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@timrowledge: If I would have had to finish the project myself, I would have used non-toxi Tried and True finish:
http://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com/

Christian Becksvoort wrote all about it in FW#152:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/Materials/MaterialsPDF.aspx?id=2751

He swears by it. Here's a video about it for online members: http://www.finewoodworking.com/subscription/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=5191

Thanks for the update Dave. When I saw the "new version available" pop up in SU just now, I figured if I went to Design.Click.Build. you or Tim would give me more background. I was right. Thanks, Gina

Sure sounds like fighting words Tom! :) "it sure as hell isn’t in front of a computer"

Yeah, let's hope that the Design.Click.Build. folks don't get wind of this post...

But yes... everyone's creative process is different. I recently heard that author Paul Theroux writes all his books by hand (Mosquito Coast guy http://www.paultheroux.com/).

Thanks for sharing Tim. Congrats Riffler! Great to hear about your progress with the book.

I myself only got to the beginning of Chapter Five. Your story is inspiration to keep going with the exercises. Maybe one day I'll be a SketchUp pro!

In other news folks, we now can take customer reviews in our online store here: http://www.tauntonstore.com/sketchup-guide-for-woodworkers-tim-killen-ebook-077846.html

So if you read the book, please feel free to write a review to help potential buyers with decision making.

Great find! -g

Very nice!

I'm sure your family will enjoy that for years to come. My grandfather made me a wooden green truck when I was small. The durable toy survived my childhood and now it's in my son's toy chest.

LOL: "Perhaps this is not the most practical piece of furniture for a young person’s first home, but that’s why we have IKEA."

Thanks for posting John. Do you have pictures of the finished cabinet too? When your ready we'd love to see them.

-Gina

Thanks for posting. Glad the Getting Started in Woodworking series was helpful for you!
http://www.startwoodworking.com/plans/build-simple-sturdy-workbench
http://www.startwoodworking.com/getting-started

Nice, on first glance I totally thought this was spam. Sounds like we need to launch another box contest to capture more stuff like this! -Gina

Wow Tim. Do you have pix of the completed pieces? I got a carved cookbook holder as a gift once and my husband quickly converted it into an iPad holder.
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/shesham-cookbook-easel

Great holiday gift idea. It's almost that time again this year.

Woah, fancy!

Awesome Brian. Cool to see real world example of good, better, best (as Albert Sack would say http://www.amazon.com/New-Fine-Points-Furniture-Masterpiece/dp/051758820X)

Hi Rollo1,

Good point about the iPad... I'll forward your suggestion to our product team that you'd like this available as an eBook/video download as well.

For reference, many of our videos are now available so online members can view them on the iPad: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/35994/at-last-fw-videos-on-the-ipad

You can also find our complete collection of eBooks here: http://store.finewoodworking.com/type/ebooks.html

This includes our popular SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers that's ONLY available as an eBook:
http://store.finewoodworking.com/sketchup-guide-for-woodworkers-tim-killen-ebook-077846.html

Thanks for the feedback, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks cahudson42.

And for all you folks, if you happen upon any great woodworking YouTube videos, be sure to let us know (fw-web AT taunton.com).

Thanks, Gina

I know... it's raining in CT today. But you never know what the wacky weather holds these days. Maybe we'll get another big dump of the white stuff before spring arrives.

Hi Folks,

Some people contacted customer service to say they're having trouble downloading this plan. I personally am able to download it without issue, but Customer Service shared these troubleshooting tips for people experiencing issues:

They believe it is either a Google Chrome issue or an Adobe Reader issue. If you are using Google Chrome, try right clicking to open it.

Otherwise, download Adobe Reader and restart. At www.adobe.com go to Downloads, then choose Adobe Reader and install. Restart. Then, try downloading the plan again and right click to open or save if necessary.

Questions? Please follow up with customer service: Email support@customerservice.taunton.com or Phone: 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hokie1969: You raise a bunch of good points—I don’t have solutions to all the issues right now, but it’s good info for our team to consider. In this case, the article is not currently online. :( For articles older than about 2005, we sometimes don’t have the “departments” (e.g. Master Class, Back Covers, etc) online. I’ll check on the rights to this article. If we can republish it online, we’ll do it.

As much as possible, we try to find those references to page numbers and make sure that there is a link so you can easily find the reference online. But obviously things fall through the cracks—especially for older, archive content when we were publishing en masse.

If/when you run into issues like this don’t hesitate to contact us to let us know and we can try to remedy the situation and help you find the missing article.

You can reach us in a variety of ways: contacting customer service support (at) customerservice.taunton.com or 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri, contacting our editorial desk: fw (at) taunton.com or 800-309-8955, or emailing our web staff: fw-web (at) taunton.com.

Thanks for the feedback. -Gina

tampa4wood, When I search for "Del Cover" it’s the first result: http://www.finewoodworking.com/Gallery/GalleryImage.aspx?id=5082

Though I understand this is confusing since it’s now in the gallery whereas it originally appeared on the back cover of the magazine.

Thanks for the feedback. Gina

Hi Beggetta,

Just catching up on this feedback here... I think you’re talking about our “list pages” where we list the various articles on different sections of the site right? Like this link http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesDirectory.aspx?dir=Dovetail+Joints or this link http://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopDirectory.aspx?dir=Tablesaw+Jigs?

As I understand, this is a known bug, though I’ll make sure our developers are aware of the issue.

This quirk is frustrating for me to. My workaround is to open articles in a new browser window (right click on the mouse--> open in a new window).

When we revamp and relaunch our site, we’ll definitely correct this issue. -Gina

"baggetta writes: My complaint with the search is simple. I get a search term which show, say, 5 pages. I check the first page list. On the second page list I find an article to read. When I'm done I back off with my browser arrow which you would think returns you to the second page where I left off. No. I'm returned to the first page list."

To follow up on saschafer's point, you can search the CPSC’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System yourself here: https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/home.aspx

You need to enter a code for certain types of injuries (find them here: http://www.cpsc.gov/neiss/completemanual.pdf). (looks like tablesaw injuries are 0841)

Then you can query things like body part (finger), diagnosis (amputation), and such.

-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for the feedback folks. Will review comments soon and share any immediate tips/thoughts. Otherwise, we're meeting with our tech group next week to talk about your feedback and higher-level fixes to the search issue.

Thanks, Gina

Espresso machine at the school... I like the sound of that.

If anyone's interested in more German woodworking resources, check out these sites...

