Other Recent Blog Posts

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  Dynamic Components in SketchUp

  November 22, 2018

  When components are dynamic, they can have a lot of power and automate a variety of properties

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  Easy Scrap Wood Turning Project: Earrings

  November 15, 2018

  Make beautiful last-minute gifts on the lathe while trimming down your scrap collection.

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  Artist Profile: Dixie Biggs

  November 12, 2018

  “In each of my pieces I try to evoke the sense of tranquility that one often finds during a quiet walk in the woods. Many of my sculptural pieces create a restful place on which my turned work sits.”

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  STL 176: Why we don’t like resawing on the tablesaw

  November 9, 2018

  Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss milling lumber without a joiner, tablesaw resawing, lumber questions, and the top two choices for... everything

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  Determining Sight Lines in SketchUp

  November 8, 2018

  For a new project in the shop, I picked a Windsor Chair and a style I had not done before. Of course, this required SketchUp modeling based on a Rod-Back…

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  Links from Fine Woodworking issue #272

  November 1, 2018

  Online extras from FWW issue #272   Video: Home Sweet Shop Charles Durfee’s shop in Woolwich, Maine (p. 62), is more than a place for this veteran furniture maker to…

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  At Home in the Shop

  October 31, 2018

  Built for living as well as working, a woodshop in Maine evolves with its maker

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  STL 175: Stressful Panel Glue Ups

  October 26, 2018

  Tom, Mike, and Ben discuss panel clamps, plywood backs, Craig Thibodeau, Garrett Hack, and Ben's box of happiness!

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  STANLEY Announces Exclusive Partnership with The Home Depot

  October 25, 2018

  STANLEY announces today that The Home Depot will now be the exclusive home improvement retailer for its STANLEY hand tools and storage product portfolio, both in store and online, beginning…