Shaping

Ball-holder jig lets you machine a sphere in multiple ways

May 7, 2018

My friend Louis DeHan was making a decorative box with a top ornament composed of a turned ball held between two small posts. The problem was figuring out how to…
German-style hand tools: Try them!

April 12, 2018

If you pick up a Primus plane and give it the run of your bench for a while, you’ll soon be compelled to discover what else you’ve been missing
How to handplane a taper to perfection

March 30, 2018

Tom McLaughlin’s tapering jig makes quick work of any taper, but some work with a handplane makes it sing
How to make a simple leg-tapering jig

March 20, 2018

Dedicated sled is dead-simple to build and use
Creating Curved Furniture

March 20, 2018

Learn when it's best to saw, steam-bend, or laminate
Hot-melt glue forms template for oddly shaped workpiece

October 26, 2017

I recently made a frame for a fishing net, using steam-bent maple strips, but one step had me flummoxed. I just couldn’t cut a V-shaped piece that would fit tightly…
Conquering the curves of the tripod table

August 2, 2017

Tim Killen shows you how SketchUp can help do more than design a piece, it can help you build it!
Ep 4: Pierced Cutouts and Carved Relief

July 13, 2017

Kevin uses a jigsaw, router and templates to make the cutout and relieved areas of the headboard. Then he adds a beautiful carved texture to the relieved area using a gouge.
Conquering Details in a Tripod Table

July 5, 2017

SketchUp helps create Tim Killen's full-size templates for a Chippendale classic
Ripping narrow molding profiles

June 30, 2017

Ben Brunick (@chalkstonewoodworking) shows you how he rips narrow molding profiles off a board without any jigs