Issue 154
Issue 154
Cabinetry: Is it Woodworking?
This weekend I was making sawdust … of a sort. Our laundry room will shortly be outfitted with melamine cabinetry, made by yours truly. I used a bunch of skills that are based on woodworking (measuring, sawing, gluing and clamping), but a question that I have is this: Should I call it woodworking? I’ll be facing the edges of the melamine with cherry. But the question remains. And if it is not woodworking, what is it?
When you tell someone that you’re going to “do some woodworking,” my guess is that hefting 90-lb. pieces of plastic-covered particle board is not the mental image that comes to mind. But at the same time, when folks look at my cherry-veneered kitchen cabinets, they say “Oh, you’re a woodworker … did you make these?” (Yup!)
So what do you think? Where do you stand on the definition of “woodworking?” Does it just describe working with solid wood? Maybe a combination of solid wood and plywood would still make the cut? This is your chance to help solve a question of the ages … or at least, August. Drop me a note, and we’ll post some of them in the Reader’s Response section of our next eZine .
Sincerely,
— Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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Micro Fence Router Base
Micro Fence’s new, bolt-on Portable Three-Axis Mill, allows you to set depths of cut not usually possible on a router, delivering scalpel-like control and smooth, effortless routing at your fingertips.
Today's Woodworker
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Judy Threet: The Art of Guitar Making
Judy Threet’s website, Threet Guitars, proudly boasts “From my hands to yours,” and truer words were never written.
Q & A
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Eliminating Bubbles in Water-based Spraying Finish
I’m spraying water-based lacquer and get bubbles in the finish. What is causing this, and is there a way to eliminate the bubbles?
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Carpenter’s Cheat Book on Math
Is a carpenter’s cheat book on math and other useful information still in publication? I recall a pocket-sized one that used to exist.
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Adjustable Joiner Outfeed Tables
Why is the outfeed table on a jointer adjustable?
Industry Interviews
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A Look at SuperMax Tools
Take a look at the SuperMax drum and brush sanders, and you are bound to find them rather reminiscent of the upper end of the old Performax line.
Feedback
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Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment
One wonderful thing that happened was that our son immediately went out and bought soda and Mentos to recreate the experiment right here in our once-clean house.
