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Winter 2012-2013

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  • New York's premier furniture fair 2013 - part 1

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Sunday, May 19, 2013
    I just came back from my first visit to ICFF New York. The International Contemporary Furniture Fair is one of the most important events of the furniture world. It attracts makers, designers, collectors, decorators and architects, as well as the general...

  • Friday's Tip for May 17th

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, May 17, 2013
    Rubber Band Veneer Clamp I had tried everything to successfully glue veneer on curved surfaces: cauls, three-way clamps, string and tape, you name it. Nothing ever worked as well as this homespun solution, which requires only simple shop supplies. Nail...

  • DRINKS HOLDER

    by DUSTY MILLER     Thursday, May 16, 2013
    EASY TO DO JUST TIME AND SIZES NEEDED . 3 MM STEEL ROD BEND SHAPE INTO IDEAL GLASS /BOTTLE/ CAN/ HOLDER.THEN JUST STICK INTO GROUND . . SIMPLE EASY . . MAYBE YOU MAY HAVE OTHER IDEAS . ? MAYBE PLATE HOLDER . IDEAL FOR USE OUTSIDE FOR BBQs.

  • The Dough Box–Part 3 of 4

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, May 14, 2013
    Are you a tails or pins first kind of woodworker? If you want to start the woodworker’s equivalent of a bar fight, simply blurt out in a crowd of woodworkers that the best way to cut dovetails is pins first. A tails first declaration works equally...

  • My new cutting board design

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Sunday, May 12, 2013
    A year ago I blogged about the cutting board workshop I gave on a Manhattan rooftop. The thing is that I also like to make and sell cutting boards. I love the simplicity and the presence of a thick and solid wooden board. They are so handy on the kitchen...

  • Friday's Tip for May 10th

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, May 10, 2013
    Adjustable Curves Laying out a large curve with a cobbled-together, oversize compass is a pain in the neck. Instead I use a bowed slat that can be adjusted to any curve. I used to bend the slat with my hands and draw the curve with a pencil in my mouth...

  • THE RAILWAY SLEEPERS

    by DUSTY MILLER     Thursday, May 9, 2013
    THE SLEEPER BENCH AND SEATS . THIS TIMBER WAS CAREFULLY PICKED FROM A YARD . SOME WERE BOWED SOME WARPED . BUT MANAGED TO PICK THE BEST I COULD FIND . .AFTER MACHINING / MOULDING THEN MARKING OUT . BEGAN TO BUILD . THIS HAS BEEN TRIPLED OILED SO IT WILL...

  • The Dough Box–Part 2 of 4

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, May 7, 2013
    Most woodworkers design and build furniture that is rectilinear and orthogonal. This spares us from having to think too hard and reaching back into our high school geometry lessons. It also spares us the expense and use of a compound miter saw. But any...

  • Planing teak wood is no cake walk

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Sunday, May 5, 2013
    At my day job as wood-shop manager at Robert Lighton Furniture in New York, I often need to fine-tune furniture parts before I pass them over to our skilled sander, then on to the finishers. We design our furniture in the United States, but have them...

  • Friday's Tip for May 3rd

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, May 3, 2013
    Comfortable Dovetails Like the majority of wokbenches, mine is fine for planing but too low for cutting dovetails without prolonged stooping. My answer is to clamp a heavy backing board, as shown in the sketch, and clamp the workpiece to it. I usually...

  • Festool Connect Event at JLC Live

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Tuesday, April 30, 2013
    Normal 0 0 1 377 2153 17 4 2644 11.1282 0 0 0 I recently attended the JLC Live event in Providence, RI. It's an event for builders and remodelers. Since Festool was showcasing some new tools at the event, I decided it'd be good for me to have...

  • The Dough Box–Part 1 of 4

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, April 30, 2013
    A student wrote me and asked how I might go about drawing a Dough Box in SketchUp. He sent me a hyperlink to a miniature which he wanted to scale up and build . I brought the picture into SketchUp and scaled the length and height to the dimensions he...

  • Jason's fold-out table

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Sunday, April 28, 2013
    Jason was one of my students in the cardboard furniture class that I teach at 3rdWard NY. For his project he found an old World War II design of a fold-out table. He then tweaked and modified it (including building several prototypes) until he was satisfied...

  • Friday's Tip

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, April 26, 2013
    Starting today, and continuing each Friday, I'll be posting tips from the American Woodworker archives. This first one, however simple, is one of my all-time favorites, and one of the most-reached-for tools in my shop. Belt Sanding Block I do most...

  • Shortcut Keys and Ruby Script Plugins

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, April 23, 2013
    This is the last in a series of four posts designed to introduce the woodworker to new tool - SketchUp. SketchUp is a powerful and ideally suited tool for woodworkers who design their own furniture, cabinets, jigs, fixtures or workbenches. Anything you...
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