Build a spectacular Greene and Greene-inspired Bed, maximize your shop space with an router table extension for your table saw, make an animated toy, and check-out our 2014 Reader’s Choice Awards. All that and much more can be found in the pages of the January/February 2015 issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
Projects
Greene & Greene-Inspired Bed: Chris Marshall creates a master bedroom showpiece with cloud lifts, slatted construction and raised square pegs: style details inspired by Arts & Crafts icons
Router Table Insert: Turn the extension wing of your table saw into a router table, with built-in dust collection
Spice Rack: Templates create a stylish spice rack, which you can easily craft with basic tools in a small space
Animated Penguin Toy: This penguin toy waddles as he moves, and his flippers “flip,” thanks to techniques like diagonally opposed wheels and a pivoting flipper arm
Techniques
Woodturning: Ernie Conover teaches you how to achieve multi-axis turnings, and use them as the basis for creating cabriole legs
Jigs & Fixtures: Make accurate circle shapes with a jigsaw or router when you use this basic jig, created by Sandor Nagyszalanczy
Finishing: All you need to know about sanding