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Shop Talk Live 16: A Lethal Dose of PEG?
12 commentsWe answer reader questions and discuss the potential lethality of some woodworking chemistry, with special guest: Ed's dad
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Shop Talk Live 15: Curvy Cabinet Conundrum
10 commentsThis week on Shop Talk Live, we poll readers on our next Video Workshop furniture project and answer woodworking questions.
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Woodworking with Ebony
9 commentsWhen it comes to working ebony, hand tools take center-stage
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Shop Talk Live 14: Who Needs Half-Blind Dovetails?
18 commentsThis week on Shop Talk Live, our staffers tread carefully on a touchy woodworking subject: are half-blind dovetails really worth the effort?
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Easy jig for routing through dovetail pins
One of the things I like about being an editor at Fine Woodworking is that every article I edit is like a one-on-one woodworking class. When it comes to articles that demonstrate a technique, I...
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Avoid Twisted Doors in Your Furniture Projects
2 commentsIf your frame-and-panel doors are turning out twisted despite a flush, plumb joint between the door and cabinet side, check your joinery
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Shop Talk Live 13: Where Christian Becksvoort is Shinin' on Me
8 commentsThis week on Shop Talk Live, we offer highlights of our first ever Fine Woodworking Live event, with clips from actor/Woodworker Nick Offerman's performance.
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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Project-Part 3
Specialized clamps attach the top and back, as the guitar starts to take shape.
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Shop Talk Live 12: Special Guest Nick Offerman
12 commentsSpecial guests Nick Offerman and Christian Becksvoort join us in this remote edition of Shop Talk Live, from the floor of Fine Woodworking magazine's very first live event.
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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Project - Part 2
2 commentsCarving straight grain spruce for the sound braces.
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Shop Talk Live 11: That Sinking Feeling
16 commentsOn this week's edition of Fine Woodworking's very own podcast, we answer your woodworking questions, reveal our own building blunders, and try to divine the future of the craft.
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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Project-Part 1
3 commentsFollow along for my first Weissenborn style guitar project.
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Shop Talk Live 10: Handplanes for a Desert Island
8 commentsThis week on Shop Talk Live, our editors dive into a little "workbench tech" and answer your questions on a variety of topics.
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How to Mortise Brass Ring Pulls
2 commentsBeautiful brass ring pulls are worth the extra time spent producing the perfect mortise
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Make perfect square pegs with real strength
8 commentsI recently found a way to quickly make and install square pegs that transition to a round body, for the best combination of strength and good looks
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Making a Crematory Urn Box, Part 2
5 commentsUse a story stick to design miter key placement, cut the lid from the base and finish the crematory urn box.
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Shop Talk Live 6: On the Pod
14 commentsThis week on Shop Talk Live, finishing expert Jeff Jewitt and FWW editor Asa Christiana take your questions
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Trim Plywood Edging Flush, Simply and Safely
8 commentsSometimes it's better to bring the workpiece to the router
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Making a Crematory Urn Box: Part I
15 commentsThe same techniques used in building this specialty box can be used in any box-making project
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Cutting and Fitting a Blind Finger Joint
4 commentsA recent project allows for some funky experimentation with mitered finger joints.
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