Editor’s Blogs
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MicroFence’s Rich Wedler and Friends “Sawing” Holiday Tunes
With the holidays in full swing, here are a couple of holiday tunes we recently ran across on Micro Fence’s website to help keeps spirits bright.
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The Sound of a Tree
It’s not exactly news that Sandor is a ukulele nut. Here he looks a little deeper at his affinity for this great instrument and its relationship to woodworking.
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A Long-Distance Cabinet Modification
I had reason to go to Los Angeles recently to prepare my parents’ old house for rental, which included modifying the cabinets in the kitchen to accept a new appliance.
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Share the Experience
For the most part, woodworking has been a solitary activity for me. By going it “solo” so much of the time, I haven’t really shared the successes and breakthroughs that also happen as we gain experience.
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Sizing Up the Latest Cordless Drill/Drivers
Like most red-blooded 21st century woodworkers, I have a thing for power tools. Especially high performance portable power tools.
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Rust-Oleum Gives Woodworker’s Journal Sneak Peek
If you’re one of those dyed-in-the-wool loyalists when it comes to the types and brands of finish you use, it might seem like there’s not much new that could (or should) be put into a can these days.
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Flood Relief for a Woodworking Editor
Woodworking editors, generally speaking, tend to be a nice bunch of folks — and sometimes they caught up in unfortunate circumstances, just like anyone else.
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Awards Night
Glitz and glamour is usually not part of a woodworking editor’s life — except for once a year, when the members of the MMPA (Minnesota Magazine and Publishing Association) gather for the annual Excellence Awards.
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Three-quarter Inch Paradigm
Now and again, I have to surface boards less than 3/4 in. thick, and it’s curious to see how that can affect the look of a cabinet door frame, table top or drawer part.
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Contest Winner Creates Cribbage Board
The opening move for the cribbage gameboard project that appears in the December 2011 issue of Woodworker’s Journal was Bruce Beatty’s submission of his design to the Woodworker’s Journal Google SketchUp contest — and he came out a winner.
