Woodworking Crafts Magazine Issue 085 Zurück Ausgabe

In issue 85 of Woodworking Crafts you’ll find plenty to inspire and inform your crafts. In Projects, Riccardo Paoletti uses the kumiko technique to make a panelled table lamp; Charles Mak makes a batch of animal-themed door stops; Mark Palma brings a modern approach to the traditional five-board bench; Kevin Alviti builds a new chicken coop; Louise Biggs restores a tea caddy; Amber Bailey uses her treadle fretsaw to produce a set of marquetry cameos; Michael Pekovich builds a wall cabinet with simple joinery; Anthony Bailey makes a solitaire board; Alan Holtham designs a freestanding vanity basin unit; Fred and Julie Byrne use their scrollsaw to turn a photo into a piece of art; Anthony Bailey uses his routing skills to make a classic three-legged stool; and Walter Hall makes two nest boxes for garden birds.

In our Techniques articles, Derek Jones demonstrates making sliding dovetails on the router table; and Jim Hooker considers the magic of working with hand tools.

In Features, we celebrate the winners of the Wood Awards and the Heritage Crafts Woodworker of the Year; Dave Western researches the history of Welsh lovespoons; we learn about the remarkable life and work of carver Ronald Ellis, aka The Aeroplane Man; we mark the Chinese year of the dragon with a showcase of wooden dragons; and we learn about Wasteless Wonderland, a collaboration between Hemingway Design and Emmaus Bolton that highlighted the importance of reusing materials in furniture.

All this and more in issue 85 of Woodworking Crafts!