Woodcraft Magazine

If you’ve been reading the magazine, you’ve seen Rob Spiece share his expertise on making small boxes, flattening slabs, recovering from woodworking mistakes, and more. This issue’s contributions (Flame Finish, p. 54; Teaching Table, p. 36, 10 Tips f

West Coast furniture maker and woodworking teacher Jory Brigham has a modern take on nostalgia. He designs pieces with mid-century flair and the idea that furniture should last. And Jory believes that anyone can find their individual style. You just

Bessey GearKlamp Traditional F-style clamps are a fixture in most woodshops for good reason. Thanks to their stone-simple design, these clamps reliably deliver pressure wherever it’s needed—most of the time. Whether you own a few clamps, or your coll

TOP TIP When making shelves and small table tops, I like to radius the corners for both aesthetics and safety. I find that the most efficient and consistent way to do it is using a template on a table router outfitted with a flush-trim bit. A pair of

What’s it take to make a table top? You just edge-glue a few boards together, sand ‘em, and there you go, right? Not so fast. Not if you want something that looks great and represents quality workmanship. After all, a table’s top is its most prominen

At the JD Lohr School of Woodworking, we use this hall table project as a vehicle to teach fundamental approaches to furniture making. By building this piece, you’ll learn a slew of great techniques that will give you a jump start in your woodworking

With a little bit of walnut and maple, you can craft a cutting board that’s sure to be a big hit with any football fan. Cutting the cross stitch slots in the joining halves of the football blank involve a technique that is similar to making finger jo

The Japanese call it shou sugi ban. It translates to “burned cypress plank,” and is a traditional approach to treating home siding in Japan. Charring the surface of the wood creates a beautiful black finish that protects not only against rot, but als

Is it possible to simultaneously feel as if you own too many and too few clamps? If your clamps are piled more than a few steps away from your assembly table, then you already know the truth behind this woodworking paradox. When a glue-up goes smooth

It’s a joy to use a chisel with a razor-sharp edge, and a tragedy when a perfect edge gets ruined by an accidental drop or ding. WoodRiver chisel guards provide cheap insurance against damage. For less than ten bucks, you get a set of ten guards that

Dave and I had just sat down for our usual bagels, coffee, and conversation at the local diner. He was looking pretty good, considering his recent treatment for a tenacious form of brain cancer detected a few months earlier. This tough old ex-Navy pi