Issue 223
Issue 223
Sharing Good Work in our Gallery
One of my favorite portions of this eZine is the Reader’s Project Gallery section. For me, as for other woodworkers, it’s fun, interesting and downright inspiring to see what other woodworkers are building in their shops – makes me want to get right out into my own shop and start sawing some wood.
Apparently, you agree: we have been getting lots of great submissions lately of the projects you’re building. In fact, my content coordinator, Matt Becker – who does a stupendous job at all of those “behind-the-scenes” type things that make this eZine run so smoothly – tells me that we’ve received more submissions for Reader’s Project Gallery in the past month or so than we ever have before.
Keep ’em coming! We want to see what you’re building –- just keep in mind that you’re one among many great woodworkers who read the eZine, so you might have to keep checking back to find when your work is featured. And if you’re sitting on the sidelines and have a great project recently completed, send it on in to the Woodworker’s Journal eZine Reader’s Project Gallery.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
Q & A
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Best Wood Species for Building Picnic Tables?
This reader asks, what wood species is best to use for building a picnic table.
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Angles to Cut Octagonal Pieces
I’m going to make an octagonal lighthouse and I’m trying to figure out the angle to cut the pieces.
What's In Store
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Milwaukee M18 Cordless Jig Saw
Milwaukee’s M18 Cordless Jig Saw, the 2645-22, is part of its 18-volt M18 Lithium-Ion line and is its first jigsaw powered by Li-Ion.
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Kobalt 10″ Sliding Compound Miter Saw
Kobalt Tools’ 10″ Sliding Compound Miter Saw has a 15-amp motor and a maximum crosscutting capacity of three and five-eighths-inch by 12 inches.
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“Woodworker’s Guide to Dovetails”
The book “Woodworker’s Guide to Dovetails” by Ernie Conover looks at full-, half-blind and through dovetails.
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Fire Hose Shop Coat: A Coat of Protection
True, this isn’t the time of year you’re generally shopping for coats. But a shop coat, now that’s different, isn’t it?
Tricks of the Trade
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Roughing Gouge Handle Modification
I just bought a roughing gouge and after turning for awhile the top was cutting into my hand.
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Magnet Broom Enhancements
The wheel-ey magnet broom is a great idea. I went one better and put speaker magnets on mine.
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Circular Saw Story Stick
Instead of relying on precise measurements from your straight edge guide to your circular saw blade and then transferring this to your work piece try this instead
Industry Interviews
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NW Fine Woodworking: An Artist’s Outlet Comes Full Circle
For skilled woodworkers of the Pacific Northwest, perhaps the most sought-after gallery for exhibition and sale is NW Fine Woodworking.
Feedback
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Radials, Memories, Captains, and PowerShelf
So what’s up with the radial arm saw anyway?
Reader's Project Gallery
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Picket Planter
This submission is called a ‘Picket Planter’. It is made of ‘left over’ the ends of cedar picket, originally used…
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Side Table
This is a side table made of Mahogany and Ipe. The lumber was cut-offs from a deck and water table…
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Grand Canyon El Tovar Hotel Chair
I had seen the Grand Canyon El Tovar Hotel Chair in the December 2008 issue of Woodworkers Journal and thought…
