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The November issue of F&C kicks off with Derek Jones’ oriental ancestor shelf, before Peter Sefton shares his tips on keeping your planer in shape and Colin Sullivan shows us how to make an improved shoot board for the workshop. Other technical articles include Charles Mak’s guide to steam-iron bending, Rob Stoakley attends a demonstration by master saw sharpener Nagatsu-san and Geoffrey Laycock shows us how he went about fettling the Record 020 compass plane. In our design & inspiration section this month we have part 2 of our ‘tools for design’ series, where Tony Wills shares his experiences and tips on getting the best from the design process, and we also have a profile on Italian architect Guglielmo Ulrich. We then spend 20 minutes finding out more about Russian conservator and restorer of antique furniture Yuri Karpov and bring you details of an exquisite 17th-century masterpiece, on our ‘under the hammer – furniture’ page. As well as all this, we also have your favourite pages including F&CUK and readers’ letters, workshop library and editor’s choice, as well as the 2013 F&C survey, which gives you a chance to have your say as to what you like and don’t like about the magazine. All this and more in issue 211!