A German woodworking magazine: http://www.holzwerken.net/

And a site by German DIY guy Guido Henn: http://www.hobbywood.de/index.html
he has some free videos here: http://www.hobbywood.de/videos.html

In-flight goat-roasting cabinet??? Do you have photos? -Gina

adamwk, isn't that how most RSS feeds work?

Good questions/points Steve. If you have time, as you run into search anomalies, please let us know about articles that aren’t showing up so we can learn more about these issues. Thanks for the troubleshooting assistance. -g

Hi Steve,

Glad the online index has improved (phew, one thing somewhat fixed).

RE: Dazzling inlay: I do get that article as the first result when I look via search on our site: http://www.finewoodworking.com/search/search.asp?cx=009096020989677304441%3Ayn5icbkse5w&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Give+Legs+a+Kick+With+Dazzling+Inlay%22#744

Does the first result you see also take you here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=32810

The confusing thing... (and sorry, this is probably way more info than you'd ever want) is that we do update the title tags on articles because sadly, magazine titles are not always very good for Search Engine Optimization. No one besides a FW reader whow saw the article would think to use the words "dazzing" and "kick" when searching via google for an inlay article. To help those people we did add terms saying "How to Add Decorative Inlay to Furniture Legs."

Unfortunately, this hack to improve SEO, makes it more difficult for magazine readers to find what they're looking for.

But, the bottom line is that I hear your concerns and know we should do better. These examples, however are very helpful to better understand the issues involved.

Your suggestion about abstracts too is a good one too.

I'll bring these things up with our team to see if there are any short term fixes.

Hi Buche,

Yes, I agree it’s frustrating that our blog and gallery posts come up so highly in search, yet some of our highest-quality content (our 30 year-archive of expert-written woodworking articles!) gets buried. Our tech people tell me this is something we should be able to improve a bit given our current tools with Google custom search.

In the interim however, if there are specific instances where we can improve things, let me know. RE: The Hack article: It comes in number one now if you just type in “huntboard.” But I’ll see if we can improve its rankings for ‘Garrett Hack Huntboard’ since I’m sure that’s how many may search for that article.

Your suggestion about the index is good. I wish there was a way we could blend (and improve upon) our index of magazine articles: http://www.finewoodworking.com/pages/fw_articleindex.asp and our online search tool which includes links to actual copies of archive articles. Your suggestion about improving it with images would also be good. This type of upgrade would be time consuming but I’ll definitely bring it up with our team.

Thanks for the feedback, Gina

Good point Reuban. I’m not an expert on this (though will forward your concern to someone who is), but let me take a stab at your questions...

Here are details on finding your account number on a physical copy of the magazine: https://www.taunton.com/eCommerce/CS/cs_acctfind_popup.asp
You can also find it online via this form: https://reg.taunton.com/account/customerservice/custfind.html?ig=default

But, you make a good point in that the FW search tool is separate from our customer service tool that holds customer account info (a link to the Customer Service info at the bottom of every page on our site)
http://mycusthelp.net/taunton/_cs/FindAnswers.aspx?sSessionID=7489146236FHRODSLQYPCSQT[BDODOFLWKRQMACC&lstFilter_a=-1

Does this help you with your question? I will find out if there is a way that general FW search could search the customer service FAQ database as well since you raise a good point that people seraching on FW aren’t only looking for articles, they coudl be looking for customer service type info.

For reference though, you can always contact our CS people via email support@customerservice.taunton.com or Phone: 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri. They’re real people here in Newtown, CT and they’re very helpful!

Great photos Dennis. Thanks for posting all the process shots! -Gina

CLA2Home, could you post a photo of the completed project in the gallery? Then post a link here so we can check it out? Glad to hear that it meets the client's needs!

mhein68, are you going to make it? If you do, please post a photo of the completed project in the gallery and share a link here.

Sorry pboeckh, plastic tree indeed.

Congrats on being our first entry! Please tell us more about your piece. Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for the suggestion Benjamen. We should have CAPTCHA stuff up in the next few weeks. The only thing is doesn't that only help when you're trying to prevent machines, not real people from posting?

Unfortunately, I believe that some of the spamming posts that I've seen late is actually coming from a real person.

Thanks for the suggestion. I forwarded it on to our development team. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for pointing that out. We updated the post to note that Fortune was the first, not the only woodworker, to receive the prize. Congrats to Grit Laskin as well. You're right that he's been a FW contributor. He wrote a great series of articles on guitar buiding: http://www.finewoodworking.com/PlansAndProjects/PlansAndProjectsPDF.aspx?id=2164
For reference, here's a full list of award recipients:
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/saidye_bronfman/ek127237791540156250.htm

Hi mrossk,

Yes, apologies. The forum should be up and running again though there seems to be an issue with images.

I reported the bug to our developers. Hopefully it can be resolved soon and apologies for the inconvenience.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

I’m no shellac expert, but just to stir things up a little bit, (hope you don’t mind Rollie, :) ) have you folks seen Vijay Velji’s shellac DVD? According to a reviewer, in his DVD, Velji says that shellac actually has good resistance to alcohol if the shellac flakes are fresh. In the video, he even spills some scotch on a finish. After leaving it sit, the scotch doesn’t leave any damage.

What do you folks think of this? Do you buy it? Anyone had similar experiences? Or experiences where a drink DID ruin a shellac finish?

Congrats on three years of blogging Dan.

You've mentioned in the past that you use your blog to chronicle and keep record what you do. That's really interesting and practical advice.

Also a good idea that you're recycling your communication with blog posts... I definitely feel like I write some of the same things in email over and over ago myself! -Gina

Update: Just reuploaded the .skp plan. Dave Richards worked his magic on David Heim's original file, making a couple tweaks.

Wow, period reproductions, art deco, Maloof-inspired... he does it all. -Gina

Sorry Riffler. The archive is not available any longer. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Papynouche:

When in doubt, for technical questions re: this book contact our customer service department: Email support@customerservice.taunton.com or Phone: 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Maybe it's just me... but I'd put some eye protection on if I was trying this at home (and had extra $$$ to burn on blades and cartridges).

Even though it's a safety device, metal meeting metal still seems freaky to me. I stood way far away from the saw when we tried the hot-dog trick at the end of this video:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/ToolGuide/ToolGuideArticle.aspx?id=30456

We use this all the time here at FW. If you follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/fwmagazine) it's where I get the scoop on the newsy woodworking links I post. Any of you out there use it to stay on top of the online news on you and your business?

