Wood Profile: Sycamore: The Ghost Of
The Bottomland
This robust North American species once provided the wood for fur
traders’ canoes, manufacturers’ crates, cigar boxes, and barrels.
Craftsman Close-Up: Grand Turnings On A Small Scale
Meet Washington state’s Bonnie Klein, an enterprising woodturner who
developed her lathe design and
knack for turning miniatures into a successful small business.
Carving: Hand-Carved Cookie Molds
Make cookies the old-fashioned way with our cookie-board design, eight
low-relief mold patterns, and Better Homes and Gardens recipe.
Shop-Tested Techniques: Cabriole Legs
Master the shaping of elegant cabriole legs by using our detailed
step-by-step instructions and patterns. You’ll be amazed at how easy
it is.
Now You Can Build It: Cabriole Leg Coffee Table
Add a distinctive air to your living room with this striking Queen
Anne cabriole-leg project. Or, better yet, build a roomful of the
furniture.
Wood Magazine Goes To Finishing School
Travel with Senior Editor Pete Stephano as he visits a Minnesota
technical school to uncover the secrets of fine furniture finishing.
Acrylic-Impregnated Wood
Learn about a unique process to harden and preserve even the softest
of woods for such projects as pistol grips and knife handles.
Family Heirloom Project: Charming Cheval Mirror
Build this handsome full-length tilting mirror for your bedroom or
some other room in the home, and then tip your hat to the able
woodworker reflected in it.
Tool Buymanship: Airbrushes
You can breeze through the finishing of spindles, slats, intricate
pieces, and small projects with one of these under-appreciated
applicators.
Collector’s Edition: Scratch Awl…A Craftsman’s Marking Tool
The next time you need to scribe a line on wood or mark a screw hole,
do it in style with this finely crafted hand tool.
The Craft Shop: Country Quilt Hanger
With this on-wall shelf project, you can display Grandma’s colorful
patchwork where the whole family can enjoy it.
Winter Wonderland
You can almost feel Jack Frost nipping at the nose of the kids in this
delightful 3-D scrollsaw scene.
It’s A Grand Old Flag
Salute Old Glory by crafting and painting a wall plaque of our beloved
flag, using the full-sized pattern inside.
Simply Stated Shaker Wall Clock
At the end of a hallway, or on a dining room wall, this timeless
timepiece will surely attract its share of admirers.
