#285-Nov/Dec 2020

Articles

• 
  Online Extras from FWW Issue #285

  Online extras from FWW issue #285 Video: A sharp adze doing its job David Fisher demonstrates how to tune up an adze, but now that it’s tuned up, what do…
• 
  Announcing FWW ambassadors

  Seven ambassadors will help us mentor woodworkers of any skill level, and on any path in the craft.
• 
  Michael Pekovich named editor and creative director of Fine Woodworking

  Tom McKenna advances to group editorial director for Taunton Press.
• 
  What to Look for in an Adze

  Learn how to choose, maintain, and use an adze to quickly hog away green wood and form pleasing curves.
• 
  Designer's Notebook: Scandinavian-style platform bed

  Blending the traditional four-post bed design with that of the modern platform bed, Peter Lutz designed an elegant bed with an elevated base, angled headboard, and turned legs set in from the corners.
• 
  Make a dovetailed desktop organizer

  Mike Pekovich's efficient organizer not only has room for bills, receipts, stamps, and pens, but also holds a lesson in working thin.
• 
  Spokeshave Fundamentals

  Chairmaker Peter Galbert takes you through the different types of spokeshave, how to tune them, where to use each type, and which ones he likes best.
• 
  Threaded rod and epoxy: A versatile option for leg joinery

  Tim Coleman adapted a technique used with wooden dowels for a cleaner way to join legs to benchtops or tabletops without the need for aprons.
• 
  How to make hexagonal boxes

  Clark Kellogg shows you how to dig out your attractive scraps and have some small-scale box fun.
• 
  Add color and texture to a turned bowl

  Mark Gardner demonstrates the steps involved in making one of his colorful bowls, from cutting a log to the initial rough turning and drying, to the final finishing touches with milk paint and gouge work for the texturing.
• 
  From The Bench: The tortured cycle of a woodworking project

  Adam Godet explores the mental side of woodworking, from the initial dreams of perfection to the final, flawed (but actually very good) result.
• 
  Caleb Woodard's career in carving

  Caleb Woodard makes his living building and carving pieces for clients around the world. He's been making special items by hand all his life, and he hasn't lost the joy of expression he has had since childhood.

Workshop Tips

• 
  Workshop Tip: For perfect mortises, upgrade your edge guide

  This router mortising jig captures the workpiece between two fences.
• 
  Workshop Tip: Shopmade clamp squares up any carcase

  Simple, low-profile clamp bar works for large boxes
• 
  Workshop Tip: Painter's tape helps with dovetail transfer

  Three layers of tape creates a shallow rabbet to register against.
• 
  Workshop Tip: Packing foam stabilizes panels

  Strips of foam in the grooves keeps a frame centered in its panel.

Tools & Materials

• 
  Tool Review: Leigh TD330 dovetail jig

  The Leigh TD330 delivers gap-free through dovetails at an affordable price.
• 
  Tool Review: Festool T 18+3 cordless drill

  Outstanding cordless drill stands out from the pack.
• 
  Tool Review: Woodpeckers DelVe square

  With its well-thought-out features and small size, the Woodpeckers DelVe square packs a big punch.

Online Extras

• 
  Webinar: All About Spokeshaves with Peter Galbert

  Replay Join chairmaker Peter Galbert, for a webinar on spokeshaves.
• 
  Use an inner tube to clamp weird glue-ups

  In issue #285, Clark Kellogg assembles the sides of his hexagon boxes with some innovative clamps from an unlikely source: a bike shop.