Other Recent Blog Posts

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  Join Fine Woodworking in Tampa this February

  September 14, 2018

  Fine Woodworking announces our first ever HANDS ON event, launching this Feb. 1-3, 2019, at the Florida School of Woodwork in Tampa, Florida

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  STL 172: You’re using your chisels wrong

  September 14, 2018

  Mike, John, and Ben discuss chisel technique, working in multiple shop spaces, favorite techniques, and finally answer a question about spoon carving

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  Modeling a Croquet Set with Section Cuts

  September 5, 2018

  During our family summer vacation, we unexpectedly had the opportunity to play lawn croquet. This occurred at a beautiful French Chateau surrounded by flat green mown lawn - perfect for…

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  STL 171: When the Instagram Critics Get To You

  August 31, 2018

  Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss unwanted critiques, sharpening jointer knives, panel glue-ups, and dive pretty deep into fuming oak

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  Steve Brown Takes the Measure of a Chair

  August 24, 2018

  Steve Brown, of the Cabinet and Furniture Making Department at Boston's North Bennet Street School, takes the viewer on a guided tour of an 18th-century Queen Anne side chair. Brown…

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  Make Me a Little Furniture

  August 23, 2018

  Making tiny furniture to restore an 18th century English dollhouse

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  SketchUp Video: A Few Tricks

  August 22, 2018

  The latest issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine showed up in my mailbox the other day and during a bit of downtime, I took a few minutes to model Nancy Hiller's…

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  STL170: Biscuit Joiner vs. Dowel Jigs

  August 17, 2018

  John Tetreault joins Mike and Ben as they answer questions about dowel jigs, biscuit joiners, tricky glue ups, dust collection and their all-time favorite tools of all time

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  Kerf Bending Plywood

  August 15, 2018

  My in laws got a new couch and it came with a bunch of ottomans, which meant there was no longer any  room for a coffee table

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  The Florida School of Woodwork Announces Two Scholarships

  August 15, 2018

  The Florida School of Woodwork, in Tampa, is offering two scholarships to be awarded in 2019. The Makers Hand Scholarship will be awarded to a young person between the age…