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How to Design Furniture With Spindles

Designing a piece of furniture with multiple spindles – or even working with someone else’s plan – can be tricky. Drawings will tell you one thing; your eye will tell you another. And relying on math or simple proportions is usually little help. The problem is how to array the spindles so they appear to be balanced compared to their neighbors and also either fan out or get closer together. […]

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How to Design Furniture With Spindles

Designing a piece of furniture with multiple spindles – or even working with someone else’s plan – can be tricky. Drawings will tell you one thing; your eye will tell you another. And relying on math or simple proportions is usually little help. The problem is how to array the spindles so they appear to be balanced compared to their neighbors and also either fan out or get closer together. […]

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Daily Winners – 34 Days of Dad 2018

We’ve officially wrapped the 34 Days of Dad contest and I have a list of daily winners for you! All of our winners have already been notified. Thanks for participating! – David Lyell Round Date Day Sponsor State First Last 1 5/15/18 Tue Mirka NE Paul N. 2 5/16/18 Wed Bessey KY Scott H. 3 5/17/18 Thu Fuji Sprayers NY Bill C. 4 5/18/18 Fri Teknatool AB Gord H. 5 […]

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Benchcrafted: Not a Review – an Endorsement

Recently one of the leg vises in my shop cracked. The vise chop snapped and the garter on the wooden screw gave way. While I could repair the damage, I decided to replace the entire mechanism with a Benchcrafted Classic vise and a Crisscross Retro. I have this setup on one of my other benches and it is, without question, my favorite woodworking vise. The Classic moves swiftly. I never […]

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Harvey Industries Acquires Bridge City Tool Works

John Economaki recently detailed his decision to sell Bridge City Tool Works to Harvey Industries. Harvey Industries already licenses and distributes some tools BCTW internationally, so when John decided to sell the business, Harvey Industries was a natural fit. You might recognize a few Harvey Industries tools – their Turbo T40 Lathe and Gyro Air G700 dust collector. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what these two companies cook […]

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