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The Lacewood Box
by Don Phillips
Presented with a highly figured piece of Brazilian Lacewood, Don chose to make a box with a framed construction, using the light-coloured less figured wood of the frame to accentuate the colour and pattern of the Lacewood panels.

The First Big Turning Job - Empress Shotoku's Pagodas
by Mike Darlow
Over a thousand years ago a Japanese Empress ordered one million of these pagodas, some of which survive today. Designed to conceal a prayer scroll, they are a challenging woodturning project with great care required to achieve consistent results, particularly when turning the spire-stopper.

The Wooden Cross Puzzle 1
by Richard Collins
The Cross Puzzle is a simple design. Two pieces of wood are locked together in what appears to be a halving joint. However, there is a trick to pulling them apart. Richard describes how to make the traditional version of the puzzle, which can sometimes be disassembled by luck as much as logic. He then describes a more complex locking mechanism which is much harder to guess.

Other Features

New Products

Book Reviews
Laminated Wood Art Made Easy
by Stephen Carey
The New Bandsaw Book
by David Picciuto

Issue Number 190

December 2016

Features

Geoff Hannah's Chinoiserie Cabinet 2016
After 2000 hours of work, Geoff Hannah's latest cabinet has had its official unveiling. Done in the Chinoiserie style, it contains the incredible detail, master craftsmanship and multitude of drawers and compartments that have become the hallmark of his cabinets (another cabinet appeared in AWW #152).

Geoff Hannah - The Book
Geoffrey Hannah, Never a less likely bloke, is a book just released on Geoff’s life and work.

Club Drumbeat
Albury-Wodonga Woodcrafters Inc (NSW/VIC), Bellarine Woodworkers Inc (VIC) and the Waverley Woodworkers Inc (VIC). 20 Gallery Jeff Fraser’s unconventional spoons.

Shingles for St Stephen's Chapel, Brisbane
by Stan & Noelene Ceglinski
Having learnt his skills from traditional bush craftsmen, Stan finds his services in demand for new buildings as well as conservation projects. A hail storm in 2016 gave Stan a rare opportunity to work on the same roof twice, having re-roofed St Stephen's Chapel 25 years earlier.

Vale Alan Wale
Having spent his working life in woodworking and teaching, Alan Wale is best remembered for his role in extablishing the Sturt School of Wood in Mittagong NSW.

Timberbits - Much More than Pens and Clocks
Started in 2008 when its owner was seeking a better range of pen kits, Timberbits has grown into a major supplier of a wide range of woodworking tools and consumables.

Failure of Exterior Clear Coatings
by Dave Giddings
After many years of selling exterior and wet area coatings, Dave has a number of tips on how to avoid early failure of the finish on your woodwoorking projects.

Learning about Routers - 8
This issue we introduce the router table and the use of routers for making dovetails and box joints.

Projects

Sputnik Urchin (Pyrography)
by Carolyn McCully
The shell of a Sputnik Urchin proves to be an interesting pyrography subject, full of detail accentuated by strong light contrasts.

Improved Panel Clamping Jig
by Steve McMartin
Designed for gluing up laminated box panels and other small to medium sized objects, this jig will accommodate a wider range of sizes as well as non-rectangular shapes, compared to a conventional movable fence jig.

Turned Drawer Knobs with a Lag Screw Fixing
by Mike Darlow
Sometimes a broken drawer knob is indicative of a design problem and the best solution is a new approach. Rather than turn new knobs to suit the original weak wooden screw fixing, Mike adapted the knob profile to suit a steel lag screw.

Pair of Viking Chairs
by John Swinkels
Known by several names including plank chairs and stargazer chairs, these items are relatively simple to make and offer a good project to be done in conjunction with children or grandchildren. More challenging is the folding footstool which John machines from a single thick board, using a jigsaw, chisel and resawing bandsaw.

Notes on Woodturning Part 31 - Turning a Fruit Stand
by John Ewart
This three piece stand requires two faceplate turnings and a between-centres turning. Unlike a cake stand which would have a flat top, this item has a dished top surface which requires the construction of an accurate friction plate.

Carving Lovespoons - 2 Celtic-Knot-Heart Panel Lovespoon
by David Stanley
Having introduced lovespoons last issue and provided a beginner's project, David now moves on to a much more challenging design. This lovespoon incorporates a number of features that can be omitted or simplified if required to suit the reader’s skill level.

The Wooden Cross Puzzle - 2
by Richard Collins
Did you make the Cross Puzzle from last issue? Did any of your friends work out how to separate the two pieces? Richard discusses variations to the Puzzle which will stump all but the most determined puzzle solvers.

Market Wares - 19 Chunky Serviette Rings
by Alexander Brown
This idea makes good use of the leftover board material found in most workshops.

