Blacksmith at This is The Place Heritage [...]
When designing a piece of furniture, you really can't go wrong with using the golden ratio. The same might be true for workbenches, but we'll have to see about that. For my bench, I'm deviating from the norm and putting a foot on the legs of my bench. Standard bench legs always looked unresolved to [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Lifeguard Chairs August 17th , 2011 by Matt Becker Leave a Comment It’s hard to come up with a more perfect summer project than this reader-submitted pair of lifeguard . chairs My father and I made a pair of lifeguard chairs for a friend . We designed it to be functional and . comfortable It has a slide out tray between the chairs and a removable umbrella stand . The seat height is 48 Steven Baker Do you have a project you’d like to share Click here to send it it Matt Becker Internet Production Coordinator Related : posts Toy Car Storage Case Mahogany Credenza Blanket Chest Walnut End Table with a Twist Tags : chair Furniture outdoor furniture Outdoor Projects reader projects This entry
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I covered making Charcoal here and briefly mentioned the pounce wheel and pounce bag. I covered it more depth in Shellac, Linseed Oil, & Paint – Traditional 19th Century Woodwork Finishes with the following illustration. I have several pounce wheels including one that is a perforation cutter illustrated at the bottom of the following photograph. I use [...]
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Arts Crafts Chairs and Table August 12th , 2011 by Matt Becker One Comment This reader-submitted dining room set includes our Arts Crafts Dining Room Chairs with a couple design modifications and a matching . table This my attempt at your chairs and my table to match Eddie Mann England Do you have a project you’d like to share Click here to send it . in Matt Becker Internet Production Coordinator Related : posts Apothecary Cabinet Stained Glass Workbench Storage Cabinet Queen Anne Dressing Table Chair Kitchen Cabinets and Island Tags : arts crafts chair dining room Furniture table This entry was posted on Friday , August 12th , 2011 at 10:55 am and is filed under Readers' Projects You can
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Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store Intarsia Barn August 5th , 2011 by Matt Becker One Comment A diverse collection of different wood species , including a very appropriate use of old barn wood , really helps bring this reader-submitted project to . life Made with African Paduak for the roof , regular Old Barn Wood” for the barn itself , Blue Pine for the window panes , limbs from the Birch trees in my back yard , poplar for the trees themselves , a piece of Walnut for the barn door , an old 2X6 for the base of the piece , and a piece of 1 4 plywood for the backing and the . clouds Jim Palmer Jim’s Wood-n-Stuff Ephrata , WA Do you have a project you’d like to share Click here to send it in Matt Becker Internet ProductionPopular Woodworking Magazine Woodworking advice , woodworking plans , woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Home Plans Projects I Can Do That Shelving Storage Tables Chairs Shop Projects Jigs Outdoor Projects Other Projects SketchUp Models Techniques Basics Finishing Hand Tools Joinery Tool Reviews Blogs Chris Schwarz's Blog Editors' Blog Arts Mysteries Blog Google Sketchup Videos Article Index Free Newsletters Register Log In SAVE 47 Subscribe to the Magazine Renew Renew Your Pop Wood Subscription Subscription Customer Service Gift Subscription Sweeps Shop Free Woodworking Advice And a Free : Project Handplane Birdhouse Sign up for the Weekly Wood News e-mail newsletter and download this project today . Don’t miss out on the Latest Woodworking News , Previews of New Tools , Shop
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store How Much Lumber is in a Log August 3rd , 2011 by Tim Knight Leave a Comment Foresters use a number of mathematical formulas to estimate the board feet of lumber in a cut log . Using one of these formulas , known as log rules , 8221 you , too , can estimate the amount of sawn lumber a log will produce . This can be useful , say , if you may want to estimate what you will owe the portable sawmill owner for sawing it up for you since he probably will charge you per board foot The estimate will get you close so that the final bill will not be a complete . surprise A log rule attempts to estimate the number of board feet of lumber in a log . A board foot in its purest sense is a board 1 thick