Why Buy Rubbish?

Woodworking Questions & Answers
by Paul Gregson (Associate Editor)
The real answer to jointers as well as bandsaw blade tension, dust collection and handplane selection.

Precision and Style — the Work of Peter Hromek
A master of multi-axis turning, Czech-born Peter will be demonstrating at the Australian Woodturning Symposium.

Lachlan Park
Lachlan is an Australian cabinetmaker currently studying at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in Wakupuaka in New Zealand.

Eli Avisera
by Terry Martin
Born to teach turning and with an irrepressible desire to learn, Eli has made himself a living encyclopedia of woodturning techniques.

A Woodturning Legend Retires
by Ken Wraight
Ken reviews the influence of Vic’s long career.

Music is the Inspiration
Ernie Newman found the inspiration for this piece in a popular song.

Club Drumbeat
by Greg Lawrence
Turning things around in the Hunter (NSW) with the introduction of box-making classes.

Canberra 2009 T&WW Show

User Report
Hafco Wide Drum Sander
by Arnold Barkley
A drum sander is a very useful machine for many types of woodworking. The DS-1632A heralds not only a new model but also a new brand to the drum sander market.

Hands-On Expo Updates
The latest news on Expo demonstrators.

Turning Bowls & Platters for Charity
David Evans’ efforts to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Victoria.

Notes on Woodturning Pt.2 — Learning to Turn
by John Ewart
John discusses the importance of learning correct technique from the start.

User Report
FLAI Mustang Blade
by Stuart Duffy
The Mustang blade successfully cuts a range of materials including wood.

Projects

Making a Rolltop Desk
by John Sully
Ever wondered how a tambour works? John decided to find out and made a desk to suit.

Wine Stoppers & Candle Holders
by Aaron Ehrlich
Aaron finds that there’s no offcut to small to utilise, when he takes up turning bottle stoppers and holders.

The Building of the Sindia
Hand-built to the finest detail, the 1/36 scale Sindia took Ian Hunt 9,206 hours to complete.

Bedroom Chest of Drawers - 2
by Don Phillips
Don completes his ‘lowboy’ by building the drawers. Conventional in design, this piece of furniture has a robust construction that will ensure that it lasts for years.

The Secrets of Saturn
by Alan Jones
A series of secret compartments or layers makes this project challenging for the turner and fascinating for anyone wishing to discover its hidden pearl.

A Folding Screen - 2
by Allen Barrett
In this article Allen discusses the options for the infills to the modular openings in the screen frames built last issue.

Moulds & Moulding — 2
by John Swinkels
Following on from the initial article in issue #146, John uses the techniques to make a handy woodturner’s belt pouch.

Christmas 2009
by Carolyn McCully
This fun drawing of a Christmas scene will not only delight visitors but the project also introduces the use of finer lines to burn ‘white’.

If You Can Make a Box Frame, You Can Make (Almost) Anything
A discussion of the various types of joints used to make frames or boxes, their advantages and limitations and why it may be desirable to use more than one type of joint in a single frame.

New Products

Book Reviews
New Masters of the Wooden Box
Expanding the Boundaries of Box Making
by Oscar P Fitzgerald
Turning Vintage Toys
by Chris Reid
500 Tables
Inspiring Interpretations of Function and Style
Woodturning from Tree to Table Bowls, Lamps and Other Projects
by Bill Bowers
The Drawer Book
by Bill Hylton

DVD Reviews
Carving a Portrait in Relief
by Ian Norbury
Revelations on Table Saw Set-up & Safety
with Hendrik Varju

Issue Number 149

February 2010

Making a Wooden Geared Grandfather Clock
by Earl Hansen
Having made the U-Build It wooden clock, Earl progresses to a more ambitious design with six dials and a skeleton grandfather case.

25th Silver Anniversary Giveaway Competition
Over the next three issues, readers and Clubs will have the opportunity to enter this competition to win great prizes.

Come & Try Woodturning 2009
by Tim Skilton
First launched 17 years ago, Come & Try Woodturning had a very successful season at the 2009 Timber & Working with Wood Shows.

Bob Neill’s Burnt Offerings
Professional pyrographer Bob Neill will be demonstrating at the Australian Woodturning Symposium.

Mid North Coast Woodworkers Schools’ Competition

User Report
M-Power Complete Flat Lying Trammel Set
by Stuart Duffy
A re-designed trammel set makes marking and cutting circles a lot easier.

Club Drumbeat
by Greg Lawrence
Turning things around in the Hunter (NSW) - 2. Greg explains how the box-making classes work and the benefits they bring to the Club.

The First Hands-On Expo
A review of the Brisbane 2009 event.

User Report
JET JTS-600 Tablesaw
by Alex Barton
JET’s latest tablesaw is a versatile machine for the small workshop.