Very nice--very organized clamps! Tell us about your workbench. Where'd you get the design/concept. -gina

StuinTokyo went with Garrett on this trip. He may have additional video from the visit. He may also be able to get additional details on these tool makers. Stay tuned. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

In case you haven't seen it, Chris Becksvoort has a nice explanation on his site about what sets his work apart:
http://www.chbecksvoort.com/tbeckdiff.html

Anyone out there have a similar explaination on their site or in pamphlets that they hand out to really spells out some of the points that we're talking about here?

Just curious... -Gina

Thanks for the feedback, thought-provoking insight on the state of the marketplace.

And re: my art comment, I guess I was thinking about it in terms of studio furniture makers and makers who specialize in more "decorative" works like Tom Schrunk. Good point that not all furniture or makers really fit in that category.

Hi all, thanks for weighing in. I updated the list with your feedback. I'll keep an eye on this post and update it with any additional information from the community. Thanks for helping to build this list. Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Frank T, Thanks for the info about the missing file. Sorry about the inconvenience. The files are correct in our online store now.

Anyone who purchased the book will get an email with any missing information.

If anyone has additional questions or concerns, follow up with our customer service department: Email support@customerservice.taunton.com or Phone: 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri.

There are real and very nice people there who will be happy to help you.

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Nice Brian. Thanks for posting these and your videos. -Gina

Don, maybe you could tell us how you feel about the ethical side. For reference, several years back, there was a good debate on the topic in Knots:
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fine-woodworking-knots/general-discussion/someone-copying-your-design

Here are links to a couple similar discussions:
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fine-woodworking-knots/general-discussion/ethics-copying
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fine-woodworking-knots/business/copying-popular-designs
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fine-woodworking-knots/general-discussion/copyright-infringement

Woah, marchmat, we've got an Ikea hacker in our midst! http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

Thanks for sharing. Stay tuned, we hope to have more content in the coming months about people working on similar projects using unorthodox materials. It'll be on our new StartWoodworking site and in a new intiative for FineWoodworking.

But never fear traditional people, we won't forget our roots! -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

rpeowen2, Good suggestion. Sorry we didn't think of that. Here it is: http://www.finewoodworking.com/fwnpdfFREE/011213054.pdf

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Bud Davis, Coffins! Who knew.

Good point Dan. Maybe "Trade Show" is the wrong terminology for the bulk of woodworkers. But, I'd guess that a lot of these pointers would still apply to places like the Fine Furnishing Shows (http://www.finefurnishingsshow.com/) or more local art fairs and shows.

Good suggestions powderjoines about how to ferrett out buyers from people who just want to talk technique and compare notes.

Where have you folks exhibited and where have you had success?

Doug, just saw a picture of one of your custom chairs, pretty cool: http://custommade.com/gallery-details.php?l=3144&cam=nonmember

Glad to hear it was useful. I'll forward your suggestion on. -Gina

Dear UkuleleCrazy, Stay tuned... John White's new router table/outfeed table will be online (and in homes) by about Sept. 30. I hear that it features dust collection too. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Good luck, keep us posted. -g

I know... sounds like an intense challenge eh? After a full day of work, Bill came hope to type up all his blog posts. He even blogged one night after a birthday dinner! Now that's dedication (and stamina!). I'm just glad no muscles were pulled/backs thrown out hauling around all that lumber! -gina, FW

Comment via Twitter @WoodBoatEndvr: No such thing as a pro woodworker! Just the guys who have persevered through ALOT of mistakes. And now they know better. :)

Neil, how have you seen things change during your years as a pro? Has demand dropped off with the tough economy? Is it showing signs of improvement? I hear different reports from different woodworkers.

Hi RDM, This book is nearing completion. Stay tuned for the exact release date. Thanks for the interest, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Have you "Gone Pro" Jeff B.? Or just considering it? Any advice that you would offer? -g

You make a good point jdelmon. I'd love to see more of these type of shops as well. People with shops-in-the-making (including you!) should post pictures in our shop gallery:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/shop-tour

We haven't seen many new posts in our shop gallery lately and maybe it's because people are bashful to highlight work areas that haven't reached "dream shop status" yet.

We all love stories about people making do... below are links to some of my favorites. I do hope that others will post photos of their "average" shops.

RV workshop:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/4087/workshop-on-wheels

Studio apt. shop:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/5097/woodworking-in-a-new-york-city-apartment

36-sq-ft shop:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/11897/japanese-shop-stool

Outdoor workshop: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/14479/wood-shop-al-fresco

"Dungeon" workshop: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/25730/tokyo-dungeon-workshop

To conclude, thanks for the suggestion, I'll forward it to the magazine editor. And as a reminder, we welcome article ideas and submissions from woodworkers like you. For more info on submitting your ideas, go to:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/submissions

Beautiful. Nice clean lines.

Thanks for chiming in Peter. In the coming weeks we'll be posting more about what this partnership means for FineWoodworking.com visitors.

Peter, how long have you been a CM member? Any thoughts on how it's been helpful for you?

Great tutorial and plan! Too bad I don't have my spices in matching containers... maybe one day.

Sawnjuh, If it's of any help, we have also have a list of woodworking schools here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=28165

But the San Diego Fine Wwkers Assn is probably a good starting point. They're very well organized!

Thanks for the feedback folks. Country and Bluegrass boxes added. Can't believe I left out bluegrass... I know it is a Rollie Johnson shop favorite! Sports radio is there @wood1000. Do a CTRL+F if you’re having trouble finding the checkbox. I also added Wood Talk Online and Matt Vanderlist's Spoken Wood Podcast.

Last, to @MDandF’s point, I added a box about podcasts in general. Thanks again for weighing in.

LOL NoChecks. Guess on a Friday afternoon after a long week the mind can wonder.. . But, it’s Monday morning now, time to get back to business—your subscription dollars at work producing woodworking content. :)

Slowlearner... Good suggestion... we're always looking for good workbench ideas. I'll keep this in mind as we plan future workbench projects. Gina

Do you have pix of the actual bench in your shop? Thanks, Gina

Agreed that conflicting woodworking advice can be overwhelming when you’re starting out. Advice is more of a hindrance than a help sometimes. For example, I took a box home from a woodworking class soon after I started here. My instructor said all I needed to do was sand it up and apply an easy finish. I brought it back to work here at FW and got some unsolicited advice (giver to remain nameless :) ) that the "fine" way to prep the surface would be to use a card scraper. Ugh.