Other Features

New Products

Book Reviews
Geoffrey Hannah - Never a less likely bloke
by Meg Heggen

DVD Review
Finger Joints on the Table Saw
by Hendrik Varju

Issue Number 191

February 2017

Features

Club Drumbeat
West Australian Guild of Woodcarvers, Maryborough Woodturners and Woodcraftsmen Guild Inc (QLD) and the Swan Group of the Woodturners Association of Western Australia.

MakerSpace & Co, Marrickville NSW
In a large warehouse in Sydney's inner suburbs, an exciting venture celebrates its first anniversary. MakerSpace is providing hobbyist and commercial woodworkers with a very well-equipped and managed facility where they can explore their potential and improve their skills.

The Australian Woodturning Exhibition 2016
by Rachelle Leaver
While the number and overall quality of entries continues to improve each year in this national competition, a highlight of the 2016 event was the skill of some of the newcomers and intermediate turners which certainly attracted a lot of attention.

Trend Improves the Airshield Pro Respirator
Available from a number of stockists, the new improved Airshield is one of the products that Trend UK representatives will be demonstrating in Melbourne in early February.

Choosing Plywoods
by Dave Giddings
As well as selling exterior and wet area coatings, Dave also stocks plywood. In this article he covers what to look for when sorting out the good stock from the bad, for your next project.

Good Ideas & Short Cuts
Recycling plastic supermarket fruit jars as handy storage containers, a technique for removing broken dowels and trophy label displays made from offcuts.

Projects

Making a Wheel Back Double Bow Windsor Chair - 1
by Phillip Spencer
Working from a James Mursell plan, Phillip builds an English style Windsor Chair which incorporates bows for both the arms and the back, plus bent wood for the arm supports. The construction of the chair involves the steam bending of wood, the use of uncommon tools such as the scorp, travisher and rounding plane, and the accurate drilling of holes at compound angles.

Turning Wooden Funnels
by Mike Darlow
While we are used to funnels made from plastic and metal, they were once commonly made from wood. Mike shows how to turn your own so that you will always have a funnel of the right size to use.

Reel Time Clock
by Bob Aitken
Working with old, but readily available, Bakelite fishing reels made by Australian manufacturer, Alvey, Bob shows how you can turn one of them into a working wooden reel plus an attractive fisherman's timepiece.

One of the Locals (Magpie)
by Carolyn McCully
Carolyn burns a pyrographic image of one of our best known local birds, the Australian Magpie.

Notes on Woodturning Part 32 - The Spoon Foot Leg
by John Ewart
If you wish to make a table or chair with cabriole legs, there are a variety of shapes to choose from. One of the easiest to make is the spoon foot or club foot leg because it is fully turned, using two centres. John shows you how to do it.

Carving and Painting an Eastern Rosella (Parrot)
by Frank Rowe
Through his AWW articles, Frank is known for his bird carvings. Usually they are carved and then detailed with pyrography, but the bright colours of the Eastern Rosella demanded a departure from Frank’s usual approach. This bird is fully coloured, though he explains that he found painting a carving much easier than painting an image of a bird.

The Wooden Cross Puzzle - 3
by Richard Collins
Having detailed the Cross Puzzle in differing levels of difficulty over the last two issues, Richard now applies his ingenious locking mechanisms to a variety of other puzzles including Locked Blocks, Cylinder in a Block, Ball in a Cage and a couple of Locked Boxes.

Beginners’ Series #43 Bathroom Stool, an Easy Project
This sturdy, lightweight bathroom stool is proof that you can make a useful piece of furniture without having to machine (ie. rip, plane or thickness) stock that is bought from the timberyard. Made from Western Red Cedar, it uses only stock sizes and (if you wish) can be made entirely with handtools.

Market Wares - 20 Two Quick Projects
by Alan Boston
Having noticed painted mountains being sold as a nursery decoration, Alan developed his own design using contrasting woods. Simple photo holders are another budget item in his range.

Other Features

New Products

Book Reviews
The Fundamentals of Segmented Wood Turning
by James Rodgers
Classic Whittling
by Rick Wiebe
20-Minute Whittling Projects
by Tom Hindes

DVD Review
Making Tapered Table Legs
by Hendrik Varju

Issue Number 192

April 2017

Features

Exploring Surface Decoration
by Ernie Newman
Ernie's interest in making wooden bowties has led to a colourful collection of wood treatments and effects. In this article Ernie presents 40 different bowties and their finishes.

Gallery
John Meikle's platform rocking chair and the Lockyer Woodcrafters Group’s wedding goblets.

Club Drumbeat
Bunbury Woodturners Group (WA), Cairns and District Woodworkers Guild Inc (QLD), and the Woodturners of the Hunter.

