#255–July/Aug 2016

Articles

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  Learn From Antiques

  Avoid construction mishaps by looking at mistakes from the past
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  A Table for 2, 4, or 6

  Gate-leg design expands from small to large in a jiffy.
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  Track Saws

  For fast, accurate cuts in plywood and more, these compact saws are hard to beat.
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  Make a Sleek Box with a Sliding Lid

  Clean, versatile design offers easy access to what’s inside this mitered box.
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  Which Waxes Work Best?

  A close look at price, performance, appearance, and smell.
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  Marriage of Metal and Wood

  Woodworkers in search of a perfect union of materials for all types of furniture, from tables to desks and chairs.
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  Turn a Bowl

  Make a functional and beautiful bowl from a chunk of green wood

Departments

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  Contemporary Chest with Colonial Roots

  Designer's Notebook
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  10 Essential Layout Tools

  Ten tools that every woodworker should have to lay out their next project.
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  Two Block Planes Are Better than One

  Furniture maker Garrett Hack uses an apron plane for coarse work and then switches to an adjustable-mouth block plane for fine-tuning.
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  Make an elliptical tabletop

  Make an elliptical tabletop
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  Looking Back: In my imagination, all of my tools are sharp

  In my imagination, all of my tools are sharp
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  When Metal Meets Wood

  See how Robert and Tor Erickson made the strong and stunning connections between wrought steel and solid wood in their trestle table.
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  Re-enter the Iron Age

  Robert Erickson’s trestle table was his first time marrying metal and wood, and he sought inspiration from the California Arts and Crafts-era designers Charles and Henry Greene for this first design.

Online Extras

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  How To Make a Tracksaw Crosscut Table

  Ben Strano shows how to build a table that will make the track saw your go-to tool for crosscutting panels that are too big for your tablesaw.
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  Behind the Design - Duncan Gowdy

  Furniture maker Duncan Gowdy walks you through his design process—from inspiration to sketching, scale mockups, full-size mockups, and finally the finished piece.
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  Does Your Tape Measure Up?

  Tape measures have a hook at the end that moves in and out to compensate for inside and outside measurements. However, after years of constant use, the holes wear out and can move 1⁄16 in. or more. In this Drawing Board video, you’ll learn how to make sure that your tape measure is still reliable.