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Turning
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Shop Class Lesson
Calculating Board Feet
Calculating Board Feet
LESSON 3: Learn how to determine the amount of lumber required for a project as generated by the parts listed in the material list.
Featured Technique
Get the Pressure in the Right Spot
Get the Pressure in the Right Spot
If you want a successful glue-up, it's very important that you get the clamp pressure in exactly the right spot.
Finishing 101
Rubbing Out: The Final Step to a Great Finish
Rubbing Out: The Final Step to a Great Finish
You can rub out all types of film forming finishes, including shellac, lacquer, oil based varnish and polyurethane, waterbased coatings and catalyzed or conversion coatings. There are three strong reasons for doing so.
Woodworking
Term of the Day
Knot
Defect in lumber created where a branch was attached to the tree
Wood of the Week
Redwood
Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens

Woodworking Blog
Hough’s American Woods

During a recent visit to the library at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the librarian was kind enough to show me their collection of Hough's American Woods.

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Featured Woodworker
John Thoe: How Woodworking Edged Out Knitting
Sometimes you hear the strange
Carving
Organized Graffiti: (Carving) Knives to the Walls
Organized Graffiti: (Carving) Knives to the Walls
Since 1923, over 3,000 students at the Belmont Hill School have picked up a chisel & created the 12" x 12" carved panel that's part of their graduation requirements.
Marquetry
Mastering Marquetry
Mastering Marquetry
Anderson Ranch Arts Center has a "great atmosphere, to be with all these inspired and inspiring people," says Woodworker's Journal apprentice LiLi Jackson.

Turning
Betty's Lathe Sanding Secrets
Betty's Lathe Sanding Secrets
Can't afford your own personal shop "sanding sherpa"? The next best option is to follow our author's tips on minimizing sanding misery.
Scroll Sawing
Danish vs. Tung Oil on Scroll Sawings
Danish vs. Tung Oil on Scroll Sawings
I am retired, and my hobby is cutting out figures on a scroll saw. I pour Danish oil into a shallow pan and immerse the items for a few minutes.

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