June 2007 #162

Quick and Easy Drill Guide

Drilling, Drills, June 2007 #162, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Woodworking Posts, Workshop Tips / Enthusiast

Occasionally I need to drill a hole into the end of a rail or other workpiece using the drill press. I’ve found that a metal shelf bracket makes a handy support, keeping the workpiece square to the table and in …
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Traditional Hide Glue Veneering

Hide Glue, June 2007 #162, Techniques, Veneer, Woodworking Posts / Enthusiast

Learn traditional methods with a veneer hammer and hot hide glue. Veneering has been practiced for thousands of years. It’s a way to take some of the world’s most spectacular but unstable woods, cut them to paper-thinness and glue …
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Southern Sugar Chest

Chest, Featured Article, Furniture Projects, June 2007 #162, Projects, Southern Furniture, Woodworking Posts / Enthusiast

This 19th-century piece was designed to safeguard a then-precious commodity. Not so long ago, obtaining sugar wasn’t easy. It’s difficult to believe that the commodity we have in almost everything today was scarce and highly valued in the early ……

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