Woodworking in the News
DELTA® Bolsters the Woodshop With Launch of New Family of Products
DELTA Machinery has annonced it will introduce six innovative products to the DELTA family. Each product leverages the brand's history of designing and engineering some of the most precise woodworking equipment on the market to deliver quality, ease of use and outstanding accuracy. The new machines include an 18-inch laser drill press (18-900L), a 13-inch portable thickness planer (22-590), a low voltage UNISAW (36-L552LVC), a 20-inch variable scroll saw (40-690) and a 1 1/2 HP dust collector (50-786). Additionally, DELTA is releasing a line of four full-kerf melamine premium woodworking saw blades.
Students build skiff from scratch
In September 2008, William Phillips' Carpentry II and Woodworking III classes began work on a 16-foot flat-bottom wooden skiff from scratch. Now that every painstaking detail is complete, the students will get an opportunity to take the boat out for a spin around Nanaquaket Pond – a cruise that was two years in the making.
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The Next New Yankee Workshop?
WGBH, the Boston PBS television station, has announced plans to air a new series called "Rough Cut -- Woodworking
with Tommy Mac."
The 13-episode show is scheduled to premiere on public television stations in October. It follows Boston native and fine furniture maker Tommy MacDonald as he travels to New England historical landmarks to gain design inspiration, and then returns to his workshop to demonstrate the steps and techniques used to create comprehensive woodworking projects. Does this format sound familiar? Woodcraft has been selected as the exclusive sponsor of the show.
F+W Merges Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine
F+W Media has merged Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine. The new, combined title, called Popular Woodworking Magazine, will begin publishing with the April 2010 issue. The new, combined title will be published seven times annually.
New Yankee Workshop Calls it Quits
WGBH Boston
The New Yankee Workshop is ending production after 22 seasons. Apparently the show's pruducer, WGHB in Boston, figured Norm Abram, the carpenter turned furnituremaker made famous by this show, has already built everything and decided it was time to close-up shop.
Norm will continue to co-host 'This Old House' on PBS, now in its 30th year. "We've had a great run, built challenging projects, met wonderful woodworkers and received loyal support from millions of viewers," Abram said in a statement.
His show will be missed.
Master woodworker perfects the art of canoe building
Macon County News
Today the canoe is a well recognized form of water-faring versatility. The functionality the canoe produces has been emulated by craftsmen for thousands of years. One such craftsman, Vincent Barbro, can be found in the mountains of Franklin, N.C. MORE
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Woodworking Lingo...
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Amine Blush: Most epoxies used in boatbuilding have "amine"-based hardeners. After the epoxy is cured there will usually be a noticeable oily residue on the surface called amine blush. The amount of amine blush can vary considerably, from almost unnoticeable to very oily. This difference is the result of differences in temperature and humidity. The amine blush can affect the bond of subsequent coats of epoxy or paints and should be removed. Although a variety of solvents have been used to remove amine blush, in the shop we use denatured alcohol (shellac thinner), laquer thinner or acetone. Amine blush can be sanded off, but will require a lot of sandpaper as the paper tends to clog quickly
Collets: The movable metal parts in a chuck which grip the tool or the workpiece.
Core Ply: Plywood made up from thin sheets of veneer glued to a core of narrow boards. Core Ply or lumber-core plywood differs from regular plywood in that regular plywood is made up of successive layers of alternating grain veneer.
Sliding Dovetail Joints: A sliding dovetail joint is similar to a tongue and groove joint except the tongue and grove are matching dovetails.
Bending strap: A steel strap that is placed along the convex side of a piece of wood to be bent. Strap ends are held in place by stops located at both ends of the wood. During bending, the strap takes most of the generated tension, forcing the wood to bend mostly in compression.
Baluster and ring turning: The common name for a fancy turning style commonly found on early American Windsor chairs. This technique typically combines two vase-shaped "balusters" with a ring and tapered cone at the bottom end.
Cannel : (sounding like 'camel', not 'canal') refers to the inside face of any carving tool: deep or flat gouge, V tool etc. Usually 'in cannel' to differentiate from 'out cannel', the opposite, outer face.
Board Foot: A form of wood measurement, where one board foot equals the volume of a board 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long. A board foot is equal to 144 cubic inches of wood. To calculate board feet, use the following formula:
(Thickness x Width x Length) / 144 = Board Feet
Tearout: When (rough) fibers are pulled away from the surface of a board or when wood splinters at the edge. Tearout is usually associated with dull cutting edges on tools or (as much as we don't like to admit it) poor technique.
Biscuit Joint: A butt joint that is reinforced with a football shaped "biscuit". The biscuits are usually made from compressed pieces of wood. When a biscuit comes into contact with glue in the joint it swells creating a tighter joint. Also called a Plate Joint.
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What's New in Woodworking
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Kreg Crown Pro™
What if there was a jig that made installing crown molding relatively painless and mistake-free? The latest from Kreg® – the
KMA2800 Crown-Pro Crown Molding Tool comes pretty close! It eliminates the most frustrating steps of the process so you make fewer mistakes and get the job done faster. This uniquely designed tool holds your trim at the exact angle required, eliminating the need for advanced compound miter cuts and difficult 'coping'. It's unique curved design lets you compensate for a wide variety of crown molding spring angles, and it's extension arms let you work with crown up to 5-1/2" wide.
• No Compound Cuts Necessary
• Eliminates Coping of Joints
• Curved Design for Any Spring Angle
• Works for Inside and Outside Corners
• Angle-Finder Included
• Free Crown Installation Video
• Includes angle finder
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