Layout And Design

Customary Marks

June 2025 #283, Layout And Design, Marking and Measuring, Shop Tips, Tricks of the Trade, Woodworking Posts, Woodworking Tips, Workshop Tips / Enthusiast

These furniture maker’s symbols are an international language. They have been used for generations because they’re easy to make and easy to understand. A board’s working face and edge are the surfaces that all measurements are taken from. This &…

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‘Good Eye’

Design, Design Matters, February 2010 #181, Layout And Design, Woodworking Posts / Enthusiast

Awaken your inner design sense with just a little practice. Talk about design often leads back to the idea of developing a good eye. For a long time I wrestled with this; it seemed a bit like trying to lasso …
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