In this issue

As we learnt when we visited the Chippendale International School of Furniture in East Lothian, Scotland, 2018 marks a special year for the school and it’s also Thomas Chippendale’s 300th birthday. Gracing this month’s cover are the school’s tutors and students, who really help to set this issue off with a bang! As well as this great feature, we also have a fantastic mix of projects, including Dave Long’s customisable rabbit run; Liam Barclay’s stunning sculpted desk; Phil Davy’s camping cook box and Les Thorne’s turned garden aids, which will prove useful whether you’re green fingered or not. In our ‘technical’ section, John Bullar talks veneers. In ‘People & places’, Simon Morris of Lufu Furniture shares his stunning ‘Eagon’ glassware cabinet in rare burr elm; Barrie Scott learns about the making of a traditional West African ‘pirogue’, and in ‘End-grain’, Edward Hopkins shows how one word can spoil your day. We also have a varied range of products on test this month, including the Multi-Sharp wetstone water-cooled chisel/plane blade sharpener MS3001EM and the new Triton TSPSP650 portable oscillating spindle sander, all before Edward Hopkins takes the stunning new Record Power Coronet Herald lathe for a drive. And don’t forget, if you send in your top workshop hint or tip, you could be in with a chance of getting your hands on a magnificent Veritas low-angle jack plane, worth over £250. See our letters and makers pages for details - good luck! As well as the above, you can find all your usual favourites, including news and courses and ‘Around the House’. Also, on our welcome page, we inform you of the changes taking place as of the next issue, so look out for our new ‘super’ magazine, which combines the best elements of both our woodworking titles - you can take a sneak peek at the exciting content coming up by seeing page 76. All this and much more in GW332, which is now on sale!

Game Changing Chisels

The Axminster Rider chisel range aims to change the game for affordable quality tools, and if the sets tested here are anything to go by then this is a very exciting prospect indeed

4 mins

Bring Your Projects To Life

If you’re looking for a way to transform a mundane substrate into a stunning piece of work, then take a look at these two veneer packs – both offer a great introduction to veneering and are ideal for use on a variety of small projects

2 mins

From Apprentice To Skillbuild Judge

SkillBuild judge Tibby Singh gives us a glimpse behind the scenes in terms of what this important competition involves, and tells us how his passion for championing young and upcoming talent makes his job all the more worthwhile

7 mins

Techniques For Turning Part 1

In the first of a two-part series focusing on woodturning techniques, Bob Chapman begins by looking at those techniques used for turning bowls, as well as beginning to discuss various finishing and colouring methods.

10+ mins

Rings Of Doom

Don’t despair of ringmarks on your furniture, advises Stephen Simmons.

4 mins

Top Tips for Buying Woodworking Machinery

Alex Dalton, managing director of Daltons Wadkin, takes a closer look at some of the top things to consider when making a woodworking machinery purchase.

4 mins

Home sweet home

Jumping to the aid of new home buying family members, Glenn Perry sets about replacing an old, worn out door with a custom-made framed ledge and braced version.

4 mins

Great Expectations

The front door opens at The Old Vic’, the central character in a serialised story of everyday adventures in woodworking (among other things).

6 mins

Dombey & Son

Dave Roberts finds that keeping up with the times isn’t always the same as making progress.

6 mins

Extracting Broken Screws:​​​​​​​what To Do When Things Get Stuck!

As Mike McCrory says, if you’ve ever used small brass screws in hardwood, you’ll have undoubtedly run into issues. Here he offers his advice on dealing with the problem as well as advising how to avoid this happening the first time around.

4 mins

Finishing Touches

In the final article of this series, John Bullar looks at preparing and treating the wooden surfaces of furniture.

7 mins

Converting Logs To Lumber

Moving on from his last article, which saw him discussing methods of harvesting, Peter Bishop now makes the natural leap to looking at the processes used for converting logs to lumber.

5 mins

Escaping The Chaos:​​​​​​​ How To Design Your Ideal Workshop

John McMahon shows how it’s possible to design your ideal workshop for less than the price of a takeaway meal (depending on how you look at it!)

8 mins

Chain Reaction

Edward Hopkins introduces two surgeons to four stumps.

6 mins

Learning wood machining skills

In the next part of his new series, Peter Sefton and his Long Course students mix up the use of machines and hand tools to make a small rack

2 mins

triumph over disaster: a rescue mission

aleksei sebastiani turns disaster into triumph as he experiments with kerf cutting techniques to produce a stunning end table.

4 mins

Say Cheese!

Andy Smith makes a wonderful wooden camera for his niece using scrap pieces of walnut and maple.

6 mins

A Truly Blessed Man

Sailing over from England in 1985 and upon landing on America’s shores, Michael Brown went about building his own timber-framed house before setting up a business making stunning bespoke hand-crafted chairs and furniture, which he continues to do to this day.

9 mins

Errorism Or How To Fail Safe

Knowledge of woodwork is accrued by trial and error. There is a certain amount you can learn from magazines and books.

2 mins

Mortisers for Woodworkers

In the next part of his beginners’ guide, Peter Bishop discusses the topic of mortisers as well as offering his advice and tips on setting them up and getting the best from this handy machine.

6 mins

Bringing wood to life

Through building functional sculpture, work that serves both a sculptural aesthetic and utilitarian function, Erik Wolken seeks to create rhythm and poetry in each of the pieces he makes.

10 mins

Mortise & tenon joints

John Bullar moves on to discussing mortise & tenon joints and how they are traditionally used in furniture making, beginning with hand tool methods, before looking at a few powered techniques.

7 mins

Router Table Excellence

Catering for both the craftsman and woodworking enthusiast, this excellent router table from Trend benefits from a solid construction and lends itself to a wide range of projects.

4 mins

Routers & Router Tables

Routers are great tools for shaping edges in furniture making, but they also have a number of other uses too, as John Bullar shows in the next part of this series.

7 mins

A Sky Mobile From Scrap

Rick Wheaton’s clever scrap mobile build features some bandsaw and fretsaw work, steaming and bending, a bit of lathe work and some nifty balancing at the very end.

6 mins

(Purple)Heart Rules The Head

Practice your hand skills this weekend and make Mike Riley’s plane hammer – ideal for gentle adjustments.

3 mins

Building the dream

Winner of the ‘Cabin & Summerhouse’ category in the 2016 Shed of the Year competition, Oliver Renison, Aka Black Tea One Sugar, shares the secrets behind the making of his amazing shed

6 mins

Razorfish

Created by Alun Heslop, this unique sculptural bench is made using bleached oak and aims to evoke the feeling of shifting sands

1 min

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