Fine Woodworking

How-To

How to make a leather tabletop

October 3, 2022

Steve Latta details how to veneer and add a leather surface to a tabletop for an unparalleled writing surface.
Offset turning fundamentals

September 30, 2022

Mount the workpiece off-center to create elliptical and triangular parts on the lathe.
Build a folding card table

September 29, 2022

This top design, dating back to the Federal period, pivots 90° and folds open to double the work area.
A great relief carving for beginners and bosses alike

September 29, 2022

Watch Peter Follansbee carve a diamond and floral pattern in real time
Three Arts and Crafts finish recipes

August 17, 2022

It's OK to use these as a jumping-off point to explore your own delicious blends.
How to cut fast, accurate hinge mortises

August 15, 2022

The key is to build a routing template around the hinge itself
Using acrylic cauls for tricky glue-ups

August 11, 2022

Patrick Edwards uses thick acrylic cauls that allow him see that everything is where it should be while the glue dries.
A lesson in referential measuring

August 5, 2022

How to determine the length and angle of a chair’s knockdown joint without math.
Amana Church Bench

August 5, 2022

With a long and storied history going back to the early 1800s in Iowa's Amana colonies, this bench is built to survive being broken down and transported, and used every week by church members.
How to Cut Houndstooth Dovetails

August 4, 2022

Frank Strazza, a master of the unusual houndstooth dovetail joint, explains the secrets of this dovetail within a dovetail.

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