Quercus Magazine Mar/Apr 22 Retour à l'édition précédente

The Quercus March/April 2022 issue (QM11) pays homage to the famous chairmaker, and the magazine’s co-founder, John Brown, with tributes from well-known woodworkers worldwide, including Christopher Schwarz, Chris Williams, Drew Langsner and Kenneth Kortemeier, and the lessons they learned from John. In the second instalment of our exclusive interview, Paul Sellers shares why he loves the unsung router plane, a much-maligned hand-tool. Other hand-tool special features include the flattening of plane soles with Robin Gates; Ben Law’s woodland devices for greenwoodworking ;and how to make a wooden scrub plane. Learn about the new Veritas Short-Blade Honing Guide, and what makes the Surform a Classic Tool.

Contents
Discover the tale behind the new online woodworking community, BenchTalk101
What’s so good about a scrub plane, and how to make one with Mitch Peacock
Tribute to the late, great chairmaker John Brown, with contributions from around the world
Ben Law unveils the devices he uses for greenwoodworking
Learn how to add texture to the outside of carved spoons and bowl with Matt Day
Two ways of checking assemblies for square
The making of a garden workshop
How to flatten the soles of wooden and metal planes
The new Veritas Short-Blade Honing Guide unearthed
How to choose a sharpening stone
Bill Ratcliffe identifies rare species of wood
Lust over drawknives made by Benjamin Bartalesi in Italy