Issue 334
Issue 334
It’s All There
Did you know that the Woodworker’s Journal is the second oldest of all the major woodworking magazines? (Fine Woodworking beat us to market by only a few months.) As such a venerable woodworking magazine, we’ve published more than 1,500 plans and printed more than 10,000 woodworking-based pages! Sadly, most of those pages have been out of print for a while — but not anymore!
We’ve just compiled the Woodworker’s Journal Complete Collection DVD, which includes every single page from 1977 through 2012, all of them easy to access, print and search. And we have this compilation ready for pre-sale right now — which is cool, because if you jump on the bandwagon right away, you can get free shipping thrown in. (Except those of you who live in other countries — sorry. But even so, it is still a great deal.)
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
Tricks of the Trade
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Shopsmith Abrasives Finishing Block Sander
Shopsmith Abrasives has a new Finishing Block Sander which features a weighted reinforcement steel plate designed to provide a smoother finish.
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Turning Tool Holders
When I cobbled my lathe bench together, I wanted to have my turning tools “close at hand.”
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Thrifty Router Bit Bumpers
Router bit bumpers with dried silicone obviously works for the bottoming out problem with router bits. Here’s an easier solution with no mess
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No-Clamp Drilling
I have had good luck with Kreg’s Pocket Hole joinery, but have always been somewhat frustrated at the tendency of the two pieces from moving up out of alignment.
What's In Store
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Loctite Go2 Repair Adhesive Putty
Loctite®’s Go2® Repair Adhesive Putty is a putty adhesive that molds to different shapes to fill any size hole or crack.
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Bosch PB180 Portable Radio
Bosch’s new PB180 is portable, lightweight radio (it weighs in at 2.8 pounds) that offers users two full days of runtime when run with a 4 amp-hour 18-volt lithium-ion battery (sold separately).
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Stanley® Utility Mat
Working for hours on a concrete shop floor can be hard on your feet, legs and back, but Stanley® hopes to reduce that fatigue with its new Utility Mat.
Today's Woodworker
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Chris Connor: Unmistakably Wooden Bicycles
Chris Connor has always been an avid bicyclist.
Q & A
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Will Wood Crack Under a CA Glue Finish?
Does cyanoacrylate expand and contract, and does it breathe, after curing, after it has been applied to wood?
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How Should I Fix a Wall Crack with Limited Access?
In this case seeing is possible but not holding a caulk gun and seeing at the same time. Question is what other ways might one use to close this space?
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Best Way to Make Round Tenons?
I need to cut some kind of round tenon on the plug so it can be inserted inside the post. Can your experts tell me an economical way of making this joint?
Industry Interviews
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Micro Jig: Helping Woodworkers Get a Better GRR-Rip
Before Henry Wang emigrated to Florida from Hong Kong in the 1970s, his varied career had been about as far from the woodworking products industry as one can get.
Feedback
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Experiences with Woods and Finishes for Outdoor Applications
Our reader feedback this time out focuses on the Q&A section from the last issue of the eZine.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Coffee/Chess Table
The wood is Walnut, Curly Maple and Red Oak and Walnut burl veneer for the insets on the chess table and on the end table tops.
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Cherry Chest
This is a cherry chest I made for my granddaughter. The inlays are maple and walnut.
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Red Oak Dresser
I recently built this red oak dresser for my wife. Because of it’s size and weight I had to build it in two pieces.
