Perfect Dovetails on a Curveby Brian Roy
Say you are making a jewelry box with curved sides. Because both pieces are curved across their width, the ends are also curved. With no straight edges to register ...
Video: Box Making Tips and Trickswith Matt Kenney
Learn how to cut attractive V-groove dadoes for your finest boxes. Plus, a super-simple shellac-based finish.
Ming Masterpiece, Joint by Jointby Anissa Kapsales
When John Cameron (back cover FWW #206) set out to build an exact reproduction of an original Ming Dynasty table, he knew the joinery would tap into all his skill ...
Video: How to Make a Bridle Jointwith Andy Rae
A variation on a mortise-and-tenon joint that you can easily cut on the tablesaw. Andy Rae shows you what to do.
Video: How to Make a Cope-and-Stick Jointwith Andy Rae
Andy Rae takes you step-by-step through the process, from setting up the router bits to final glue-up.
How They Did It: Slat-and-Rivet Constructionby Anissa Kapsales
Blending cabinetmaking and boatbuilding
FWW Poll: Joinery, Turning, Carving Are the Next Skills to Masterby David Heim
9 out of 10 respondents to latest poll say those are the three skills they'd like to tackle next
The Wizard's Secretsby Jonathan Binzen
Traditional joinery becomes art in the hands of Kintaro Yazawa. For the first time, he reveals secrets for two perplexing joints. Read about the hawk's-nail joint ...
Video: Drawbored Mortise and Tenonwith Matthew Teague
Make this tight-fitting joint even stronger by driving a peg through offset holes
Make a Tapered Sliding Dovetailby Matt Berger
A router, plywood fence, and shim make easy work of producing this sturdy mechanical joint for shelves and partitions
Q & A: A Lesson in Butterfly Keysby Gary Rogowski
Video: Router-Cut Sliding Dovetailwith Bernard Maas
Learn to produce this strong joint in a video excerpt from the DVD 'Router Jigs and Techniques'
Sculpt Flowing Joinery with an Angle Grinderby Jere Williams
Shaping a piece of furniture with an angle grinder can be both exhilarating and terrifying. Sculptor and woodworker Jere Williams does it all the time. He finds ...
Video: Excerpt: Make a Chair From a Treewith John Alexander
A look at the process of making traditional greenwood chairs
Video: Cutting a Wedged Mortisewith John Nesset
Cut a flare into the mortise to accommodate the wedging action