The Woodworker Magazine May 2021 Zurück Ausgabe

In our May issue, we finally unveil the winners of the Alan Peters Online Furniture Award 2021 as well as bringing you the usual mix of projects, technical articles, features and tests, plus a brand-new competition

PROJECTS & TURNING
• EVIE’S BOX: Geoff Ryan makes a miniature chest of drawers for his granddaughter
• HAT-MAKING – PART 1: Andrew Hall begins with timber prep for hat blanks before explaining the process for producing your own headwear
• HOMESCHOOLING PROJECT: Beth Pim-Keirle makes a simple toy boat using a scrap of softwood and a piece of dowel
• DIP PEN WAND: Combining various projects and requiring the use of multiple turning techniques, Philip Bradley shares the design for his unique dip pen wand
NAUTILUS TABLE: Fibonacci may be the aesthete’s golden boy, but Mark Griffiths believes the eye can do a better job
• TURNED BALLS: Les Thorne relies on hand/eye coordination and a couple of jigs to turn his balls round

TECHNICAL
• WOODWORKER’S ENCYCLOPEDIA: As Peter Bishop ventures on, he expounds on the subject of nails to some length, and ends up about to break through to the Os
• SHARPENING: Tony ‘Bodger’ Scott takes a sideways look at sharpening

FEATURES
• ARCHIVE: Robin Gates confesses to flat-packed furniture then finds a forgiving message in the fretwork of a book table from The Woodworker of February 1927
• THE BEST OF BRITISH DESIGN & MAKING: We finally unveil the winners of this annual award and their fantastic pieces, alongside an online ceremony and virtual exhibition, organised by Jeremy Broun
• GREAT MAKERS: Simon Frost looks at the work of the ‘Father of Art Furniture’ Wendell Castle, who continued to push the boundaries of functional design over four decades

We hope you enjoy the May 2021 issue of The Woodworker & Good Woodworking, which is now on sale! Pick up your copy today, or why not subscribe? https://bit.ly/2La5rwZ