The Woodworker Magazine Aug-18 Back Issue

The August issue of The Woodworker incorporating Good Woodworking is hot off the press and is sure to appeal to all woodworkers, regardless of your preferred discipline. In our projects and turning section, Shaun Newman brings us the first part of his series on making an early Viennese guitar in the style of Johann Georg Staufer; Colin Simpson turns a lovely end-grain bowl from a piece of mulberry; Ben Hackney builds a custom tool rack tailored to his specific needs; your postie will appreciate Phil Davy’s outdoor mailbox; Glenn Perry shows us a simple and stylish solution for holding a recipe book while you cook; and Les Thorne makes a natural-edge goblet using gifted walnut. In terms of techniques, Dave Roberts meets rustic furniture maker Lynne Cavalot; John Bullar looks at using router jigs for dovetails and mortise & tenon joints in furniture making; and Peter Bishop demonstrates a number of different techniques for preserving timber. Moving on to our exciting features section, John Greeves talks to Mark Griffin about the making of a Gentleman’s chair; we learn more about what makes Axminster Tools & Machinery’s flagship Nuneaton store a mecca for woodworkers; in ‘Archive’, Robin Gates looks at a revolving bookstand from the March 1924 edition of The Woodworker. In terms of additional content, we have a fantastic competition from Woodworkers Workshop, which gives you the opportunity to win 1 of 3 sets of Peter Sefton’s Ultimate Bandsaw DVD Collection - worth £49.97 - and don’t forget to keep sending in your top workshop hints or tips, as you could be in with a chance of getting your hands on a magnificent Veritas low-angle jack plane, worth over £250. You can also find your usual favourite pages among all this great content, including news and courses, welcome, marketplace, next month and letters. All this and much more in the August issue of The Woodworker incorporating Good Woodworking, which is now on sale!