After card-scraping lessons with John White and little success scraping my box, I ran out of enthusiasm for the project. It’s mainly because I was lazy that I didn’t finish--but it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the right way/wrong way to do something. In my mind, it’s most important to keep up the momentum/enthusiasm early on in whatever way works best for you—even if it involves “gasp” sandpaper.

Jeff... you should post pix of your "bench" here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/gallery

What design are you considering for your next bench? It's never too early to start planning for an upgrade. :)

Yes, definitely looks like a store! Where'd you get the shelving, carosel, etc?

wow!

Great lamps Gary. And your Web site is certainly not lame. LOL. (http://gbeeton.shawwebspace.ca/) Do you have any drawings for this that you'd like to share? If so, I can post them so people can check them out. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Awesome shop and hand-tool collection Nicholas. Thanks for posting all the pix. Yes, love the mural.

Yes, please at least post some additional photos of your shop here.

Wow, you obviously put a lot of effort into those projects. But woah... open toes in the woodshop! :)

Hi Matthew, Can you post some more photos for us to see here? Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

woodsyguy81: Stay tuned... you may see posts from the garden at John's house here: http://www.vegetablegardener.com/ they've got a lot of veggies growing.

Thanks for posting. Glad it inspired you! -Gina, FineWoodworking

seventhson, Thanks for posting the pictures. Question: how long did it take you to install the vise? As I remember it... that bicycle chain took a little while to install during filming! :)

I emailed copies of the plan to dustee and Pierre Groulx. If others run into trouble downloading this plan, contact our customer service department and they can help:

Email support@customerservice.taunton.com or Phone: 800-477-8727 9am-5pm ET Mon-Fri

@Bidgybudget: Yes, please post photos of the clocks that you made in our gallery.

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Good point rupps. Yes, we will have some paid bloggers on the new site--exact number, TBD.

MacMarty, You're right that fire safety is a BIG concern in the woodshop. Here are some links with general information on preventing shop fires:

Fire Safety in the Shop:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopArticle.aspx?id=33276

10 Ways to Avoid Shop Fires:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/23927/10-ways-to-avoid-shop-fires

Archive article on fire safety:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopPDF.aspx?id=24105

You should post more photos! Thanks, Gina

Thanks for posting. Nice to see what you've been working on since winning our Build-Off competition two years ago! http://www.finewoodworking.com/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignArticle.aspx?id=31452

Can you post some more pictures? Thanks, Gina

Do you have more photos? Thanks, Gina

Do you have more pictures? Close ups? Thanks, Gina

Nice, do you have any more pictures of this? Close ups? Thanks, Gina

Thanks for the suggestion Cadabara. -Gina

Holy moly. That's huge! How'd he fit it on the boat? Did they use it for furniture making? -Gina

Very nice... do you have any shots of the whole piece from a little bit of a distance? thanks, Gina

Can you upload more pictures? Thanks, Gina

Good point exeter: "How about reaching ALL of us via the internet" We did ask about that. Here's what Laurie Donnelly said about the online presence: "There will be a show related website where you can watch the shows, see short vodcasts, get resource information, and get access to plans that we've done." So, hopefully everyone in the world with an Web connection can access this stuff. I updated the post above with this additional information. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Do you have any exterior photos of the shop? Layout drawings? Thanks for sharing! -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

The fish motif! Reminds me of work by two artists here at the Taunton Press.

An end table by Chuck Miller (a Fine Homebuilding editor) http://www.finewoodworking.com/Gallery/GalleryImage.aspx?id=5093

And a desk by Mike Pekovich (the Fine Woodworking art director) http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/221/cherry-writing-desk-with-silver-trout-inlay

kawayan: Do people in your program use bamboo for furniture and cabinetry? If so, how? Any tips on using it?

I touristed in Malaysia recently and saw some houses at a museum that were completely made from bamboo--but they were in a really natural, rustic-style state... the flooring seemed just like round bamboo poles strung together... nothing like the engineered bamboo floor that I have in my house.

don't quote me on this... but we're shooting for a September publish date. More to come... -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Yes sharonlev, the expense is something to think about. And, before giving it a "green" seal of approval, you have to think about transport/fossil fuel usage as well. The bamboo flooring at my house definitely didn't come from New England where I live. But, I do like the way it looks...

Hey, what's the magazine/project article at 2:27 in your video? FW right? ;) -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

:( Very sad... I took a woodworking class there a while back. The folks there were also kind enough to let me shoot some video on their lovely school for a video production class that I was taking.

Hi FIMWDWKR, Yes, the main reason we got the contributing editors to Connecticut was to talk about how to improve Fine Woodworking. We had some good discussions while they were here. If you have feedback, by all means, let us know at: fw@taunton.com

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

@4017foxhill--Gary Rogowski arrived a little early to shoot some video and we got his secret card scraper sharpening recipe... stay tuned for the video on FineWoodworking.com. We'll promote it in an eLetter once it's ready. -Gina

Awesome... a Cha-ble. They've got one of these at the Yale Furniture Study--though it's not nearly so fancy.

Or... if you don't want to take the FINE route... "PVC is the key to making patio chairs" according to a headline this weekend... :) http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-27/1270884077135280.xml&coll=1

I know... :( bug in the system. You must select a state to publish the entry. Gotta get that fixed... Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Nice... not bad for a fine homebuilder anyway. ;)

I just skimmed Patrick's copy of the article... I was surprised to see that reported accidents actually went up significantly from 1990 to 2007. Looks like there was a precipitous jump between 1997 and 1998 and accidents remained at a higher level until 2007. It makes me wonder if the increase is related to an increasing number of DIY-ers??? It reminds me of a 2007 New York Times article on the topic: "Easy, Mr. Fix-It" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/garden/03disasters.html

Hi Gezdog, Thanks for the feedback... sorry, no way to turn ads off for members on this one... This is a free video for anyone... but, if you watch the members only video series with Lowe (http://www.finewoodworking.com/period-furniture-details/)... it's behind the pay wall and there aren't any ads there. -Gina

A chicken coop too? You'll have to post photos. I'm sure it's not FINE woodworking, but there are some chicken enthusiasts here on our staff... you'd be surprised at how many Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding editors are raising their own...

Hi kenalley, Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like the concept... Interesting about the audio... I listened just now and could hear just fine. Anyone else notice audio trouble?

But overall, this was an attempt at a quick, low-maintenance production. Since we had these two experts here at Taunton, we wanted to take advantage to do a fast Q&A session. But feedback from you folks will help us determine what we want to do with this technology in the future.

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi gumppy... you can watch a replay here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/24623/built-in-buildoff-update

Congrats Matt on your first self-produced video.

