Here’s a lie I heard once at a lumberyard: When picking out boards, you should always choose ones that have the heart – or pith – in them because that is the strongest part of the tree. Those boards will be the strongest. Here’s a second lie I heard at another lumberyard: Never pick boards … Read more »
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We reviewed Easy Wood Tools’ Easy Chuck in our June 2013 issue, and it was clearly an impressive piece with at least a half dozen features I’d never seen before. One knock, though, was the price. At $499, it was the most expensive chuck on the market. Well, Easy Wood’s owner, Craig Jackson, has responded … Read more »
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Shown above is “Sunset,” an intricate segmented bowl by Hal Metlitzky. When I learned woodturning in the mid-1990s, my goal was simply to make bowls and platters with fair curves, pleasing shapes and thin, uniform walls. If the wood figure popped, all the better. This was woodturning as a craft. And I figured that was … Read more »
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Roman workbenches have not left this world. In fact, some people might argue that they are still used today and are called shaving horses. While I don’t have a dog in that particular fight, I do have some evidence to present on how they were used up through the 20th century in their original form: … Read more »
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Voting is now open for the inaugural Popular Woodworking Magazine Excellence Awards, and will remain open until 11:59 p.m. EDT, July 7, 2013. You can cast up to five votes per day – but only one in each of the five categories. When you click this link, you’ll see all the submissions (almost 200 of … Read more »
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The first time I saw an 18th-century workbench, I thought: Wow. That will never work. But then I built some of these benches (dozens, actually), and I am a huge fan of the form’s stability, simplicity and purity. So the first time I saw a Roman workbench from 50 A.D., I thought: Hmmm. That would … Read more »
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