Issue Number 131
February 2007
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Double Spiral Chinese Lamp
Fruit and Vegies Cabinet
Turning Bone
Candlestick with a Natural
Edge
Japanese Garden - Pt.1 The
Bridge
Penny at the Mirror
Butcher, Baker and Candlestick
Maker - 1
Rescuing Turned Items
Novelty
Frog Clip
Making a Viola
Table of Contents
Features
Club Drumbeat
Callide Dawson Woodworkers Club Inc (Biloela QLD)
Woodturners
of the Southern Highlands (NSW)
by Mike Darlow
USER
REPORT
- Gifkins Finger Joint Jig
by Neil Scobie
With the
addition of a new template, the Gifkins Jig can now cut fine finger joints.
Triton
Owners Club (Oyster Bay NSW) 2006 Plank Competition
This Club's Plank
Competition generates a range of attractive and practical entries with an emphasis
on cabinetmaking rather than turning or carving.
USER
REPORT
- Magswitch Featherboards
by Neil Scobie
Place
your featherboards where they are needed, not just in the table slots, with this
new rare earth magnet technology.
Gallery
John Wickham's wooden geared clock, Darrell Smith's bowl and the Hastings
Woodworkers Guild's Intarsia raffle piece.
Four
Workshop Aids
by Jim Cleaver
A few easy to construct devices
to make your woodworking easier.
George's
Corner
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
James Johnson's unique
turnings and monster lathe.
Woodworking
Questions & Answers
by Paul Gregson (Assoc. Editor)
Fixing
a rusted work table, recipe for homemade wax polish and some suggestions for setting
up a small workshop.
Hobart
Timber & Working With Wood Show
The Hobart Timber and Working
with Wood Show is the perfect excuse to visit one of Australia's most beautiful
regions with strong connections to timber and woodworking.
Kevin
Banting Carves a Hero
by Gloria Banting
The carving of Major
Duncan Chapman, believed to be the first Australian soldier to land at Gallipoli,
was an exercise in research as well as technique.
Projects
Double
Spiral Chinese Lamp
by W Allen
How is it done? Bill reveals
the secret to the open twisted surround with a reverse twist centre that he uses
on some of his Chinese lamps.
Fruit
and Vegies Cabinet
by Neil Scobie
An attractive fruit and vegetable
storer with wooden top and drawer front and perforated mesh panels for the sides
and rear.
Turning
Bone
by Carol Rix
Bone is inexpensive and ideal for small fine
turnings, carvings and inlay to embellish woodwork pieces.
Candlestick
with a Natural Edge
by George Hatfield
Turning a candlestick
from a piece of Coastal Tea Tree firewood.
Japanese
Garden - Pt.1 The Bridge
by John Swinkels & Hank Pelzer
This
Japanese style bridge makes an attractive garden feature, spanning a pond or narrow
water course.
Penny
at the Mirror
by Wolfgang Bottcher
A simpler scrollsawn portrait
for those who liked Wolfgang's The Girl in the Mirror.
Butcher,
Baker and Candlestick Maker - 1
by John Swinkels
Incorporating
a few uncommon features to make these items more challenging, John turns a meat
tenderiser and a rolling pin. The gymbal candlestick appears in Part 2.
Rescuing
Turned Items
by Aaron Ehrlich
We all have our 'mistakes' but
they needn't end up as firewood. Aaron demonstrates what some re-turning, glue
and stain can do to make new items from 'junk'.
Novelty
Frog Clip
by Peter Fogelman
Once
you know how it works, this frog is quite easy to make and serves as a handy practical
gift that is well-received.
Making
a Viola
by Reg Cooke
While the full instructions to make a
musical instrument can fill a book, in this article Reg takes us throught the
steps involved, explaining that patience and care rather than highly skilled woodworking
are the secrets to a good viola.
Other Features
New Products
Good
Ideas & Short Cuts
Measuring sticks for inside dimensions
and a versatile trammel
Book
Reviews
Doggie Homes Barkitecture for your best friend
by Dr Karen
Tobias and Kenny Alfonso
Miter Saw Fundamentals
by Rick
Peters
The Complete Manual of Wood Bending
by Lon Schleining
Box
by Box
by Jim Stack