Now that the mortises are complete, time to make matching tenons. There are many ways to create tenons and I chose a combination of the bandsaw, table saw and chisels. I use the bandsaw to cut the tenon”s width, leaving quite a bit of room in the mortise (about 1/2″) to allow for expansion. Recall […]
The December issue of Wood News Online is out and ready to read. This month we’ve got a woodworking bucket list from Howard Van Valzah, an impressive workbench carcase design story from John Bonin and an entertaining story from Dick Rank on designing the ‘perfect’ bottle stopper. We’ve also got another great column from our […]
The tree is up, the lights are strung and the stockings are all hanging on the mantle. The only thing left to do is to start dropping hints to my the family about what I really want and don’t want under the tree this year! Don’t get me wrong, I love getting a new pair […]
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Many woodworkers have at some time needed or wanted a dowel for a project, and had to hop into their car to pick one up at the home center. Once there, you have a couple of choices of wood types, and if you are really lucky, the dowel might almost be straight. The sizing of the dowels available […]
The leg design has what I call the “main section” which is curved crotch walnut and then a wider header and footer to help support the width of the table. These two pieces are attached with pegged mortise and tenons. I lay out the mortise location using a pencil and a handy Woodpeckers square. I […]
We featured Gary Smith’s meticulous horse-drawn wagon in the woodcarving column in the November 2011 issue of Wood News. He recently updated us on one of his latest woodworking pieces: These are my new wagons – this time I carved them in even more detail. Everything works the way it would on a real wagon – I […]