Issue 239
Issue 239
A New Year of Woodworking
Well it’s happening again — we are about to put an old year to bed and plunge into a new year full of hopes and expectations. I personally am looking forward to 2010 with a goal of making the most of every opportunity that comes my way. But before I move furiously into the future, please allow me to take just a few moments to thank all of you who regularly read the eZine (and the print magazine, too, for all to whom that applies).
It is an honored privilege to be invited into your life and it is something that I do not take lightly. This eZine has been around for a long time — a rarity on the web — and your support is the key to our success. Thank you so much. And I know that sentiment is shared by the rest of the eZine gang: Joanna, Chris, Matt and the rest who pull this eZine out of thin air every two weeks. Your readership is the reason that we have some of the best jobs on the planet. (And more fun than we want our bosses to know!)
So thank you once again, and here’s to the new year! Full of adventures, woodworking and otherwise.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
Tricks of the Trade
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Resawing Toy Wheels
I make a lot of toy trains, and each set requires at least 10 pairs of wheels – or more.
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Catching Stray Parts
When I’m building small projects, tiny parts that fall off the bench seem to get lost forever.
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A Carver’s One-Stop Strop Spot
The variously shaped profiles of my woodcarving chisel blades require a variety of strops, and I used to have to mount them one at a time in my lathe, switching from one to the next.
What's In Store
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Easy Wood Tools Mini Series Lathe Chisels
Smaller turning projects don’t always lend themselves well to full-size lathe chisels.
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Milwaukee LED Upgrade Kit
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation has introduced a new LED Upgrade Kit that can replace 9.6-volt to 28-volt incandescent bulbs in both Milwaukee’s and other manufacturers’ worklights.
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Grex Private Stock
Grex Private Stock is a paint system incorporating over 50 different colors.
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Centennial Woods
Centennial Woods is a Wyoming-based company that sells wood reclaimed from Wyoming snow fences, weathered by the wind, for flooring, ceiling treatments, trim and wainscoting and furniture applications.
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Bosch CET4-20W Compressor
The CET4-20W is part of Bosch’s new Full Force Technology line of compressors.
Today's Woodworker
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Katie Hudnall: Woodworking with History, Not Mystery
While Katie Hudnall doesn’t use a lot of jigs in her own woodworking – just a few that she turns to time and again – “I admire people who do work that way, and I’m fascinated by them.”
Q & A
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Where Can I Get Pictures for Pyrography?
I am wondering if there’s a place on the Internet that I could perhaps download pictures or get a tool where I can print some of my favorite pics so I can woodburn them
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What Happened to This Wormy Chestnut?
Was this annealing due to the fact that the boards were cut from trees that were standing dead, or was it the fact that the logs were inside of a warm dry house for 78 years, or was all American chestnut that way?
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Can You Retrofit a Riving Knife?
Can you add a riving knife to existing table saw?
Industry Interviews
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Martin’s Router Template – A Quicker Route to Template Routing
These days, templates are about as ubiquitous to routing as router bits. When you need a template, however, generally you have to make it yourself.
Feedback
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Welcoming Woodworkers
Rob’s announcement that his family would be traveling to Alabama over the holidays in last issue’s eZine brought plenty of words of welcome.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Pencil Cups
I started out making round bird houses and using that technique made a few pencil cups with straight sides.
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Functional Folding Table
This is a functional folding table for our motor home. It folds to less than five inches wide.
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Bakery Store Counter
Here is a counter that I designed and built upon a friend’s request for her bakery store. Overall, I am very pleased with the project outcome.
