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How Peter Follansbee provided the perfect project for some precious lumber John Mahoney retrieved from his father.| FineWoodworking
Aaron Keim makes his chisel handles more ergonomic and easy to handle.| FineWoodworking
Osgood’s affect—gentle, very soft-spoken, and extremely reserved—was the opposite of Frid’s. But his steel and his self-confidence were just as strong. While absorbing much from Frid’s instruction, Osgood remained true to his own vision, and over the years his furniture came to embody more and more audacious experiments with form, structure, and joinery.| FineWoodworking
Ben and Amanda chat with Luke Lyu, who founded Zen Wu Toolworks, a tool company making traditional Chinese planes with a modern approach.| FineWoodworking
Tim uses a Krenov doweling jig to assemble the sides of the cabinet.| FineWoodworking
Mike, Jon, and Amanda host a members-only look at Fine Woodworking issue #319| FineWoodworking
Last time, I discussed the chip-carving classes I teach to my sixth-grade students and my growing fondness for letter carving—particularly how effective it can be with nothing more than a…| FineWoodworking
Luke Lyu shares his approach to setting up a hand plane straight from the Zen Wu factory.| FineWoodworking
Krenov’s cabinets and books would have secured him a place in the pantheon of 20th-century furniture makers. But in 1981 some devotees of his books arranged a teaching position for him in Northern California that evolved into a full-time program.| FineWoodworking
Adam Godet shares the secrets of making a shared shop work, and the way he diversifies income as a full time woodworker.| FineWoodworking
Luke Lyu shows off traditional Chinese planes and how he took inspiration to develop the design of Zen Wu planes.| FineWoodworking
How Peter Follansbee provided the perfect project for some precious lumber John Mahoney retrieved from his father.| FineWoodworking
This lantern has mortise-and-tenon joinery, glass panels, and an inset door. The top is made of bent copper, and the case rests on a base that features a dovetail slide for the candle. In this article, Ellen Kaspern demonstrates each step of the building of this lantern, from case construction to installing the glass to cutting, bending, and installing the copper.| FineWoodworking
A cockbead is a small molding with a fully rounded edge. In this article, Chuck Bender gives step-by-step instructions for creating cockbeading and applying it to the cutout apron of a William and Mary case piece. After being cut, pieces of cockbeading are submerged in water with a little added glycerin to ehance their pliability. They are then secured to the apron with hide glue and rose-head nails. Some pieces are cut to final dimensions before being applied, while others are cut in place.| FineWoodworking
The Florida School of Woodwork puts these tools at every workbench. Kate Swann breaks down every hand tool to get started in woodworking.| FineWoodworking
I reviewed a pile of table-saw miter gauges in FWW #306, and I wish this new model from Woodpeckers had been available then, as it would have ranked with the […]| FineWoodworking
Successful furniture making relies on starting with boards that are flat, straight, and square. Bob Van Dyke describes his mindful method for milling, here.| FineWoodworking
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