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Turning
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Shop Class Lesson
Table Saw Safety
Table Saw Safety
LESSON 1: Learn how to set up a table saw to make accurate cuts and how to use the table saw safely.
Featured Technique
Ripping Unrippable Edges
Ripping Unrippable Edges
When neither edge is flat, you have options.
Finishing 101
Coloring Redux: Glaze and Toner
Coloring Redux: Glaze and Toner
Another common method of adding color to wood after it has been sealed is with glaze. You can use glaze to highlight carvings or flutes, create sunbursts and cameos, turn a painted surface into antique white, add age to wood, or even create patterns like fake wood grain and marble.
Woodworking
Term of the Day
Drawer Slide
A system of tracks and rollers that attaches to the outsides of a drawer box and the insides of the drawer opening enabling the drawer to be opened and closed and maintain its alignment within the carcass; also called a drawer glide
Wood of the Week
Woodworking Blog
Interesting Woodwork is Wherever You Find It

On a recent visit to Northern Italy, I found myself strolling along the narrow lanes of Venice, surrounded by flocks of international tourists.

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Featured Woodworker
Living at the Intersection of Vocation and Avocation
Most people who choose woodworking as a hobby do so at least in part because of the contrast between it and their day jobs. Dennis Zongker, one of the partners of Zongkers Custom Woodworking, takes a slightly different approach.
Carving
A Carver's One-stop Strop Spot
A Carver's One-stop Strop Spot
The variously shaped profiles of my woodcarving chisel blades require a variety of strops, and I used to have to mount them one at a time in my lathe, switching from one to the next.
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
Chuck It!
Chuck It!
Investing in a good quality chuck will increase your options for making bowls, especially with all that free wood available from friends and family. Have fun, and remember ... keep your tools sharp!
Scroll Sawing
How to Make a Scroll Sawn, Flared Bowl
How to Make a Scroll Sawn, Flared Bowl
Most folks think of the lathe when considering a wooden bowl, but not this author! Laminated bowls are usually round, lathe-turned and made from large blanks. This rectangular bowl, with colorful stripes, is made on a scroll saw from a blank that is only 3/4" thick.

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