Newcastle Woodworking & Hobbies Expo 2010 Guide

Woodworking Questions & Answers
by Paul Gregson (Associate Editor)
Flickering fluorescents, tool sharpening and groaning bandsaws.

Red Cedar — A Decade Later
by Bob Whitworth
In AWW #74 Bob Reported on his efforts to selectively manage Red Cedar trees on his farm. In this update he discusses the problems encountered and the favourable growth that can be achieved.

ACT Woodcraft Guild Annual Exhibition
by Dave Callan
The 2009 Exhibition was the Guild’s 27th and continues to attract superb work from the entrants.

Projects

Highly Versatile Rare Earth Magnets
by Brendan Stemp
These high strength magnets solve a number of storage problems.

A Didgeridoo Stand
by Alec Bendeli
Alec designs and makes stands for two didgeridoos. He explains the challenges in making a stand for a non-uniform shape.

Computer Desk Tidy
by Don Phillips
Ideal for the computer desk, this handy tidy can be adapted to a variety of uses, from music storage to a craft box.

Carving Little Animals and Insects
by Gloria Banting
Janet Kleczar’s carved pens and lace bobbins demonstrate that you don’t need a big investment to take up carving. She uses only a knife and a clamp.

Turning an Orrery
by Aaron Ehrlich
This fun project is an interesting exercise in ball turning.

Easing Leather Shoes
by Peter Fogelman
Peter describes how he uses woodworking tools to resolve this common problem.

Inside-Outside Bud Vase
by John Swinkels
John uses the inside-outside method to turn both the inside and outside of this bud vase without using hollowing techniques.

Purple Iris
by Carolyn McCully
A suitable companion to Carolyn’s previous Magnolia, this pattern is relatively quick to burn and fun to colour.

Put More Woodworking in Your Woodworking
Adding more detail to projects you’ve done previously is an ideal way to build up skills, instead of attempting something too advanced and giving up in frustration.

New Products

Book Reviews
How to Season and Dry Your Own Wood
by Alan Holtham
Cabinetmaking - a professional approach
by Alan Peters

DVD Reviews
The Inside Story - A Study in Hollow Form Turning
by Mark Sanger RPT
Learn to Burn - A complete guide to pyrography
by Lisa Raby

Issue Number 150

April 2010

User Report
CNC Shark
by Allen Barrett
If you have some basic knowledge of computers, the new CNC Shark router for the small workshop is surprisingly easy to use. It’s also very well engineered and has the potential for a multitude of uses.

The 2009 Australian Woodturning Exhibition
by Vic Wood
Almost a quarter of a century since its inauspicious beginnings, the Australian Woodturning Exhibition has become the nation’s premier woodturning competition.

25th Silver Anniversary Giveaway Competition
This is the second instalment of our three issue competition in which Australian readers and Clubs have the opportunity to win great prizes.

Torimba Festival of the Forest
An overview of last year’s event in Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland.

Club Drumbeat
Shire Projects for the Central Coast Woodturners Co-op Ltd (NSW) and the first six months for the Corner Inlet Woodworkers, South Gippsland (VIC).

Carba-Tec - a Quarter Century of Growth
Starting with the import of router bits, Carba-Tec has built up a vast product range over the years. It is now a leading supplier to the woodworking industry, with stores in all states and New Zealand.

Wood/Metal Combinations - the Work of John Wessels
A demonstrator at this year’s Woodturning Symposium, John specialises in the turning of wood with metals such as silver and pewter.

User Report
Beall Pen Wizard
by Stephen Mash
Combine pen turning with ornamental turning with this new ‘lathe’ from Carroll’s Woodcraft Supplies. The Wizard can add spirals, waves and rope twists to your pens and other turned items.

Gallery
Paul Armour presents his latest box-making efforts.

Do You Believe in Wood Spirits?
by Reg Cooke
Reg uncovers two wood spirits by accident while building a guitar for his grandson.

Forest Red Gum in Victoria
by Brendan Stemp
Bureaucracy, rather than concerns over sustainability, is endangering the future supply of this versatile timber.

Notes on Woodturning Pt.3 - Basic Woodturning Tools
by John Ewart
In this article John examines the basic tools required for a novice to start woodturning.

User Report
BMI Quicky Tape Measure
by Stan Ceglinski
The BMI Quicky is unlike any tape measure you’ve seen before, but Stan reckons that once you’ve used one in the workshop, you won’t work without it.

Projects

The Recycled Chair
by Harry W Ellis
Harry makes a modern style chair for his workshop from recycled offcuts.

Nesting Dolls
by Aaron Ehrlich
Aaron has a go at this traditional design. Because the dolls are painted, the wood does not have to be of the same species. Any offcuts of well-seasoned wood will do.