To folks out there... this is one of what we're calling "Rough Cut" videos where an editor takes a camera to the shop or on the road just to give folks a peek of what we're working on without the hassle of breaking out all the lights and then sending the tape down to our video department to fine tune the audio, color, compression for Web streaming, etc. -Gina

Good point Meesto. "I appreciate my godfather's story being used as an example to others, but feel it is important to stress that the tips mentioned here would not have prevented heavy snow from pulling the power line from his building and starting the fire."

Yes, there is no attempt here to make any judgment on the Brooks fire.

Thanks for the feedback on insurance. It's something that we haven't done any reporting/research on here at FW.

Hi All, As promised, here's more safety info. Bruce Ryden's article is free for non members here:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopArticle.aspx?id=33276

I think he did his best with grain at the moment--especially since it was just a prop after all--speed was our biggest concern.

But it looked pretty good when I saw it myself. In the photos it may seem more visible because of the lights and the close-up camera... Thanks for the feedback. Gina

Good suggestion... SketchUp app for the iPhone/iPad... Maybe our SketchUp gurus know whether there is already something available...

Just to add my $0.02 to this debate... My only big concern is the screen... portability is great but it's also easier to lose or break. I have an iPhone but wrapped in a hideous OtterBox: http://www.otterbox.com/ ASAP. I’ve heard horror stories about people breaking their touch screens soon after they purchased the device. I hope they develop nice rubber bumpers for this new iPad as well so I could klutz-proof it.

Ouch countrychairman. It does sound harsh. We didn't put this up to solicit donations, rather to inform the community about this well-known woodworker's loss. There is no attempt, of course, to compare tragedies to tragedies. I added a link to a fire safety article (I’ll try to get a free version up later for non members too), but the event also serves as a reminder of fire dangers in the woodshop. Just last year we learned that furniture maker Mark Levin lost his shop to fire as well, in addition to nine finished pieces: http://www.finewoodworking.com//item/6871/furniture-makers-shop-destroyed-by-fire

Nice!

stevehva: Good clarification. Yes, if you have wi-fi, you're good to go. But, if you want to get web access while you're out and about, you should get a data plan. I updated my post to be more clear.

Good point about Flash and HTML5. I think that Brightcove, our video service provider can also let us embed video with HTML... more to come. A couple more months though until it'll inconvenience iPad users.

Wow, you're a really nice dad. Now what's she going to do with it? I can attest it gets really cold in winter in Japan without that lovely central heating!

I like this one... "I can't believe it takes you 6 months to do an article."

I like this one too... "Thank you for coming to our class. By the way, I saw you at Target."

Sorry, broken link. Here's the link you're looking for: http://www.finewoodworking.com/subscription/workshop/workshoparticle.aspx?id=33247

Cool Asa. I recognized the Campeachy chair http://www.monticellocatalog.org/111006.html. A Louisiana furiture, Greg Arceneaux, told me about the Jefferson connection... check out my shaky video of it here if you dare, time code: 2:14: http://www.finewoodworking.com/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignArticle.aspx?id=30235.

Interesting to hear that it came up in Williamsburg too. Arceneaux told me that Jefferson ordered a dozen of them back in the day but the ship sunk so Jefferson was only able to receive two...

Anywa, enjoy the rest of the show.

Hi folks, Thanks for the feedback on how you cut your tenons. The shootout is definitely not comprehensive--just two favorite staff techniques. But, you be the judge. Watch the live event and let us know how you think the techniques stack up. In the meantime, I started a poll.

Vote now to help us find the most popular way to cut a tenon: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/23290/poll-the-most-popular-way-to-cut-a-tenon

Sounds fun. Good luck with the project! -Gina

Hi folks,

I posted this more than a month ago.

The Hack book was the free giveaway for members for the Month of November. Now it's a free plan that members can download.

Sorry for the confusion.

Gina

Hilarious... reminds me of a retro cookbook that I got a while back... called "Cakes Men Like."

While you wait... check out this post and make a comment:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/22245/giveaway-and-poll-the-most-requested-woodworking-gifts-of-2009

It's a chance to win one of six prizes from Laguna, Lie-Nielsen, Leigh Jigs, and Oneida.

Also be sure to vote in our thoroughly UN scientific tool wish list polls.

Sorry to hear about the withdrawl dgreen...

Hi folks, I'll post the winners of the prizes tomorrow. Thanks all for your feedback! -Gina

Are you kidding saschafer... that's no good.

And yeesh you get around, South Africa last year, Chiapas last week! Sounds like fun.

Great suggestion... after all we are getting a little addicted to LIVE VIDEO! See the highlights from our first event: http://www.finewoodworking.com/live-video/surface-prep/index.asp

I'll suggest it to the crew. ;)

What's spelching? Tearout?

You're too kind Dan. And right back at you... I'm thankful for our enthusiastic woodworking audience.

Yikes! That's quite a list... how much do you think you'll get? Hope that Santa (or your holiday figure of choice) grants these requests! :)

Congrats to the winners. I could definitely use a credenza like Mr. O'Brien's in my house.

Kudos to Clark Kellogg too. (http://www.finewoodworking.com/profile/clarkatron) He won one of our FW contests and was among the first to start posting in our member gallery: http://www.finewoodworking.com/gallery

Holy moly. Looks to pretty to work on. Chisel-shaped drawer handles too huh?

Note: This post was fixed so it's viewable in IE. When you go to make a post, be careful not to simply copy and paste from MS Word into the text section of your gallery entry. This carries ROGUE CODE into the gallery post.

If you're going to cut and paste, make sure to run your copy through a program like notepad on a PC to strip out any bad formatting. Thanks, Gina

Hi Matt, someone on Facebook commented: "That is awesome! I wonder if the creator has plans for that....."

Did the person who made this email you? Maybe you can ask. :)

You need to click on the image that says "Download Now." Then, you need to log in and you'll be able to download the book. If you're not a member, you can buy the book via this link: http://store.taunton.com/onlinestore/item/the-handplane-book-garrett-hack-ebook-077998.html

Because of our Holiday Sale, you can even get 25% off.

