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WOODWORKING . . . in action ! ! !
Issue 3, Apr 2006
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Features:

  • 63
    A close look at how a traditional country craft has been refined technically and esthetically by one of the country’s leading contemporary chairmakers. (25min)
  • 64
    The efficient way to produce a variety of frame-and-panel doors using a router. (14min)
  • 65
    Breadboarding is a traditional way to keep wood flat without restraining its movement — watch how Dwayne McKinley Colp updates the procedure with powertools while preserving the details. (11min)
  • 109
    Methods of work, secrets of sharpening, and a panorama of bas-relief, reduction carving, and free form design by a great master carver. (16min)
  • 110
    Often no more than a crude box with catgut strings, in the hands of master dulcimer maker Warren May this hauntingly beautiful instrument becomes an example of true craftsmanship. (15min)

Departments:

  • 67
    Tips & Tricks:
    Woodworkers are often their own toolmakers — as Don Weber demonstrates here, forging a simple holdfast — one of the traditional workbench’s most useful accessories. (11min)
  • 111
    Reviews:
    A conversation with well-known woodworker and author, Kelly Mehler about a must-read text for every woodworker who owns — or who is thinking of owning — a tablesaw. (9min)
  • 69
    Gallery:
    A perennially favorite style, in the hands of a craftsman, Arts & Crafts furniture remains completely contemporary. (10min)