#316-MAR/APR 2025

Articles

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  Online Extras from FW Issue #316

  Carved coffer Chris Schwarz demonstrates how he carves his coffers using an inexpensive vinyl flooring cutter in a knife handle. Spell bound Click here to download the chapter, “Some Common…
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  Editor's Letter: What is the future of woodworking?

  One reader can see a time when computers have become the dominant and, eventually, only tool used by most people to create furniture and other wood objects.
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  Shopmade Recessed Pulls

  Owain Harris's inset pulls add an elegant, ergonomic touch to doors and drawers.
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  Four Hand-Tool Approaches to Side Beads

  Bill Pavlak provides four hand-tool approaches to classic molding.
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  Airbrushed Accents for Fine Furniture

  Aspen Golann's process will help you take a creative and contemporary approach to a traditional American style.
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  Build a Contemporary Towel Rack

  Leah Amick's wall-hung unit brings storage and style to any bathroom
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  Andy Glenn's Ladderback Life

  This greenwood chair features a seat woven from hickory bark.
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  Layout Kit for Dovetails

  Mike Pekovich shares his tools of the trade for dovetail layout.
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  Chris Schwarz's Coffer Chest

  Cut the joinery for this Carpathian chest with a single hand plane.
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  Painting and Carving the Coffer Chest

  As if building the coffer weren’t fun enough, painting and carving it notch up the excitement. A choice of paints and colors and endless design possibilities for carving can change the look and feel of the piece.
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  How to Turn a Serving Dish

  Matt Monaco makes a bubinga platter with an elegant bead.
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  A Sycamore Surprise

  Interlocking grain makes surfacing sycamore difficult, but Blake Davis still encourages you to try it.
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  Conical Cabinet

  John Makepeace's sculpted and sleek cabinet in scorched English oak and ripple sycamore
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  Easier way to hand-cut mortises

  Scribing your chisel line is a good way for beginners to start chopping mortises.
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  Elevated pad for sanding spoons

  Raising your workpiece allows you to shape and sand tricky angles.
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  Locate the off-button without looking

  Felt pads help you find the off-button quickly.
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  Shop vac turns gloves right side out

  A quick solution that allows you to use gloves again after you've taken them off
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  Tape down push paddle for tricky cuts

  Double-stick tape ensures safe plunge cuts at the router table or table saw.
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  Use shelf liner for clamp handles

  This unconventional use of shelf liner makes it easier to grip slick clamp handles.
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  Winding sticks made of simple aluminum l-bar

  Aluminum L-bars from your local home-improvement store make winding sticks that will stay flat.
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  Review: Dust Right Tool-Activated HEPA Dust Extractor

  A quiet and light dust collector at a competitive price
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  Review: Rockler Rock-Steady Knock-Down Table-Saw Outfeed Kit

  This outfeed table neatly tucks away when not in use.
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  Review: WoodRiver Apron Plane

  This handy little plane tucks into your apron pocket.
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  Review: Woodpeckers Mortising Jig

  Easy-to-use jig just requires a plunge router.
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  Review: Zen Wu Tools

  Adam Godet tests Zen Wu Tools chisels and plane blades.