#271-Nov/Dec 2018
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Links for Fine Woodworking Issue #271
Online extras from FWW issue #271 Video: Sharpening a Curved Scraper For many, sharpening a curved card scraper can be a hit or miss proposition, but in this video, Peter…
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How to Sharpen and Use a Curved Scraper
Peter Galbert uses a curved card scraper as a shaping tool to fair curves and dial in complex shapes on chair seats.
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Precision Jig for Cutting Curves
Template-guided cuts on the bandsaw are clean and accurate.
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Coopered Containers
Peter Lutz demonstrates the jigs he uses to make stackable trays that are handsome, light, and strong.
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How to Make a Coopered Basket Without Math
Peter Lutz demonstrates jigs he uses so that he can work safely and accurately, building a coopered basket with sides that cant outward
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How to Make a Wooden Pendant Pull
Philip Morley tackles the challenge of working with small parts by starting with long blanks that will each produce two pulls
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Building a Chippendale Chair
The combination of angles and curves in a Chippendale-style chair can seem complex, but the techniques needed are not out of reach.
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How to Make the Cove-and-Pin Joint
A clever way to re-create a vintage joint
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Compound-Angle Tenons on the Tablesaw
The angled joinery where the posts and seat rails meet is one of the challenges of making a Chippendale chair. Steve Brown tackles it with the aid of two ingenious jigs that simplify the process.
Articles
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Sharpening a Curved Scraper
Peter Galbert demonstrates how to get a perfect edge on a curved card scraper consistently and efficiently.
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Design Discussion: Evan Court's Salmon Falls Chairs
Up-and-coming furniture maker breaks down his design process from beginning to end.
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The history of the cove-and-pin joint
Megan Fitzpatrick explores the history behind the Knapp dovetailing machine, one of the first machines to efficiently manufacture first class drawers
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7 Questions with Steve Brown
Steve answers life's most important questions, like, what is your favorite tool?
Online Extras
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Workshop Tip: Best push stick is one that’s close at hand
Thirty years of teaching woodworking has convinced me that woodworkers will use a push stick consistently—if it’s convenient. If not, they’ll often go without, finishing cuts by squeezing a few…
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Workshop Tips: Sign your work with branded nameplates
To sign my work in a distinctive, repeatable way, I ordered a custom brand. Available at major online woodworking retailers, these come in electric and torch-heated versions. but it always…
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Workshop Tips: Magnetic LEDs attach to many machines
Good lighting is an integral part of any workspace, and it gets even more important as we grow older. When I purchased my bandsaw I was offered an optional plug-in…
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Workshop Tips: Jack up projects for finishing
My favorite way to raise wood projects for finishing or to let a finish dry is a set of jacks (yes, the childhood toy). Throw down a handful on any…
Workshop Tips
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Tool Review: Bosch GKF125CEn Colt Palm Router
Variable-speed palm router punches above its weight
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Tool Review: The Gage’t Thickness Gauge by Tompkins
Intuitive thickness gauge for turners
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Tool Review: Harvey Machinery’s Gyro Air G700
Innovative, super quiet dust collector
Tools & Materials
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A Love of the Craft, Exposed
Heidi Earnshaw’s white oak seven-drawer dresser is based directly on the 18th-century French semainier form, which had one drawer for each day of the week
