Editor’s letter: Knowing what’s important (and what’s not)
Think about what matters most and your build will be more efficient and fun
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Turning the Corner: Refining Turning Skills
In the lull between the frenzy of December/January holidays and the activities of the anticipated winter, the shop is relatively quiet. The backlog of architectural copy/multiple orders have all been completed and shipped; I have almost caught up with the several Christmas gift certificate lessons of 2022; and my grandson helped me give the shop […]
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Read moreVacuum-Hose Dust Control
Dust is a real problem when you can’t use a router table’s fence and its dustport. Here’s a clever way to suck up that dust using your shop vacuum’s nozzle.
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Turning the Corner: a follow-up
In a recent Turning the Corner column, writer and woodturner Temple Blackwood detailed the turning process for creating a mouthpiece for a Hardy Tinfoil Phonograph. The process Temple used for turning the replicas was interesting enough to stand alone as its own article, but we had even more questions when we were done about the […]
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Read moreHow to Make A Perfect Countersink
Countersink first, drill the pilot hole second. That may sound backward, but it’s the easiest way to ensure a perfect countersink.
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