In Tommy Mac & Rough Cut, Glen interviews Tommy MacDonald, host of PBSs latest woodworking show, Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac. Glen meets Tommy behind the scenes and gets some insight into his show and host.
Amaze your friends with quadrilateral and rising dovetails after you read The Impossitails Zone by Roy Underhill. Roy shows you how to lay out and cut these intriguing joints.
Jeff Miller shows you how to make nine clever and useful tools out of scrap plane parts in New Uses for Old Handplanes.
Willard Andersons Build a Shapely Bowsaw teaches you how to make a bowsaw that has proper tapered handle holes. This makes this saw period-correct.
Managing Editor Megan Fitzpatrick builds a simple tool tote for this issues I Can Do That project.
This months Tool test features a review of Bosch’s new Random-orbit Sander, Benchcrafted Double Screw Moxon Vise, and a Senco 18 gauge Cordless Brad Nailer.
In Arts & Mysteries, Adam Cherubini finishes a two part series on how to Keep Your Edges Sharp.
Bob Flexner discusses making your own Wiping Varnish and, as well as four methods to apply the versatile finish.
Elia Bizzarri explains in End Grains how perseverance (and a crazy mom) can help you land an apprenticeship. Plus On the Level, Letters, Tricks of the Trade, and a Glossary of woodworking terms used in the issue.
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