#255–July/Aug 2016
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Learn From Antiques
Avoid construction mishaps by looking at mistakes from the past
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A Table for 2, 4, or 6
Gate-leg design expands from small to large in a jiffy.
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Track Saws
For fast, accurate cuts in plywood and more, these compact saws are hard to beat
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Make a Sleek Box with a Sliding Lid
Clean, versatile design offers easy access to what’s inside this mitered box.
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Which Waxes Work Best?
A close look at price, performance, appearance, and smell.
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Marriage of Metal and Wood
Woodworkers in search of a perfect union of materials for all types of furniture, from tables to desks and chairs.
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Turn a Bowl
Make a functional and beautiful bowl from a chunk of green wood
Articles
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Contemporary Chest with Colonial Roots
Designer's Notebook
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10 Essential Layout Tools
Ten tools that every woodworker should have to lay out their next project.
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Two Block Planes Are Better than One
Furniture maker Garrett Hack uses an apron plane for coarse work and then switches to an adjustable-mouth block plane for fine-tuning.
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Make an elliptical tabletop
Make an elliptical tabletop
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Looking Back: In my imagination, all of my tools are sharp
In my imagination, all of my tools are sharp
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When Metal Meets Wood
See how Robert and Tor Erickson made the strong and stunning connections between wrought steel and solid wood in their trestle table.
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Re-enter the Iron Age
Robert Erickson’s trestle table was his first time marrying metal and wood, and he sought inspiration from the California Arts and Crafts-era designers Charles and Henry Greene for this first design.
Departments
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How To Make a Tracksaw Crosscut Table
Ben Strano shows how to build a table that will make the track saw your go-to tool for crosscutting panels that are too big for your tablesaw.
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Behind the Design - Duncan Gowdy
Furniture maker Duncan Gowdy walks you through his design process—from inspiration to sketching, scale mockups, full-size mockups, and finally the finished piece.
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Does Your Tape Measure Up?
Tape measures have a hook at the end that moves in and out to compensate for inside and outside measurements. However, after years of constant use, the holes wear out and can move 1⁄16 in. or more. In this Drawing Board video, you’ll learn how to make sure that your tape measure is still reliable.
