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Tool review: Rockler router bit center depth gauge Rocklers new router bit center depth gauge is a clever product that makes router table fence and bit adjustments a snap. Router table ruler by Rockler $20 Rockler’s new Router Bit Center Depth Gauge is a clever product that makes router table fence and bit adjustments a snap. The gauge has a robust 12-in. steel rule etched clearly with both metric and imperial measurements. The gauge’s moveable fence, which has a hairline cursor, slides smo...

The subtleties of driving a screw Strong, budget-friendly, and reversible, screws are useful in a number of furniture making applications. Synopsis: Strong, budget-friendly, and reversible, screws are useful in a number of furniture making applications. Mike Korsak uses them in a variety of different ways, and here he offers his expertise on how to make the most of them: choosing the right screw, sizing drill bits for the job, correctly sizing the clearance hole and countersink, and putting tog...

Phil Lowe: A craftsman and gentleman Two woodworkers, Will Neptune and Steve Brown, remember their mentor. Synopsis: Woodworking lost one of its giants in January 2021 with the passing of Philip C. Lowe, teacher and master of period furniture making, founder of the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts, sailor, scholar, writer, and friend. Here the woodworking community remembers one of our own. Woodworkers like Philip C. Lowe don’t come along often. In fact, humans like him are a rare commodi...

When to use screws After I wrote about nails a few months back, I received a couple of emails asking why I use nails instead of screws in furniture projects. The short answer is that I don’t; I use both. But if there’s no compelling reason to choose one over the other, I typically use nails simply because I prefer the way they look. (I’m talking cut nails or square-shanked nails, not wire nails.) Before I discuss my “compelling reasons,” let’s take a brief look at the mechanical hol...

Robell Awake: Crafting change Robell works to bridge woodworking’s opportunity gap and challenge the scope of “period” and “fine” furniture. Some of Robell Awake’s story sounds pretty familiar to most woodworkers. First, there’s the enduring itch to make. For him, it started in his early 20s when he dove into a DIY ethos inspired by his time as a bike messenger. After working various trade jobs, he homed in on carpentry and furniture work. Robell took an intensive hand-tool woodw...

Spokeshave tips to get started Peter Galbert demonstrates a number of techniques that work for both wooden- and metal-bodied spokeshaves. First address the perimeter. To shave a complex collection of curves like this chair seat, Galbert bandsaws close to the line, fairs those cuts with the shave, then creates a thin flat around the perimeter. Different shaves, similar strategies Despite the differences between metal and wooden spokeshaves, many strategies, from skewing to complex shaping, work ...

Defining success Its not about money, but about a building a life that brings you meaning, pleasure, and satisfaction What does it mean to be a successful furniture maker? I’m always struck by the diversity of ways in which woodworkers answer this question, whether they earn their living from woodworking or pursue it as an avocation in their spare time. While I was a training to make furniture 40 years ago, my fellow students, all men, judged success competitively, comparing their work with t...

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Simone Missick, star of the CBS legal drama “All Rise,” joins our “In the Envelope” podcast to give craft and career advice.