Hi Folks, Thanks for the comments and for updating your avatars. We'll announce the winner during the day Monday, Nov. 16. Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi folks, there will be replays once the live event ends today. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Nice post Adam. Thanks for striking up this conversation. Gina, FWW

Good suggestions

routerrat: Tune in on Tuesday and see how they compare and regardless--this IS the first effort of this kind for FW.

oldewood: You can get the highlights in an article in an upcoming issue of the magazine. We'll also put together a video highlight reel. We may rebroadcast the whole thing later as well. Stay tuned and kudos for your work ethic! -Gina

Looks like your SketchUp plans will be available Oct. 24 Dave: http://www.finehomebuilding.com/pages/how-to-build-a-shed/index.asp

Was it very different building a shed in SketchUp vs. a piece of furniture?

Good point Randy Klein... Yes Eastern Standard Time. Thanks.

Great avatars folks. Just a reminder. To be considered in the giveaway, your profile picture CANNOT use one of the stock images FWW provides. You must upload one of your own creation. Thanks and love the creative pix. Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thumbs up on the backstory Beckum. And hats off--I know that you've had an avatar/profile pix for a while now.

Just kicking the commenting off here--since I work for FW, I'm obviously not in the running for the Bench Cookies. Had a little fun this a.m. redoing my profile pix in photoshop. Love the filter --> brush strokes tool. Sorry, my avatar is a little "school picture" ish... but it's a start. :)

Bob... if you send me a picture of the piece, I can help you try to upload it. Sorry, our system is a little finicky. :(

You know my email...

-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

I second what sparky said...

Good to hear they're just sculptures. :) Reminds me of an old article in the New York Times. A woman in Japan died from tripping while wearing super tall shoes. It led some shoe manufacturers to put warning labels on the shoes:

''Because the heels of the shoes are high, please be careful when you run or go up and down the stairs. Be especially careful when you drink because you can be wobbly. We, the producers, will be very happy if you keep these points in mind when you enjoy the trendy fashion.''

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/26/world/tokyo-journal-be-tall-and-chic-as-you-wobble-to-the-orthopedist.html?scp=1&sq=japan%20tall%20shoe%20warning&st=cse&pagewanted=1

Correction: Updated Krenov's age... 88 not 89. He was born October 30, 1920. Thanks to Jon Binzen for doing a better job of adding up the years. Sorry for the error.

True... it takes up a bit of space. For more on woodworking in small (odd) spaces, check out these links:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/5097/woodworking-in-a-new-york-city-apartment
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/14479/wood-shop-al-fresco
http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=gluetube&entry=11
http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/5097/woodworking-in-a-new-york-city-apartment

I remember a simlar discussion a little while back. It's not about using FW designs specifically but it strikes a similar chord. Read John Grew Sheridan's letter to the editor from #193: http://www.finewoodworking.com/Community/LettersDetail.aspx?id=29416

Also, check out the companion discussion in Knots: http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=37044.1

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Gross pix Tom.

My mom always used to use a sanitized sewing needle when she needed to dig an embedded splinter out.

There's a new poll about this on the Tom's Workbench blog. Looks like the "Tablesaw" vote is currently ahead:
http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/08/16/quick-poll-84/

nice...

Andybarss: If the grand prize winner is ineligible for any reason then the next runner up wins. Just like the Miss America pageant. There is not a "re-do." We do not have time to, say, do background checks on all our entrants verify their eligibility-- to make sure they are over 18, don’t live in places where the competition is void like Quebec or Puerto Rico, etc.

The winner, then, must sign an affidavit before receiving any prize.

In this situation we spotted the problem the day of the announcement so we were able to announce the correct winner right away, avoiding a retraction after the fact.

Just got an email comment from a reader.
"All the bookcases show masterful work, they are different and show a great deal of thought however not anyone of them are of any practical value. They all are great conversation pieces but that's about all I can say for them."
-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Toolhunter: Which company are you talking about?

I spy Asa Christiana on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3TIOM_TxLk

I was scoping out some of the latest belt sander videos on YouTube and saw a clip of Mr. Rhode's race... There was Asa (guy with the black shirt, camera, and headset) front and center filming.

Very nice, very distinctive!

Woah! cool.

Thanks for sharing... I see you're from Hibbing. Isn't that where Bob Dylan is from? -Gina

I'm sure the Design.Click.Build guys would be proud. Thanks for sharing... Gina

Hi All,

"I think it's about time that readers got to vote," wrote ianmilliss. Well, we agree. You all will get the chance to vote in our next gallery challenge on creative bookcases: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/contest/creative-bookcases Read all about it here: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/15919/youre-the-judge

So, for the next challenge, I hope that you folks will post photos of your own work (by July 27), comment on your favorite pieces, and then vote on the finalists to choose the winner.

About this winner, the judges were blown away by the piece… you make valid points about function, but Novosad’s explanation of why he built such an ornate piece was pretty interesting… he wanted to make a period piece, but it just didn’t match the furniture in the rest of his house, so putting it in the shop was the best way to satisfy the itch.

We put practical shop projects in the magazine on a regular basis. But sometimes, isn’t over-the-top what it’s all about? A shrine-like home for beloved hand tools? That’s why people are agog over the Studley tool chest right? As Bstev noted, "It also has unneeded decoration and exotic materials and probably took way to long to build. But it is beautiful nonetheless."

Anyway, as we mentioned at the top of this post, with so many stellar pieces, it’s always hard to pick a winner. But, next time it’s on you folks, so I do hope that you’ll comment, vote, and post photos of your own.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Great post Tim. Brings back fond elementary school memories... Ever made one of these out of wood?

Anyone else made one? We don't have anything like it in the musical instrument section of our gallery:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery/tag/musical-instrument

Where are the pix of the pigeons!?

Woah! From the comments, I can tell this is going to be a raucous competition! But, that's why we decided to make you all the judges since there are obviously some opinions out there.

Sadly, Pete Rodrigues didn't even enter eye-catching piece in the competition! His piece is just part of our online gallery:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Gallery/GalleryImage.aspx?id=4479 We just used his photo as a "creative bookcase" to kick off this competition. (I believe it was published in a past issue of the magazine)

But, I'm anxious to see photos of all your work and I imagine that the comments will keep flowing in and we'll see who the winner is in a month or so. - Gina, FineWoodworking.com

very practical!

Thanks for sharing the pix. -Gina

S_Woods, that's great to hear. You should post a picture or two of the ones you made here in the gallery. Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for pointing that out orko. The link is updated. Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hilarious. This is one of my favorite posts. I love the Gilpin scowl.

