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I made a mini version of the garden beds that I buit this summer from scrap wood and planted catmint (like cat nip) and cat treats. I let the monsters outside today and they went right for it. Maybe this will stop Dash from dashing next door and invading the neighbors’ patio. Fingers crossed!

C.C. Boyce grew up in Wisconsin and was always making stuff into othe rstuff. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and is still in LA working as a voice over talent for commercials. In 2012, C.C. rekindled her love of building stuff and started the process of getting her Fine Woodworking and Cabinet Maker A.S. She just launched a project that combines her 2 great loves into one project: a webseries called, “Would You Woodwork?” Now if she could just incorporate the Green Bay Packers and cats into this somehow, she could fulfill all her life’s dreams. Check out more from C.C. at her blog.

Shop Class Lesson

Moisture Content and Distortion

LESSON 3: Understand the effect of moisture content on wood, how boards sawn in different ways change differently in response to variations in humidity and how wood can distort as it dries.

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Featured Technique

Creating Bridle Joints on the Bandsaw

By combining a good resaw fence with a miter gauge and table stop, your band saw will cut bridle joints quickly with repeatable results.

Woodworking
Term of the Day

Working Life

The amount of time that glue can be exposed to the air and still be workable; also called open time or pot life

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Wood of the Week

Pine

Pinus familia

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Woodworking Blog

Space-Saving Chisel Rack

Good chisels deserve good storage. If you regularly set a chisel down unprotected on the bench top, it could easily be nicked several times a day. Each time it gets nicked, it must be resharpened, which takes valuable time. Not only does resharpening take time, but good chisels are expensive, and every nick in the […]

Featured Woodworker

Joining Japanese Styling With Western Furniture: Bayley Wharton

It might seem a bit strange that a guy who has lived most of his life in North Carolina would be so influenced by Japanese woodworking designs, but it just attests to the power of books.

Carving

Woodcarving Insight

My life is all about woodcarving, mostly relief woodcarving. I started when I was 18 years old and knew right off: carving was for me.

Marquetry

Around the World in 80(+) Veneers

A Wooden Vision of Places Called Home: Minneapolis Marquetarian Has It All Mapped Out

Turning

The Lowdown on Lathes

Just like you can't tell the players without a program, you can't really start turning without a lathe.

Scroll Sawing

Twelve-piece Scroll Sawn Puzzle

This beginner's puzzle is sturdily made and simple enough to keep a little one engaged but not frustrated. You can choose any image or photo for your puzzle's theme, provided it can be trimmed to a final 8" x 10-1⁄2" size.

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