Woodsmith

Every project featured in Woodsmith contains detailed, step-by-step illustrations and clearly written instructions to guide you through each stage of construction — whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned woodworker. Plus, you’ll get practical, hands-on information covering woodworking techniques, tools, and tips.

from the editor Sawdust

SHANNON ROGERS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Woodsmith

READER’S Tips

SUBMIT A TIP TO WIN

QUICK TIPS

Flush Trim Bits

SPIRAL DOWNCUT BITS

Intro to SketchUp

Coffee Accessories • This small trio of java accessories make the perfect gifts for the coffee lovers in your life, or to build for yourself.

STOPPED SLOT FOR MUG STEM

FILTER STAND DETAILS

Carved Pub Signs • Carving these signs will flex your woodcarving muscles. Three different signs, three ways to create them. Before long you’ll be creating signs with your own vision.

CARVING FROM BACK TO FRONT

TOOL SUGGESTIONS & PAINT COLORS • All the carving tools shown to the left are Pfiel Swiss made. They’re used on all the signs. The milk paints are from General Finishes.

Campeche Chair • Combine centuries of solid service, with an elegantly simple design, and you get this — a chair from the Caribbean that’s loved by all.

Small-Scale Home Office • This sleek and modern desk and wall shelf combo is the perfect workstation that the whole family can share, anywhere in the house.

Mortising Machine • Turn your router into a high-end joinery machine. A smooth-sliding carriage and secure workholding ensure accuracy and increased control.

Hand Sawing Techniques

A Fresh Angle on Tilted Tenons

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