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Arts and Crafts Movement
Arts and Crafts Movement
FEATURE 8: To truly appreciate the craft of woodworking one has to appreciate its history as well. This feature will explain the three tenets of the Arts and Crafts movement, delve into its history, and apply it to the projects in your workshop today.
Featured Technique
Drilling Mortises
Drilling Mortises
Here's how to make quick work of mortising with a drill press and Forstner bit.
Finishing 101
Staining and Dyeing
Staining and Dyeing
Although color change is its primary function, stain can also intensify or diminish the grain of the wood, depending on the type of wood and the type of stain you use. Therefore, it is important to understand how different types of stains work.
Woodworking
Term of the Day

Insert Cutter
An accessory for a saw, router, shaper, molding machine, or other cutting tool, consisting of a heavy circular base into which two or more matching knives can be installed to create detailed profiles in wood. Knives with different patterns can be installed in the same base, helping to control tooling costs.
Wood of the Week
Lyptus
Lyptus
Eucalyptus grandis et urophylla

Woodworking Blog
Shop Cabinets, Production Style

Whoever first said that if you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life, must have been a woodworker. Or maybe a magazine editor. In any case, it sure sums up how I feel about my job, which is equal parts of both vocations. I’m pretty sure a coal miner would [...]

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Intarsia
A Basic Intarsia Primer
A Basic Intarsia Primer
Intarsists use two main tools: the scroll saw and spindle sander.
Featured Woodworker
Carving
Organized Graffiti: (Carving) Knives to the Walls
Organized Graffiti: (Carving) Knives to the Walls
Since 1923, over 3,000 students at the Belmont Hill School have picked up a chisel & created the 12" x 12" carved panel that's part of their graduation requirements.
Marquetry
American Marquetry: Pieces from the Past
American Marquetry: Pieces from the Past
Marquetry, often considered the exclusive province of European artisans, has sometimes been called "painting in wood."

Turning
Skew Chisel Tips
Skew Chisel Tips
If you learn two skew-cutting techniques and a scraping method, you'll turn like a pro!
Scroll Sawing
Scroll Sawn Nameplates
Scroll Sawn Nameplates
Our scroll sawyer extraordinaire uses a simple project to demonstrate tricks he's learned over many years.

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