The Picador Pup
by John Hamilton
John has restored a Picador Pup, an all-in-one woodworking machine produced in the UK from the 1950s, designed to be powered by a separate electric motor.

USER REPORT -
Wood Craft Supplies Spiral Cutter Torque Wrench
by Albert Browne
If you've ever been concerned about whether you are setting the individual cutters on your spiral cutter block too tight or not tight enough, then you'll be pleased to know that Wood Craft Supplies sell a torque wrench for this specific purpose.

A Special Exhibition
by Paul Gregson (Assoc. Editor)
In August last year at the Lismore Regional Art Gallery, there was an exhibition of work by students of Geoff Hannah.

Made in England
With a company history over 100 years old and having been the subject of a management buyout in 2003, Record Power is on track to return the design and where practical, the manufacture of its products to the United Kingdom.

Projects

The Molinillo
by Mike Darlow
If your chocolate pot is missing its molinillo, Mike shows you how to turn one.

Giant Turned Wooden Hand
by Mike Boyle
Woodturning isn't often used for large outdoor sculptures, but to make this three metre long hand, artist Mike Boyle and numerous woodturners from the Blue Mountains Woodturners used a combination of turning and carving.

Make Your Own Wooden Clamp
by Lance Winter
Using tight straight grained timber, you can make a number of these handy glue-up clamps to suit your specific needs without breaking the bank. While there is a fair amount of work involved in producing just one, making them in batches should be quicker and more efficient.

My Old Girl (Dog)
by Carolyn McCully
Previously the subject of Carolyn's A Boy and His Dog (AWW #137 Feb 2008), Dingus is now 14 years old. Carolyn burnt this image to keep as a momento of her loyal companion. It uses a (burnt) shaded background behind the detail of the coat while the white fur is done in pencil, providing an interesting combination of pyrography and pencil.

Notes on Woodturning Part 33 - Turning a Wooden Wall Hook
by John Ewart
These simple but elegant 'round button' wall hooks will suit a variety of home decorating styles and are relatively easy to turn on the lathe.

Tilt Skittles
by Aaron Ehrlich
A variant on table skittles, this game uses a spinning top instead of a swinging ball to knock the skittles down. To control the top, the playing table is sprung and can be tilted as desired. The game is fun to play and makes good use of items from your scrap box.

A Smaller Version
by Harry Ellis
Harry resolves a number of challenges in making this 'onion and potato' cupboard to match an existing post-War sideboard. He uses hand tools almost exclusively, but a number of his comments apply to furniture making generally.

Making a Wheel Back Double Bow Windsor Chair - 2
by Phillip Spencer
Working from a James Mursell plan, Phillip finishes his English style Windsor Chair in American Ash and Mahogany by fitting the back bow and associated spindles.

Market Wares - 21. Pen & Pencil Trays
by Alex Bartman
With a flat-bottomed bowl tray router bit, portable router and a homemade jig, you can convert scrap boards into handy pen and pencil trays quickly and easily.

Other Features

New Products

Book Reviews
Big Book of Pyrography Projects
by Editors of Pyrography Magazine
Making Wooden Gear Clocks
by Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking

Issue Number 193

June 2017

Features

Pegasus - a Kinetic Sculpture
by Bob Hains
Made for the Brisbane City Council Recycled Art Competition 2016, this 800mm long horse with an 1100mm wingspan has a moving head, tail, legs and wings, all driven by cogs and levers running off a single motor.

Accoya® - acetylated Radiata Pine for exterior applications
Very dimensionally stable and rot-resistant, this unique product, processed in The Netherlands and readily available here in Australia, opens up a wide range of applications for timber in exterior and wet area projects.

Club Drumbeat
Knox and District Woodworkers' Club (VIC), Fine Woodwork Association (WA) Inc and Bayside Woodturners and Woodcrafters (QLD).

USER REPORT - Trend UNIBASE
by Alexander Black
Don’t throw your older model router away just because you can’t find a guide bush to fit it. Trend UK manufacture a universal sub-base pre-drilled to fit most makes and models of router, and designed to accept Trend UK's large range of accessories.

Gallery
Les Morrison's monster wooden toy tractor is two metres long and weighs 300kg. Peter Fogelman appreciates the use of wood rather than plastic for his back scratchers and John Hamilton displays his Honduras Mahogany utensils and chain.

A Big Lathe
As mentioned in John Ewart's article in this issue, Courtney Williams from Williams Woodturning in Brookvale, Sydney, uses a ‘massive lathe’ to produce his long architectural turnings.

Projects

Notes on Woodturning Part 34 - Split Turnings
by John Ewart
Split turnings offer a solution to a variety of woodturning applications including half-round columns and hollow columns. John describes the making of half round columns for an extended Honour Board.

Precision Planing with Jigs
by Richard Collins
Richard introduces a couple of jigs that he uses to accurately plane rectangular and trapezoidal cross sectional pieces for his projects.

