#282-May/Jun 2020

Articles

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  Online Extras from FWW Issue #282

  Links and videos mentioned in Fine Woodworking issue #281
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  Build a contemporary pencil-post bed

  Jeremy Zietz gives this Shaker classic new panache with tapered facets, beveled cutouts, and ebonized ash.
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  All-in-One Workstation for Dovetails

  Mike Pekovich's simple stand holds the work for every step of the dovetailing process.
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  How to Make a Tabletop Float

  Simple and sturdy joinery allows the top of this table to float without overshadowing the rest of the design or blocking the flow of light between base and top.
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  A Comfortable Craftsman-style Side Chair

  Tom McLaughlin builds a Craftsman-style side chair with a reclined backrest, curved crest rail, and angled mortise-and-tenon joinery.
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  Tips and Techniques for Taming Tearout

  Don't let gnarly grain stand in your way. Gary Rogowski outlines his strategies for handplaning woods that are prone to tearout.
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  From the Editor: Partnership revolves around turning

  Fine Woodworking and the American Association of Woodturners launched a content partnership in February 2020.

Departments

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  Fuming Wood with Ammonia

  Chris Gochnour explains how to darken wood without touching it.
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  How to Make Pierced Panels

  Learn how Brian Newell creates his pieced panels using precision scrollsaw work and delicate carving.
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  From the Bench: The problem with passion

  Nancy Hiller will tell you, when you're talking about having a passion for your work, it pays to know exactly what "passion" means.

Workshop Tips

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  Simple Setup Hones Planer and Jointer Knives

  With this jig and a set of sharpening stones, you can rehone even the "disposable" jointer and planer blades in your shop.
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  Workshop Tip: Extended chopsaw stop handles short cutoffs

  Stop-block design allows the stop to get real close to the blade, making it ideal for short cutoffs. It also has a built-in measuring tape.
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  Workshop Tip: Align sander disks faster

  Dowels make it easier to line up disks perfectly and quickly.
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  Workshop Tip: Braided sleeve helps vacuum hose navigate benchtop

  Sleeving keeps the corrogated vacuum and dust collector hoses from snagging on the sharp edges of a bench or machine table.
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  Workshop Tip: Quick, perfect octagons for turning

  A tablesaw and a tilted blade make it easy to cut a perfect octagon

Tools & Materials

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  Tool Review: Cordless router by Milwaukee, Model 2723-20

  Asa Christiana takes a look at a cordless router that gets everything right.
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  Book Review: Chip Carving by Tatiana Baldina

  Chip carver Daniel Clay reviews a new book from Tatiana Baldina, one of today's most prolific and original chip carvers.
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  Tool Review: Spike Plate by Amy Grigg Designs

  Mike Mahoney calls this new spike plate "the ultimate version of a center faceplate."
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  Tool Review: Slab Stitcher Master Pack

  Adam Godet tests the Slab Stitcher kit, which makes adding bowties and other inlays routine and quick.
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  Tool Review: Trend Air Stealth P3(r) Half Mask

  Rollie Johnson tests out Trend's newest light, comfortable dust mask.

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