Adjustable Music Stand
by Don Phillips
This adjustable height stand can be used for a variety of uses, including a lectern, lamp holder and - as Don found out - a recipe book holder.

Holder for Half a Dozen Eggs
by Heinz Haselroither
This is a relatively simple weekend project that is good practice for repetition and spindle turning. It also makes a useful addition to the kitchen.

Routing a Sunburst
by Carol Rix
John Rogers embellishes some of his plainer turnings with a sunburst design routed on the lathe. The result is items that quickly catch people’s attention.

Making Mortise & Tenon Joints
The sixth in our beginner’s series, this article looks at the importance of mortise and tenon joints and the various methods to make them.

New Products

Book Reviews
Intarsia Woodworking for Beginners
by Kathy Wise Holtham
Rustic Furniture Basics
by Doug Stowe
Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw
by Carole Rothman
Carving Gunstocks: Power Techniques
by Jose Valencia
Lighted Scroll Saw Projects
by Sue Mey

Issue Number 151

June 2010

2010 Australian Woodturning Symposium, 14-18 July
by Bruce Bell
This is your last chance to book for this exciting new symposium with a focus on hands-on learning for the attendees.

25 Years On
by Art Burrows, Vic Wood, Neil Scobie, Neil Schulz, Sandra Menger and Buddy Smith
A collection of short essays on the changes in woodworking in Australia over the past quarter of a century.

The WALL in the Wilderness
This partially completed 100m long mural carved from Huon Pine has proven to be a popular tourist attraction in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.

Notes on Woodturning - Part 4A: Types of Skew Chisels
by John Ewart
John elaborates more on the types, design and use of skew chisels for woodturning.

Turner’s Oak
by Mike Darlow
This timber might be just the thing for your next turning project!

Gallery
David Stanley is keen on both pyrography and carving while Darrell Smith has been experimenting with offset turning.

Samoan Turning Project Raises $15,000
by Ernie Newman
In the aftermath of the Tsunami, an Australian and an American join forces to teach woodturning to students in Samoa.

Brisbane/Sydney Timber & Working with Wood Show Guides
This year the Shows feature a new and expanded line-up of demonstrators as well as a number of competitions in which you can win prizes.

25th Silver Anniversary Giveaway Competition
This is the last instalment of our three issue competition in which Australian readers and Clubs have the opportunity to win great prizes.

User Report
JET Slow Speed Wet Sharpener
by Alan Bendon
JET has entered the sharpening market with this new wet wheel sharpener with novel features.

Projects

Making a Curved Top Document Box - 1
by Neil Scobie
This new project is a blend of Neil’s Document Box and Treasure Chest and offers additional challenges to boxmakers.

Carved Netball with Dovetails on Compound Curves
When Barry Long got the idea that the stitching on a netball looked like a series of dovetails, physically making the dovetails proved to be a real challenge.

Turning Big Heavy Spheres
by Reg Watt
Turning a 35kg Ironbark blank into a ball shape (and repeating the process four times) was an uncommon exercise.

Adapting an Old Plane for Use with a Shooting Board
by Harry W Ellis
Making a simple carriage has given a new lease of life for this old plane and solved a few shooting board problems in the process.

Twin Eggcup
by Aaron Ehrlich
While researching egg cups, Aaron came across a couple of uncommon designs which will appeal to turners - an eggcup with two egg holders and a double-ended eggcup.

Carving a Cotton Reel Spinning Top
by Phillip John McKerrow
Phillip reflects on a childhood carving project which is still a fun toy today. Yes, wooden cotton reel tops are still available, though you may have to track them down.

Art’s Chopstick’s Box
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
George shows how to bore and turn a long cylindrical box, such as those used as presentation boxes for Certificates and Diplomas.

Koala
by Carolyn McCully
Carolyn burns one of our national icons (but in a nice way!). A little colour is added to the ears and face of the koala, but otherwise the rendering of the animal depends purely on the work of the pyrography pen.

Making Mortise & Tenon Joints
The seventh in our beginner’s series, we look at the importance of grain direction and how hand tools rather than power tools give better feedback on how the wood is being shaped.

New Products

Book Reviews
Puzzle Boxes
by Jeff Vollmer
Chip Carving
from the Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts
Zany Wooden Toys that Whizz, Spin and Fly
by Bob Gilsdorf
The Missing Shop Manual: Circular Saw and Jigsaws
The Missing Shop Manual: Drills and Drill Presses
The Missing Shop Manual: Lathe
The Missing Shop Manual: Table Saw
The Missing Shop Manual: Glue and Clamps
The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking
by John A & Joyce C Nelson

DVD Reviews
Working with Plywood
by Hendrik Varju

Issue Number 152

August 2010

The Art in the Cabinet - One Man’s Journey
by Paul Gregson (Assoc. Editor)
Paul reviews one of the most celebrated pieces of furniture produced in Australia in recent years.

