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Congats to Mark Laub, Winner of our Cabinet Contest

Fine Woodworking Editors, editor | November 6th, 2009

Congrats to the winners of our Cure for the Common Cabinet Contest: Mark Laub of Minneapolis, Minn., Bob Abbott of Lake Oswego, Ore., Michael Singer of Felton, Calif., and Craig Hopson of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Free Handplane Book Download for Online Members

Gina Eide, editor | November 6th, 20091 comment

FineWoodworking.com launched a brand-new homepage for Online Members today. It’s designed to help members find out about the benefits of membership. This month Fine Woodworking is offering...

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Fine Homebuilding Kitchen Island Gallery Contest

Ed Pirnik, editor | November 4th, 2009

Fine Homebuilding's latest gallery challenge is calling all woodworkers.

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Cutting Monster Slab Lumber

Patrick McCombe, contributor | November 4th, 2009

Ever wonder how to cut huge logs into 3- and 4-foot wide slabs? This might explain it.

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Brad Smith: Story of a Stool

Jon Binzen, contributor | November 3rd, 20092 comments

Brad Smith has been making his line of farm-inspired furniture for 25 years, and along the way he's developed a shop full of clever jigs for making the pieces quickly and efficiently. This audio slide show highlights many of them as it follows Smith building a stool.

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Stanley Works Acquires Black & Decker for $4.5 billion

Anatole Burkin, editor | November 2nd, 20095 comments

The Stanley Works and Black & Decker have merged.

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Long Reach Drill/Driver

Bricofleur -, contributor | November 2nd, 2009

Here are two shopmade long reach drill/drivers ready to help and work hard to drill or drive in hard-to-reach tight and narrow spots.

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Creating Orthographic View Drawings

David Richards, contributor | November 2nd, 2009

Often it is useful to have the standard orthographic views of your model. There are several ways you can do this in SketchUp. You could create separate scenes using the standard ortho views and...

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Alan Peters, 1933-2009

Stephen Scott, contributor | November 2nd, 20095 comments

English Furniture Maker was living link to Britain's Arts & Crafts Movement

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Dimensioning Multiple Views of a Component

Tim Killen, contributor | November 1st, 20092 comments

Dave Richards and I have covered multiple ways of handling dimensioning in several previous blog entries. One difference is my low frequency use of layers while dimensioning, and Dave's more liberal...

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End mills vs. router bits for mortising

Rob Porcaro, contributor | November 1st, 20093 comments

Consider end mills as an alternative to spiral router bits for mortising with a router.

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I Might Have the Answer You Need

Betsy Engel, contributor | November 1st, 20091 comment

I answer the phones at the Fine Woodworking editorial office. It’s fun.

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Vote for the Winner of Our Latest Gallery Challenge!

Fine Woodworking Editors, editor | October 29th, 20094 comments

Our cabinet contest has come to a close but there's still work to be done. Vote for the winner from among our 15 finalists.

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Make a Bed in 60 Seconds

Matt Berger, editor | October 28th, 20092 comments

Well, not exactly. Catch this quick silent film where I assembled my 'Morris' bed and finish it off with sheets and pillow cases in the conclusion of my Video Workshop, How to Build a Bed

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The Workbench of a Lifetime

Tom McKenna, contributor | October 27th, 20091 comment

Check out Garrett Hack's new workbench, a thoughtful design based on 30 years of woodworking experience. Watch the video, read the article, buy the plans.

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Norm Abram at Old Sturbridge Village

Patrick McCombe, contributor | October 26th, 2009103 comments

Norm dedicates a new exhibit at Old Sturbridge Village and talks about woodworking, his life, and his plans for the future.

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Spalt Your Own Lumber: Optimizing fungal growth

Sara Robinson, contributor | October 25th, 20098 comments

Fungi grow in specific directions in wood. By optimizing your placement of mushrooms you can speed the spalting process.

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UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Modern Cabinet Work by Percy A. Wells and John Hooper

Betsy Engel, contributor | October 25th, 200993 comments

Find out who won a copy of Modern Cabinet Work

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Making the Bonnet for a Highboy

Tim Killen, contributor | October 25th, 20092 comments

How do you go about creating the bonnet on a highboy which includes that curved molding? The following are steps I used recently. Nothing too unusual for SketchUp, however it requires a few Follow Me...

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