Making a Box Book
by John Swinkels
These attractive and practical box-like books are a good project for introducing your children or grandchildren to the fun of woodworking.

The Camera Clock
by Don Phillips
Technology moves at such a pace that you might have to build this clock quickly before your children forget what a digital camera looks likes. Don describes a trio of homemade jigs that can be used for almost any clock you can imagine.

A Rolling Stool for the Workshop
by John Swinkels
John builds a turned stool from offcuts and four casters. In addition to being practical, the stool is compact enough to store away when not in use.

The Waiter and the Pirate
by Aaron Ehrlich
As an exercise in microturning, Aaron converted two flexible plain wooden dolls into items that are a lot more interesting and colourful.

Router-based Finger Jointer
by John Hamilton
Developed and built by John many years ago, this finger jointer is still a useful and effective machine for accurately cutting a series of finger joints using a portable router or trimmer.

Cow Skull
by Carolyn McCully
An iconic rural image, the cow skull is a useful pyrography pattern for anything with a country and western theme. In addition to working through the differing textures of the horns and the skull, Carolyn describes how to draw straight lines with your pen and burn a wide dark border.

Market Wares # 22 - Small Chalk Board
by Don Phillips
A chalk board is relatively simple to make and useful for parents with young children, fellow market stallholders and people with small retail businesses. Children can draw on it for hours without wasting paper and retailers can set up signage without a power outlet nearby.

Beginner Series #44 - A Simple Mitre Jig
Jigs allow you to greatly extend the versatility of your existing power tools and machinery. Some can be store-bought but most can be made inexpensively in the workshop from offcuts. They may take a little time to make, but carefully stored and operated, they can last a very long time. We look at a simple mitre jig for the table saw which will greatly improve the accuracy and speed of your mitre joints for picture framing.

Other Features

New Products

Book Reviews
Hardwood Edging and Inlay for Curved Tables
by Scott Grove
New Woodturning
by Helga Becker

Issue Number 194

August 2017

Features

Sam Newmarch's Wooden Geared Clock
Made as his Higher School Certificate submission in Industrial Technology - Timber Products and Furniture Technologies, Sam's clock became a journey rather than a project, taking him into new areas of design and woodworking skills.

USER REPORT - Trend Combination Router Base
Designed to improve your portable router’s accuracy and effectiveness in seven different ways, this accessory, like so many products from Trend UK, is designed to fit most router models, any brand, old or new.

Club Drumbeat
Woodcraft Manningham Woodwork Club (VIC) was formed by the amalgamation of three woodworking clubs, the Berwick District Woodworkers Club Inc (VIC) operates out of The Old Cheese Factory and the Cessnock Turners (NSW) have their workshop in the grounds of Mount View High School where they run a student mentoring program.

USER REPORT - Fiskars IsoCore Hammer
Representing part of Fiskars recent entry into the hardware market, the IsoCore range has been developed with a vibration absorbing handle. In the range are three woodworking hammers.

Sharpening Cabinetmaking Tools
by Mike Darlow
Known for his specialised grinding templates for sharpening woodturning tools, Mike turns his attention to cutting edge tools used by cabinetmakers and joiners.

How to Secure a Tabletop (and How Not to)
The #45 instalment in our Beginner’s Series, we look at the problem of movement in table tops and how to secure them while still allowing to them to move rather than break along the grain or joint.

Projects

Wooden Wallet
by Richard Rees
His third version of a wooden wallet and the first to accept credit cards, notes and coins, Richard describes its functions and what is involved in making one.

Segmented Chip and Dip Bowl
by John Swinkels
Transforming a metal design into something that could be made from wood required making a prototype to work out the challenges.

Time-Out Stool Timer
by John Swinkels
Based on the time-out stools to be found on the Internet which use soft drink bottle parts for the sand timer, John builds this handy stool which doubles as a timer for games and other activities

Turning the Humble Chicken Egg
by Aaron Ehrlich
The shape of the chicken egg is readily recognisable, but how do you turn a wooden one? Aaron describes the steps required to make your turning look like an egg rather than a distorted ball.

Notes on Woodturning Part 35 - Turning a Plant Pedestal
by John Ewart
Bring the garden into your home with an attractive plant pedestal. Since it has to safely support a pot and plant, there are practical considerations involved in its design.

A Coffee Table in Time with the Meandering Conversation
by Denis Hamilton
Stack cutting with a portable jigsaw allowed Denis to spice up the appearance of his Radiata Pine coffee table top with a meandering ribbon of contrasting Meranti.

Benchtop Chest of Drawers for Cameras
by Phillip Spencer
Pinch and Pull foam was used to fit out this set of drawers designed to store and protect Phillip’s photography equipment.