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Editor’s note – we found Gus’s project on https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking and invited him to write an article on the build. Email David Lyell if you have a build you’d like to have considered for the Shop Blog.  by Gus Bertrand Unless you’ve been living on a deserted island, you probably know of a little television show called Game of Thrones. I haven’t seen it, but my wife says it’s pretty good. I don’t know. […]

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This morning I learned that one of our book authors, Django Kroner (“The Perfect Treehouse”), and his treehouse building team The Canopy Crew have been picked up for a TV show pilot on Animal Planet. I’m incredibly excited for Django – he’s a great guy and his treehouse builds are seriously amazing. I had a blast working with him on his book, which is a fantastic guide for thoughtfully planning […]

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So far, I have successfully avoided upholstery in my woodworking projects. As a newer woodworker, there has been so much to learn and practice that I haven’t convinced myself that I should take up another discipline. I think there is some wisdom in staying focused while learning the essentials. But lately, I have admired the incredible work of conservators and restoration specialists who seem to know how to do it […]

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After sculpting the backrest of this dugout chair with a chainsaw, I noticed two things. One, the chair is about half the weight when I started. I can move this thing around by myself with some grunting. Two: It’s now a rocking stump. Yup, after removing a lot of waste from the front of the chair, the stump began to tip backward on its own, rocking nicely on the meat […]

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A lot of the work in any machine-oriented woodshop revolves around creating and improving jigs. While I’ve used hold-down and F-style clamps in most of my shop fixtures, the Microjig Matchfit Dovetail Clamps offer a new means of integrating adjustable clamping into a jig, securely and out of the way of blades and bits. The clamps have a dovetail cross section on the top arm that fits into a 14º […]

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My favorite part of the magazine, when I was on the other side of the publication, was the End Grain articles. I love reading them, for their oft lofty, funny or thought-provoking content about the craft. Now, as managing editor, I get to solicit and search for the material for these pages. With the hope that I’ll have plenty to read, I’m holding a little contest. We’re always looking for good […]

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