See the workstation in use at the end of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxK_qrb2Rg

Hmnn... good question. It looks plausible enough to me. But never doubt the power of video editing software... What do other people think? -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Nice sketchup pix. When will you get to install it? Update this post when you do. The contest ends: June 26, 2009. Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Mahoganaholic and JazKat, Thanks for the feedback. Point taken. If you folks had been at the judges table, maybe this would have gone a different way. But, I personally think that sinker cypress is pretty cool... these are logs that have been sitting at the bottom of rivers and bayous for eons. Instead of letting them sit there for perpetuity, Clarkatron’s log was salvaged from the deep to make furniture. It definitely fits the concept of “Waste Knot” in my mind. We get to give out the prize, but that doesn’t mean that you folks can’t heap on the accolades. That’s why we give shout-outs to so many pieces... it’s hard to choose. So please chime in, which piece is your favorite? For more on salvage lumber like this, check out this short article from FWW 173:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=32645

Also, Louisiana furniture maker Greg Arceneaux talks about sinker wood in this video: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=30235 Also, Matt Berger writes about underwater logging in this blog post: http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=fw-editorsblog&entry=180 -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi tkarlmann,

Stay tuned, a review of the Wood River planes by Chris Gochnour will be online soon. By Thursday I believe.

-Gina

tazzer, I forgot about golf! I added it to the list.

Great chest, but this doesn't look like tool storage. Could you repost in the general gallery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery ?

This collection is for tool chest and cabinets.

Thanks, Gina

Thanks for all the detailed pix! -Gina

Are these for tool storage? If not, I'd recommend re-posting them in the general galllery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery not in this pool of tool chests and cabinets.

Nice looking boxes though. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Do you have any pictures inside the cabinet? -Gina

What's it like working on and working with bamboo? I assume it's pretty rugged? -Gina

Great project Mark. Your club is lucky to have a woodworker around! -Gina

Phew! I think the multiple-vote problem is fixed. So please, vote away and please post comments with your feedback on benchtop tools. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi GT64... good point about the multiple selection problem. We're trying out some new software but will try to get a fix shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience, Gina

Fantastic Mayor Glen, when you're done please post pictures of them in our gallery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery

Also, let me know you want to blog about it or post pictures about the process in the Woodworking Life blog. email fw-web@taunton.com. We're always looking for new content! Gina

Sorry for the delay! The winner is posted here:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/13166/chuck-griffith-wins-shaker-gallery-challenge

Dear Mr. Moon, I've heard reports that his plan could not be found in Issue 45 of Today's Woodworker Magazine.

Any other ideas on where someone might find this plan?

Thanks for any help! Gina

Great stories...

Ouch! :( Love the illustration though... :)

Is that John White's New Fangled Workbench? -Gina

Tell us more about the project? How is it recycled? Was the wood anything but a tree in its past life? - Gina

Great shed! Do you have interior pictures and a close up of the corner "joinery"? What sort of gardening do you do? Can you fit much inside it? - Gina

Very nice. Do you have any close ups?

Hi Joe,

I'm so sorry to hear about your trouble. It's weird, when I log out, I can still see the pictures. Is anyone else experincing this sort of trouble?

Thanks, Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Wow, that's quite a story. I assume that you had to glue together the pallet slats to create the turning blanks?

Cool... so you got the lumber from a company that specializes in salvage lumber? http://www.sawemup.com/index.html

The plans are available here:
http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig_plans/index.html

Thanks Bog, glad to hear it was useful for the class too! Do you have pictures of the cabinet you made? I'd love to see it, please post them in the gallery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery

Beautiful!

Dear Mr. Goodwin,

Good question. Sorry I need to add this info to the video pages. It's just been so busy, I haven't had time. Here's the info you're looking for:

"All that is needed is two cleats attached to underside of the top. I would put one just to the inside of each of the top members on the trestles. They should be snug up against those cross members. I’ll do that one day, but in all honesty, my top doesn’t move, and there’s nothing holding it in place.--MK"

Here's the link:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/FWNPDFfree/01130884_wall_shelf.pdf

Due to a technical problem, the link wasn't visible on the instruction page. Sorry for the inconvenience. Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Here's the pdf plan link. Sorry there was a technical glitch on the page you were looking at:

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/FWNPDFfree/011131284_organizer.pdf

Yeah, I don't know why it did that, but I fixed it... if you still want to see the extra large image (but without the weird text running over it), put this url in your browser window:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/assets/uploads/posts/11762/Untitled.jpg

-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Pickles, Good feedback that we can use more info on “Getting Started in SketchUp”... we’ll see what we can do to organize the information better. As you can see, there is a ton of high-quality, reliable information right here in this blog.

Dave and Tim have been blogging here about the software for almost two years (Design.Click.Build. started April 9, 2007--anniversary on Thursday!)

For key SketchUp lessons, check out this recent round up by Tim Killen:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/5011/key-subjects-indexed-to-archived-posts

Or, if you can’t readily find a topic, check out some of our older, archived posts here:
http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=fw-designforum

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Chris, is this you?
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Gallery/GalleryImage.aspx?id=29696

Thanks for posting some more of your work in our gallery!
Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Yikes! That's a lot of boxes. Do you have any more pictures? How'd you all decide to embark on the project.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Sorry to hear about your continuing search frustration... but, good feedback on the thumbs down. We will try to get that in for the next iteration of our site.

Breaton, you should post pictures of your workbench in the gallery. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Woah! nice stairs. I get a bit of vertigo looking at that last picture.

If you have other house projects, you should post them on our sister site, FineHomebuilding.com:
http://finehomebuilding.taunton.com/gallery

They also have a before-and-after home remodel challenge going on:
http://finehomebuilding.taunton.com/contest/before-and-after-home-remodels

The winner gets a DeWalt drill kit.
-Gina

Okay, I can probably go on like this forever--posting links to cool wooden/electronic stuff.

I just was forwareded another one:
http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/15-awesome-wooden-computers-slideshow.php?page=1

It's a slideshow of 15 wooden computers. -Gina

Hi Vetlover,

We don't have a top five or top ten list... it was hard enough just picking one, let alone ranking a whole collection! But we did post pix and comments about notable boxes:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/10986/cello-box-wins-tablesaw-prize

I hope that others will comment on that post to highlight other favorites.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Beautiful! Thanks for posting.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Nice, I definitely see the Doug Stowe influence!

What's it look like on the inside? What sort of joinery did you use? Did you just carve it all out of one solid piece?

Thanks! Gina, FineWoodworking.com

I just noticed this bubinga joystick for Playstation 3 in our gallery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/7904/bubinga-joystick

The maker blogged about it here:
http://kaytrimskustoms.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/introducing-the-artistic-series/

ArronNZ, post some more pictures! What does it look like inside?

