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Authentic Stickley Tabourets A Magazine Committed to Finding the Better Way to Build Filled With Good Craftsmanship, the Best Techniques and No Ads Authentic Stickley Tabourets Master 3 Classic Joints As You Build These Sturdy, Stylish Tables 3 Simple Tricks to Learn the Forgotten Art of Handsawing Cut Perfect Circles Without Pricey Jigs Glazing: The Pro Trick To Fix Your Finish Western Backsaws – Back From the Dead SPRING 2008 “Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.” Contents — Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), composer 1 On the Level Woodworking Magazine began on the back roads of Ohio in 2002, with a small disagreement as to the best route to take. 2 Letters Questions, comments and wisdom from readers, experts and our staff. 4 Shortcuts Tricks and tips that will make your woodworking simpler and more accurate. 6 A Tale of Two Tabourets The theory behind this story was to build one A TALE OF TWO TABOURETS: PAGE 6 table entirely by hand, and the other using only power tools. But sometimes, theories change in the actual doing. 14 How to Saw 32 End Grain When it comes to sawing, practicing won’t All too often, we’re seduced by tools that prom- help if you’re practicing a poor method. These ise to make us better, faster, stronger … then 10 rules and three tricks will have you sinking they sit in our shop corners gathering dust. your teeth into perfect saw use. 20 Understanding Western Backsaws The Western backsaw has almost vanished. But a few toolmakers are trying to turn back the clock to when this venerable tool was in every woodworker’s toolbox. 24 Cutting Circles Circles are a perfect geometric form – but they can be perfectly beastly to create. We tested the various popular methods, and came up CIRCULAR CUTTING BOARD: PAGE 28 with a plan and a jig that promises success. 28 Circular Cutting Board Bring your woodworking into the kitchen with the simple, circular maple cutting board. The feet of contrasting wood brings the design to a new level – and makes it easy to pick up. 30 Glazing for the Ages Sandwich a stain between two layers of finish, and you’ve found the best (and simplest) way to add age, blend tones and highlight carvings HOW TO SAW: PAGE 14 on your projects. GLAZING FOR THE AGES: PAGE 30 Spring 2008, Issue 9 On the Level woodworking-magazine.com Editorial Offices 513-531-2690 Publisher & Group Editorial Director ■ Steve Shanesy ext. 1238, [email protected] Editor ■ Christopher Schwarz Back Roads Are Better ext. 1407, [email protected] Art Director ■ Linda Watts ext. 1396, [email protected] Senior Editor ■ Robert W. Lang The story of the magazine you’re holding begins experimental issue in early 2004 with the help ext. 1327, [email protected] with a car ride through the back roads of Ohio of the entire staff of Popular Woodworking, the Senior Editor ■ Glen D. Huey in 2002 and a small disagreement. magazine that is our day job, for a lack of better ext. 1293, [email protected] Publisher Steve Shanesy and I were driving words. We published Woodworking Magazine Managing Editor ■ Megan Fitzpatrick ext. 1348, [email protected] to West Virginia to a woodworking show and we without a dime of marketing money. Without Illustrator ■ Matt Bantly were at odds about the route to take. I’d mapped fanfare. Without additional staff. We wanted Photographer ■ Al Parrish out a path on the interstate, but Steve had other to see if the woodworking community would F+W PUBLICATIONS, INC. ideas. His finger traced a twisty path on my atlas support a magazine that had no advertisements, David Nussbaum ■ Chairman & CEO that relied on small towns and two-lane roads. that focused on building important skills, and John Speridakos ■ CFO This, I thought, was going to be a long trip. that featured projects that are highly refined yet Barbara Schmitz ■ VP, Manufacturing As we forged into the wilds of Ohio, the con- simple in their construction. John Lerner ■ Executive VP, Interactive Media Mike Kuehn ■ Director, IT versation turned to how frustrating it can be to This is not the way most companies launch a F+W PUBLICATIONS, INC. teach yourself to build furniture. Without formal magazine. Usually you start with a bang. You try MAGAZINE GROUP training, many of us tend to develop our skills to grow your circulation to a ridiculous level to David Blansfield ■ President to match the project at hand. get the attention of advertisers. You lose money Sara DeCarlo ■ VP, Consumer Marketing For example, if we for a long time in the Tom Wiandt ■ Director, Business Planning Sara Dumford ■ Conference Director want to build a dove- hopes of it paying off Linda Engel ■ Circulation Director tailed blanket chest, we “The significant problems we face big in the end. Susan Rose ■ Newsstand Director decide it’s time to learn I’m proud to say Michael Kushner ■ Director, Digital Media Solutions to cut dovetails, even if cannot be solved at the same level that Woodworking Debbie Thomas ■ Production Coordinator we’ve never picked up a of thinking we were at Magazine started life SUBSCRIPTION rates: A year’s subscription (4 issues) is $19.96. In dovetail saw or used a in 2004 by making Canada: Add $5 for postage & handling (includes GST/HST). Outside the U.S. and Canada: Add $10 for postage & handling and remit payment dovetail jig. 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Or call toll-free 1-800-283-3542 First you need to learn how handsaws work, never done in this industry). or 386-597-4322. Include your address with all inquiries. Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. how to pick the right tool and how to hold it. Then But now, thanks to you, we are ready to move BACK ISSUES: Back issues are available. For pricing you start by sawing a board in half, cutting some into the next phase. With this issue, we are now information or to order, call 800-258-0929, visit our web site at woodworking-magazine.com or send tenons and half-lap joints and learning exactly a quarterly magazine, and we are now happy to check or money order to : Woodworking Magazine Back Issues, F+W Publications Products, 700 E. State where the kerf of each of your saws will fall so sell you a subscription (call 800-283-3542 or St., Iola, WI 54990. Please specify Woodworking you can split a knife line. visit woodworking-magazine.com). Magazine and issue date. ©2008 If all those tasks sound difficult, you’ve prob- It has been a bit of a twisty path for all of us ably never done them. Cutting simple joints with these last few years, but we’ve ended up in the Highly Recommended a sharp saw is easy and satisfying work. You just right place at the right time. It is a lot like that have to know where to begin. And once you begin fateful trip I took with Steve in 2002. Despite all I’ve long been a fan of the 6" Starrett 4R ruler, in the right place, the path is easy to follow. our trekking on the back roads, despite all the but after continued use, I now like the Bridge It’s like being on an interstate instead of pok- four-way stops in tiny towns, we made it to our City SR-6 ruler better. The SR-6 ($16.95, ing through the back woods, I reminded Steve destination in West Virginia and shaved nearly bridgecitytools.com or 800-253-3332) reads (who smirked at my remark). 45 minutes off the time it would have taken us left-to-right on one face and right-to-left As we drove on, we tried to figure out what on the interstate. on the other. That’s nice for adjusting your we could do to help beginning woodworkers Steve had been down this road before. WM machines when you need to set a fence. The learn the craft in an orderly way, and to help ruler has gradations on each end, and I think intermediate woodworkers fill in the aston- it’s easier to read than the Starrett. ishing gaps in their knowledge because they — Christopher Schwarz are self-taught. So Steve and I decided to start this magazine. And after more than a year of Christopher Schwarz thinking and plotting, we published our first Editor woodworking-magazine.com ■ 1 Letters ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAYES SHANESY What are the Pitfalls to with a sliding table. Also, the 1-hp machines stall Working in an Unheated Shop? a lot less than the smaller units.
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