Issue Number 118
December 2004
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Making a Letter Knife
Cutting Dovetails by Hand
Making a Rocking Chair
Working with a Drawknife
Matthew Flinders' Chess
Set
Inlay Work with a Scrollsaw
A Lute from the Internet
Table of Contents
Features
David's Woodworking Takes Off
A profile of wooden model plane maker,
David Spall.
Dedication
at Deception Bay
Woodturning students at Deception Bay High School QLD
extend themselves beyond the curriculum.
Woodworking
Safety Equipment
Not all accessories assist us to machine wood faster
and more accurately. Some have been developed to make woodworking safer.
Gallery
A TAFE teacher, Jason Farrall has been designing his own furniture for
a number of years.
No
Flight of Fancy
With the help of people from around Australia and the
world, Eric Hayden is building a Wright Bros Model A plane in Narromine NSW.
Equipment
for the Ultimate Workshop - 5
JET sanding machines and high quality blades
and cutters from Henry Bros Saws.
USER
REPORT -
DMT DuoSharp Diamond Sharpener
by Les Miller
Club
Drumbeat
Central Coast Woodturners Co-op Expands
Formed in 1985 the
Central Coast Woodturners based around Gosford, north of Sydney, have grown from
strength to strength.
Across
the Teacher's Bench
by Les Miller (Assoc. Editor)
The ABC
of Power Tools - Part 3
Portable Sanders from Attachments to Random Orbital.
Carving
Collaboration
by Suzanne Stahl
Wood and metal are combined
in this modern sculpture.
Adelaide
and Canberra Shows Photo Diary
A gallery of winning entries at this year's
Shows.
George's
Corner
by George Hatfield
USA Woodturning Tour - Atlanta.
A
Digital Camera in the Workshop
Digital cameras are a powerful tool in
the workshop to keep records of your work and construction methods.
USER
REPORT -
Felder CF741 Combination Machine
by Fred Buckley
USER
REPORT -
JET Mini Lathe
by Neil Scobie
USER
REPORT -
Selleys Aquadhere Range
by Les Miller
Projects
Woodturning
Tips
by George Hatfield
Making a Letter Knife
George
turns the knife shape from Mesquite and then uses a bandsaw and sander to finish
the blade.
Cutting
Dovetails by Hand
by Charles Orr
There are still reasons for
cutting dovetails by hand and they're not as difficult to make as they may first
appear.
Five
Chairs for Posterity - 2
by Jim Cleaver
In this installment
we build the back and the seat.
Working
with a Drawknife
by Lindsay G Collins
Though it has somewhat
fallen from favour in recent years, the drawknife is still a very useful hand
tool for shaping wood.
Matthew
Flinders' Chess Set
by Mike Darlow
A touch of history adds
to the appeal of this intricately turned chess set.
Inlay
Work with a Scrollsaw
by Neil Schulz (Assoc. Editor)
The versatility
of the scrollsaw enables inlay work to be done by machine rather than by hand.
A
Lute from the Internet
by Steve Marshall
Building a baroque
lute by correspondence over the Internet proved to be a most rewarding experience.
Other Features
New Products
Good
Ideas & Short Cuts
Gluing Mitred Joints, Ice Cream
Drawers
Book
Reviews
Understanding Woodturning
by Ann and Bob Phillips
Making Elegant Custom Tables
by Doug Stowe
Build your own Custom
Workbenches
by Mark Corke
Workshop Shortcuts for Woodworkers
by
Graham McCulloch