Jul 272021
 
Stories from Grandpa's Workshop: It's All in Your Head...
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For the July 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Bob Rummer discusses cognitive spatial ability and how it plays a role throughout the woodworking process from mentally designing and planning to actually putting pieces together. While I grew up playing with Tinker Toys, Erector Sets and blocks (all good spatial training), my formal education in […]

Jul 222021
 
Woodturning with Spindle Tools
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For the April 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Temple Blackwood wrote about the different types of spindle turning tools, and how they all work together with a woodturner’s skills to create something (or many things) both beautiful and functional: One of the most satisfying reasons to hone spindle turning skills is the confidence the […]

Jul 202021
 
Welcome to the Jungle – This one tool will save you thousands!!!
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Over the past year I have learned that the world of woodcraft is populated with more tools than there are trees in Georgia. Everywhere I look, I find a tool for this and a tool for that with multiple types of tools for this and that. Take something as basic as cutting wood. Your options […]

Jul 152021
 
Turning the Corner: Design Inspiration
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For the June 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Temple discusses the emergence of the free-form approach to woodturning: Another approach to woodturning, which has become an interesting study in emerging art over the past sixty years during woodturning’s rebirth, is a free-form approach to making a variety of objet d’art which might or might […]

Jul 132021
 
Book Review: The Workbench Book By Scott Landis
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For the June 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Norm Reid reviewed The Workbench Book: The Workbench Book, a survey of many workbench types as designed and used by their builders, is a classic in woodworking literature. It gives the reader an encyclopedic view of the possibilities for creating a workspace tailored to one’s own […]

Jul 022021
 
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In last month’s ‘Stories from Grandpa’s Workshop’ column, Bob Rummer discussed the variety of smells in his workshop. Most of the smells come from the varieties of wood he uses in his projects, with each variety having its own characteristics. Other smells are created from the running of power tools, or adding a wood finish […]

Jun 232021
 
Designs Explored - A Trestle Table Design Broken Down By Kevin Sullivan
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For the June 2021 issue of Wood News Online, Kevin discusses how he came up with the best proportions for his own trestle table design: While thinking about this project, I couldn’t help but run across many of the trestle table designs available on internet image search results and videos. I noticed so many of […]