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Winter 2012-2013

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  • "Against The Grain": Spectacular wood-art and sculptural furniture exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design.

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Saturday, June 15, 2013
    Nearly three weeks ago I toured the latest exhibition at NYC's "MAD" museum called Against The Grain. It's a truly remarkable display of wood and furniture art and I encourage everyone to attend, if you are able. I fully intend to aggregate...

  • Friday's Tip for June 14th

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, June 14, 2013
    Smooth-Cutting Hole Saw I cut a lot of discs and large-diameter holes in my shop. I was puzzled for the longest time because I was getting vibration and smoke. It even happened with new hole saws. Eventually, it dawned on me that the culprit wasn't...

  • Cutting Boards – More than Just a Slab of Wood? The Beginnings of My Quest...

    by Mark Shook     Thursday, June 13, 2013
    I’m a decent handyman, but I have to admit, I haven’t done much woodworking in the past. I’ve always had a considerable interest in it and know plenty of people who spend a lot of time in their workshops, but I never seem to find the...

  • Components, Dimensioning, Scenes, Layers & Naming Part 1

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, June 11, 2013
    As you gain experience with SketchUp there will come a day when the light bulb will go on and you will realize that you need a strategy for naming components, organizing and naming scenes and layers, and for dimensioning and creating shop drawings. I...

  • SMALL BUSINESS

    by DUSTY MILLER     Sunday, June 9, 2013
    Dusty Miller www.facebook.com/pages/ Unique-building-services-4u/ 245319725500683 I DO MY BEST TO GIVE 110% IN ALL WHAT I DO . PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE AND ENJOY MY WORK .

  • Friday's Tip for June 7th

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, June 7, 2013
    Dovetail Marking Jig This little jig greatly speeds the laying out and marking of dovetail pins. Make the jig so the thin piece is exactly the same size as the pin you plan to use. Then, mark a half-pin on the left side, and divide the remaining space...

  • Last Project of School Year..

    by Ed Birkey     Thursday, June 6, 2013
    I said in earlier posts that we were making a new display in our door coming into our shop here at Fort Dodge Senior High School. Well it is not complete yet but is close.. Will finish it up next fall when I get back to school. I would Like to thank American...

  • Mersman Table: reborn from the trashpile

    by Steve Newman     Wednesday, June 5, 2013
    Ok, found an old table in a trash pile awhile back. Top was in layers, two of the aprons had split apart. Legs were...Ok. Tore the mess apart, leaving behind a bunch of bugs. Saved two aprons, and all for legs. Even saved the hardware,covered in rust...

  • Lap Desk

    by Steve Newman     Wednesday, June 5, 2013
    From reclaimed barn wood? I had an old plank of the stuff, and needed a project to build. Decided to just "wing it" and make a lap desk, using just the boards on hand. Plank had a nice angle crack running the length of the piece. Sawed to get...

  • Advanced SketchUp Series: The Select Tool

    by Joe Zeh     Tuesday, June 4, 2013
    For a few years I’ve had the idea of following up my Beginner’s SketchUp and Intermediate SketchUp Webinar series with and Advanced SketchUp series. Exactly what an Advanced SketchUp Webinar series would look like was something I pondered...

  • Friday's Tip for May 31st

    by AW Editor Brad Holden     Friday, May 31, 2013
    Easier Resawing I'm stuck with a wimpy 1/2 hp bandsaw that stalled whenever I tried to resaw anything tall. Then my neighbor turned me on to a technique that solved my problem. I pre-cut a 1-1/2" deep kerf in each edge of the board with my tablesaw...

  • 2nd IN STATE

    by Ed Birkey     Thursday, May 30, 2013
    Students at Fort Dodge used the Shopbot Desktop that was given to them by American Worker Magazine in the 2013 Iowa SkillsUSA Automated Manufacturing Contest. This contest has three team members that includes a CAD drafter, a CAD/CAM designer and a CNC...

  • Trimble Releases SketchUp 2013 – But…….

    by Joe Zeh     Wednesday, May 29, 2013
    I have long awaited this first major release of SketchUp from Trimble. SketchUp 8 was a major release under Trimble, but very shortly after they acquired SketchUp, so I can’t really count that as a Trimble effort. This release very definitely has Trimble...

  • New York's premier furniture fair 2013 - part 3

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Tuesday, May 28, 2013
    Last week I blogged (twice) about my visit to the ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair in Manhattan. But, I have to say that the amount of stuff I saw and photographed deserves at least two, if not three more blog entries. Today I will show...

  • SAWDUST ART

    by DUSTY MILLER     Monday, May 27, 2013
    SAWDUST ART . MADE BY A LADY IN LOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE . BAGS OF SAWDUST PUT TO USE .
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