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Shop Class Lesson
Initial Construction Stages
Initial Construction Stages
LESSON 2: Understand what materials can be used to make a torsion box and to learn the initial stages of torsion box construction.
Featured Technique
Making Zero Clearance Throatplates
Making Zero Clearance Throatplates
Enhance your table saw's cutting quality and safety with a zero-clearance throatplate.
Finishing 101
Rubbing Out: The Final Step to a Great Finish
Rubbing Out: The Final Step to a Great Finish
You can rub out all types of film forming finishes, including shellac, lacquer, oil based varnish and polyurethane, waterbased coatings and catalyzed or conversion coatings. There are three strong reasons for doing so.
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Substrate
Thicker wood or other material used as a foundation beneath veneer
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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
Woodworking's Future
These astonishingly impressive woodworking projects by Springfield High School students are worth a look. Read more ...
Carving
Woodcarving Insight
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
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
Vacuum Chucking
Vacuum Chucking
Sometimes, there just doesn't seem to be a reasonable way to attach something to the lathe. Enter the vacuum chuck!
Scroll Sawing
Danish vs. Tung Oil on Scroll Sawings
Danish vs. Tung Oil on Scroll Sawings
I am retired, and my hobby is cutting out figures on a scroll saw. I pour Danish oil into a shallow pan and immerse the items for a few minutes.

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