How Many Ways Can You Hold a Carving?
by Gloria Banting
Running classes on a tight budget revealed a number of ways one could hold a blank for carving.

Club Drumbeat
Gippsland Woodcraft Group Inc (VIC) takes up teaching while the Blue Mountains Woodturners (NSW) complete their sixth giant chess set.

Gallery
Pudgee Singh’s detailed wooden models of a crane, Mack truck and coach with horses.

Trend Timbers Opens New Showroom
Major Sydney retailer, Trend Timbers, ushers in a new era with a new showroom and location.

Notes on Woodturning - Part 4B: Smoothing and Shaping with the Skew Chisel
by John Ewart
John demonstrates the smoothing and shaping capabilities of the skew.

User Report
Making Patterns the Easy Way
by Sandy Barnett
Coyote Stencil Shop is an affordable software program designed to convert photographs into patterns or line drawings suitable for scrollsawing, pyrography, marquetry, carving and other applications.

Australian Recycled Timber Receives FSC Certification
Industry changes encouraged ART to gain certification for both new and recycled timber.

Adelaide/Canberra/Melbourne Timber & Working with Wood Show Guides
This year the Shows feature a new and expanded line-up of demonstrators as well as a number of competitions in which you can win prizes.

Selecting the Right Timber
The eighth in our beginner’s series, we look at the differing characteristics of timber species and how selecting the right timber will have a big impact on the success of your project.

Projects

Replacing the Universal Joint on a JET 16-32 Drum Sander
by Arnold Barkley
Loose screws can lead to a damaged universal joint, but you can make the repair in the workshop.

Stave Bowl Construction
by Phil Griffiths
Phil found that turned staved bowls are as difficult to make as they look, but with some ingenuity he managed to successfully produce them.

Sharpening Countersink Bits
by Peter Fogelman
With a drill press and a home-made jig, Peter is able to sharpen his bits to as-new condition.

Carving a Whale Tail
by Buddy Smith

Zebras (Pyrography)
by Carolyn McCully
This attractive pattern is a combination of delicate woodburning and white pencil colouring.

Cotton Reel Yo-Yo
by Keith McCarthy
Another childhood toy based on the humble wooden cotton reel.

Making Your Own Repetitive Pattern Inlay
by Reg Cooke
Reg shows how to make and insert a veneer inlay to your own personalised pattern.

Carving an Eagle
by Frank Rowe
This carved bird is made in three sections to minimise wastage and make the carving of the wing feathers easier.

Making a Curved Top Document Box - 2
by Neil Scobie
This project is a blend of Neil’s Document Box and Treasure Chest designs and offers additional challenges to boxmakers.

Mitre Jig with Adjustable Stop
by Don Phillips
Don develops a jig to cut exact 45° cuts on a table saw.

Split Turnings
by Aaron Ehrlich
Aaron demonstrates why split turning - an ancient method not commonly used by modern turners - deserves more attention.

New Products

Book Reviews
The Complete Woodshop Guide
by Charlie Self, Bill Stankus and Danny Proulx
A Field Guide to Australian Trees
by Ivan Holliday
Traditional Box Projects
by Strother Purdy
The Perfect Edge
by Ron Hock
Getting the Most from Your Wood-Buying Bucks
by American Woodworker

Issue Number 153

October 2010

Woodturning Couple - Sharon Doughtie & Pat Kramer
by Neil Scobie
Based in Hawaii, Pat and Sharon are both turners but with very different styles. They will be demonstrating at Turnfest in 2011.

Club Drumbeat
Richmond Valley Wood Crafter’s Club (NSW) opens its new clubhouse and Gippsland Woodcraft Group (VIC) celebrates its 25th Anniversary.

Turnfest 2010 at Sea World
by Terry Martin
A new venue this year allowed more participants and a larger programme.

DIY Woodworking Show Tasmania
Details of the inaugural Show to be held at the Silverdome in Launceston in November 2010.

Wild Wood Gallery Two Years On
After Neville Harper’s untimely death, Wild Wood continues to prosper under the management of his wife and daughter.

Gallery
The work of Bill Pennell and George Hamilton plus the Woodturners of the Hunter’s new Chairman’s Table.

User Report
Sherwood MB-13 Thicknesser
by Andrew Wilkerson
After being cautious about his purchase, Andrew was pleasantly surprised by the performance of his new thicknesser.

Mentoring New Carvers
by Buddy Smith
At only six years of age, Storm Poggioli shows that one is never too young to take up woodcarving or join a woodworking Club.

Melbourne Timber & Working with Wood Show Guide
This year the Shows feature a new and expanded line-up of demonstrators as well as a number of competitions in which you can win prizes.