Issue 302
Issue 302
It’s a Contest! Turn, Turn, Turn!
Are you a woodturner? Have your thoughts ever turned to fame and/or fortune? If they have, well you are in luck.
As most of you know, Woodworker’s Journal also has a print magazine, and, for this year’s September/October issue, we are going to select four amateur woodturners to create a bowl from similar blocks of wood. All four turners will be featured in the print issue (fame!), and three will get a $100 gift certificate to Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (fortune!). The winner (the fourth contestant) will get a $150 certificate (even more fortune!).
So, where will these woodturners come from, and how can you get in on the action? I am glad you asked! The woodturners to be featured in the print magazine will come from … drumroll, please … among our eZine readers! (I know, we’re combining our media. Call me crazy. Wait a minute …) From the entries we receive in the next seven days, we will select four contestants.
That’s it. If you are selected, we’ll send you a block of wood … you’ll turn a bowl, and send it back to us.
So click and sign up. You’ve only got seven days from today! (Note: This contest has officially ended)
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
Q & A
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How Much Gap Should I Leave Around Cabinet Doors?
I am building a jelly cabinet, which is half of a pie safe, using red oak. I am confused as to what the gap or reveal should be between the door and frame.
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Should I Add a Finish Over Wax?
When I remove the bark and finish hand carving the piece, I hand rub white candle wax into the grain. Would I then need to apply some other type of finish over the candle wax?
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Tips for Keeping Polyurethane Glue Fresh?
What are some general suggestions for storing/saving used glue bottles?
Industry Interviews
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Committed to Education, RIKON Keeps on Giving
RIKON Power Tools sees the turn away from woodworking curriculums as a call to action. It has adopted a multi-pronged approach to tool donations in support of woodworking education.
Feedback
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Woodsy Gift Ideas
In the last eZine, Rob asked for your ideas for quick gifts for that other gift-giving season: the one filled with weddings, graduations, and more. We heard a woodworking gift suggestion from a teacher who has been invited to enough graduation parties to learn the gift-giving lesson well.
What's In Store
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Power Carving a Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab
For woodcarvers with a love of the beach — or those looking for a new challenge — Schifffer Books has a new publication, Power Carving a Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab by Alan “Mickey” Brown.
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Hitachi WH18DBDL Brushless Impact Driver
Part of a new line of 18-volt lithium ion brushless motor products from Hitachi is the WH18DBDL Brushless Impact Driver.
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INCRA I-Box Jig Expands Box Joint Possibilities
INCRA has recently released a faster and more effective solution for making box joints called the I-Box.
Not yet categorized
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Stationary Try-Square
When you need to mark a square line on a small part, it’s often awkward to hold both the part and a try-square while marking the line with a pencil.
Tricks of the Trade
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Sander Support
Try as I may, I couldn’t avoid rocking the belt sander, resulting in an edge that was rounded and uneven.
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Mini-Drawer for Blades
A short length of telescoping curtain rod makes a handy under the bench drawer for storing scroll saw blades.
Today's Woodworker
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Paul Jones: Some Sharp Carving Tools
Paul Jones’s shop is a 20 x 20 garage, packed with tools like a table saw, band saw, drill press, drum sander, flap sander and dust collectors, all 20 feet away from northern Minnesota hardwoods.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Kitchen Chairs
The chairs are made from cherry with a Danish oil finish. There will be two more chairs, with a breakfast table which will have a copper top.
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Dresser Set
I built these for my daughter as a wedding present. They are both edge banded birch plywood finished with a Minwax stain and Helmsman polyurethane.