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi All,

Thanks for alerting us to this problem. We're looking into it.

And to confirm, Fine Woodworking judges will determine the winnner of the contest.
(Read the contest rules here:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/7591/build-outside-the-box-official-contest-rules )

Also, tuuk is right, this entry doesn't seem to be posted in the contest gallery. Mr. Hall, please repost using this url:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share/gallery?contest=44

Thanks, Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Leescabinets1,

I'll forward your comment to Andy Rae.

Christian Becksvoort responded to a similar Letter to the Editor in the magazine a couple years ago. Read more on How to lay down a plane here:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Community/LettersDetail.aspx?id=26915

Sorry to hijack your discussion Tom!

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Not a comment on the book, but this reminds me that I read up on a cool trip that Langsner took last year. He taught a greenwood chairmaking class in Japan. I read about it on a blogger’s site: Masashi’s Woodworking Diary: http://japancraft.blogspot.com/2008/12/3-chair-class-3.html

Langsner also wrote about it here: http://www.countryworkshops.org/japanjournal.html

Sounds fun...

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Hi TonyCz,

If people have additional questions, I'd contact the folks at Colorado State University. Their info is in the pdf link above and they have more background on all this:

Whitney Cranshaw (Whitney.Cranshaw@ColoState.EDU) or Ned Tisserat (Ned.Tisserat@ColoState.EDU), Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University.

Thanks for your interest,

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Woodtrader,
Sorry to hear about your trouble.

Are you looking for the link to read about Mike Flaim's Massive Roubo workbench:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/7463/making-a-roubo-workbench-part-5

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Fantastic! I know that Matt Berger, of Getting Started in Woodworking fame, (http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/getting-started/) was going to make a wooden iPod case this weekend... I wonder how far he got...

Anyone else out there embedding technology in hardwood?

-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi Randy,

Give me more background on your comment. Are you interested in posting a piece of advertising. If so, you can do it for free in our classifieds section: http://forums.taunton.com/fw-classifieds/messages.

Otherwise, about this post, it's just a note to let ppl know about books on the market. We don't have time to review all the books that cross our desks, but are trying to put up short blog posts with a bit of info about them. This way, woodworkers can post their reviews as comments if they wish.

For example, check out this post on The Woodwright's Guide... this is exactly why we publish these types of posts:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/6675/the-woodwrights-guide

And it's not really advertising for self promotion since this book was published a competitor, Fox Chapel, not our parent company the Taunton Press.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback...

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

jlroch: These are the rules: "The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (except Quebec), who are at least 18 years old. Contest void in Quebec, Puerto Rico and anywhere else where prohibited."

Hi QC Wood, that's fine to enter more than one box. Yes, that's fine to submit more than one photo of each box.

I think the max file size is 4 MB. It should say on the photo upload form.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

boxguy, I'd try again, I don't see anything in our system. Sorry for the inconvenience. Gina, FineWoodworking.com

cooter12919, Thanks for posting the pictures of your box.

Could please create separate records for the cat condo and entertainment center.

Use this link so they don't go in the boxmaking contest:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share

Thanks! Gina
FineWoodworking.com

It's my understanding that more than one is fine.

Also, if you've already posted a box in our gallery, it's okay to post it again for this challenge. We don't want to penalize people who already uploaded their work to our gallery.

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

What's it made out of?
Gina

Mr. Wolloff,

Thanks for posting the pictures of your gentelman's valet boxes.

Could create a separate record for the cradle pictures.

Use this link so the cradle doesn't go in the boxmaking contest:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share

Thanks! Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Sorry about that, I meant to call you qcwood... -Gina

Joe Cool, You should enter this box in our new box making contest. Just reenter the photos/text you just submitted through this link:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share/gallery?contest=44

It's okay to post twice, this will give you a chance to win a brand-new tablesaw.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Joe Cool, You should enter this box in our new box making contest. Just reenter the photos/text you just submitted through this link:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share/gallery?contest=44

It's okay to post twice, this will give you a chance to win a brand-new tablesaw.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

I feel like this article just came out. When did you start building it? What are your plans for it now? Will it stay at your house our are you giving it away.

Thanks for sharing, Gina, Fine Woodworking.com

Fantastic. Nice pix too. Thanks for uploading. -Gina

Fantastic! How long have you been making period reproductions? Where'd you learn how to carve?
-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

You're right Ace_HoleInOne, this is an oldie (two years anyway!) We looked around but didn't readily find other valentine's posts in the woodworking blogosphere... anyone else find any? Share a link!

-Gina

Try this:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/FWNPDFfree/shaker_tall_clock.pdf

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Sorry about that. We're still working out the bugs on this new blogging platform. Until we fix the problem, I'd recommend copying the text of this post, and pasting it into a program like MS Word. Then printing. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Hi Folks,

If you want some more practical info, read how Schlebecker crafted the legs in a companion blog post:
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/2668/nice-legs-mitered-shaped-and-a-bridle-joint-too

Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Matt, you must visit this site: http://bacolicio.us/http://www.finewoodworking.com

hee, hee... Gina

Beautiful! -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Very nice. -Gina

Thanks for posting those links Larry. Many variations on a theme! -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Hi W3KJ, Did you see Rob Brown's article on the topic? http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Materials/MaterialsPDF.aspx?id=28537

It was published in FWW #191. Your suggestion about doing a video on the technique is a good one.

Thanks, Gina FineWoodworking.com

Looks like you put a lot of effort into the project! Gina

Ouch!

Beautiful box. Love the lid and the tiny splines in the insert... Gina

Beautiful!

Wow, you made five of these? Greg Paolini would be proud! -Gina

Love the box. Tell us how you made it. Do you have any pictures of the interior? -Gina

Beautiful chair, thanks for posting. -Gina

Thanks Serge. It's all Tom Begnal, he's a great teacher and I finished the project with all my fingers in tact. -Gina

Hi Kevin, Sorry, I have to make a shameless plug for one of our videos. You mention Horizon Wood Products and one of our editors, Anissa Kapsales, took a video tour of the place.

Check out the videos:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=30447

-Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Beautiful, I'd love to have one of those in my house. -Gina

Thanks for posting! Great to see what readers do with projects in the magazine.

Gina
FineWoodworking.com

Hilarious! Great story. -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for sharing pix of your work. Love your whale tale video (http://www.mastrowoodworking.com/video.htm). Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Thanks for posting pix of your work. Your bilingual blog is great too... -Gina, FineWoodworking.com

Love the sketch. :)