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Fight Physics with Lapped Dovetails

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | June 19th, 2013

Sometimes a mortise-and-tenon just isn't strong enough

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Announcement: Release of CutList 4.1.6

DaveRichards, member | June 18th, 20133 comments

The author of the popular CutList plugin for SketchUp has just released an update which you can download here. This release fixes an issue which recently cropped up in which the HTML layout page...

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Fine Furniture in the Sunshine State

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | June 17th, 20131 comment

Every February, Tampa hosts the Florida State Fair. It's an opportunity for Floridians to exhibit their chosen passion, from photography to fish tanks, and compete for prizes and ribbons. One of the...

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Lael Gordon: Prismatic Patterns

JonBinzen, member | June 17th, 2013

Lael Gordon uses each cabinet he builds to explore new methods of embellishment with marquetry. See a range of his inventive techniques in this audio slide show.

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Book Giveaway: In the Greene & Greene Style: Projects and Details for the Woodworker by Darrell Peart

BetsyE, member | June 16th, 201348 comments

Leave a comment here for a chance to win a copy of In the Greene & Greene Style

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Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair - Part 2

Killenwood, member | June 14th, 20132 comments

This is Part 2 of "Making an Un-braced Bowback Windsor Chair". Last time I showed the tracing of the magazine drawing of the seat. And we made three components from these tracings - the plain seat...

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FWW award goes to young San Diego woodworker

AsaC, member | June 14th, 2013

FWW gives an award each year at the prestigious Design in Wood show, which runs for a full month at the huge San Diego County Fair. This year's award went to a young woodworker who sdhows real promise.

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Shop Talk Live 34: Bandsaw Master Michael Fortune

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | June 14th, 20132 comments

Bandsaw master Michael Fortune sits down for 20 questions as we focus on power tool and machinery related topics. Plus, we debut a fictional FWW television drama and get the scoop on Matt Kenney's new monster jointer.

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Router bit vise holds tight

woodheat, member | June 12th, 20134 comments

Valfor vise makes router bit setup easy

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Working Efficiently in SketchUp

DaveRichards, member | June 8th, 20135 comments

I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day about finding ways to work efficiently in SketchUp.

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We Want to See Your Shop

HenryBelanger, member | June 7th, 2013

Find out how your workshop could be featured in the pages of your favorite woodworking magazine

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Shop Talk Live 33: Best Bets for Jointer-Planer Upgrades

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | June 7th, 20131 comment

Are helical cutterheads worth the investment on your jointer? Find out this week on Shop Talk Live. Plus, we reveal an exceptional value for brass hinges and introduce Matt's new theme music.

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Boston's Bombe Love Affair

Ed_Pirnik, member | June 6th, 2013

Find out how the Bombe style arrived in colonial America, and what it takes for a craftsman to pull off woodworking's Mount Everest

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UPDATE: French Polish an Ukulele with Vijay Velji

BetsyE, member | June 6th, 201318 comments

See who won a copy of French Polish an Ukulele

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Turning Tools on the Cheap

David_Heim, member | June 3rd, 201311 comments

Sometimes, the best tool isn't the one in the store.

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Modeling a Windsor Bowback Side Chair

Killenwood, member | May 30th, 20132 comments

I'm starting a new series on modeling a Windsor Chair. I've selected one of the simpler Windsor styles, the unbraced Bowback. This particular chair was described by Harriet Hodges in a Fine...

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