Issue Number 110
August 2003
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Learn all about Pyrography
Neil Scobie's Tidy Table
Apple Boxes
Turning a Perfect Sphere
Hobo Pliers Puzzle
Modifying a Scrollsaw
Table of Contents
Features
Cover
Story: Exporting Australian Woodworking Technology
Gerard Gilet, one
of Australia's most respected guitar makers, has used his broad experience and
knowledge to help guitar manufacturers in both Indonesia and Vietnam.
CollaborationNZ
by Neil Scobie
Neil was one of 70 craftspeople from several
countries who joined in a highly productive and creative venture in Whangarei,
New Zealand.
Pyrography
- Drawing with Fire
This informative overview is one of a series which
will cover all of the major woodworking crafts. It will help you get started in
Pyrography - whether you are interested in the craft itself, or simply want to
use Pyrography to decorate other woodwork.
Tolga
Woodworks
One of the finest woodworking galleries in this region, Tolga
Woodworks reflects the close availability of some of the most beautiful cabinet
timbers in the world.
Club
Drumbeat
The unveiling of a lathe and the 2003 Challenge were among major
events for the Western Blue Mountains Region of the Sydney Woodturners Guild.
Teacher's
Bench
by Les Miller (Associate Editor)
In Part 3 of this
beginners' series, Les shows how success is often in the details.
An
Aussie in Atlanta
by David Hire
David describes what he saw
during some leg numbing hours at one of the largest woodworking shows in the world.
Single
Handed Turning
by Les Roberts
Les and woodturning maven,
Guilo Marcolongo, developed this Arm Support System to allow single armed turning.
Make
Your Workshop a Better Place to Be
by Glenn Roberts
It's
true that safety is an attitude, but you can build some of that attitude into
the hardware in your workshop.
Adelaide
and Canberra Shows
Use this quick Guide to plan your Show visit.
Know
Your Blades?
by Neil Schulz (Associate Editor)
Neil discusses
the various, kinds, types and qualities of Scrollsaw blades available to help
you choose what is best for you.
George's
Corner
by George Hatfield (Associate Editor)
Well, was it
really carved by a machine?
Triton
Toy Competition
- ACT & SA
User
Report
Crown Woodturning Chisels
by George Hatfield
User
Report
MIGB
by Neil
Scobie
Projects
The Tidy Table
by Neil Scobie
When the space around your
favourite TV chair is always a mess, when there's never space for a cuppa and
when moving your latest magazine smashes a remote control to the floor - you need
a Tidy Table. Neil's version is elegant and easy to make.
Apple
Boxes
by Ernie Newman
These little boxes make great gifts
- and Ernie shows you how to be sure the lid fits every time (even if you have
to cheat a little).
Woodturning
Tips
by George Hatfield (Associate Editor)
George shows you
how to turn a perfect sphere.
Ernest
Warther's Hobo Pliers Puzzle
This remarkable man left the world some
incredibly complex pieces of woodcarving. But there is one that is very simple.
Yet re-creating his Hobo Pliers is tricky, particularly if you want to make them
with the same small number of cuts he used.
Silk
Purse Saga - The Final Episode
by Eric Lysaght
It's taken
a long time, but Eric has decided that these modifications to his Scrollsaw have
brought him to the end of the Saga.
Other Features
Good Egg Turning Competition
Dream Workshop Giveaway 2003
Teknatool Trans Tasman Competition
Good Ideas & Short Cuts
Getting
More from a Sandpaper Disc, A Custom Featherguide,
A Handy Tool That's Free
New Products
Book
Reviews
Woodturning Design
by Mike Darlow
Pyrography
- The Art of Creative Woodburning
by Sandra Menger
Fun & Easy
Scrollsaw Projects
by Patrick Spielman
Furniture & Cabinet Construction
by Andy Rae