Issue Number 140
August 2008
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Cutlery Canteen with Pockets
- 1
Turning a Soccer Ball
Textures and Spirals on Turned
Work
How Square is Square?
Mastering the Technique of
Making Your Own Dowels
'Elusive', The Unicorn - Pyrography
Table of Contents
Features
Tahlia
House Gets a New Cherry Tree
The memory of the historic cherry tree in
Lawson NSW, removed due to road widening, lives on in the efforts of the Blue
Mountains Woodturners.
Eastern
Riverina Woodworkers Exhibition 2008
Now in its eighth year, the Tumut
competition has become a regional event.
What
Happened to the ex-Mik International Stores?
In spite of the demise of
the head office, Mik International's brand range and commitment to quality remains
available through five stores spread over four States.
Turnfest
2008
by Neil Scobie
Club
Drumbeat
Official Opening of the Eurobodalla Woodcraft Guild Inc Workshop
(NSW) and The Bendigo Woodturners restore Historic Model Chinese Junk.
Third
National Scroll Saw Exhibition
by Neil Schulz
In May the Australian
Scroll Saw Network held a very successful national event for scrollers, aided
by their hosts, the Albury Wodonga Woodcrafters.
Anna
Korver - Sculptor in Wood, Stone and Metal
In just four years NZ-based
Anna has established an international reputation as a sculptor.
Sam
Shakouri - Adventures in Segmented Turning
Most people learn to turn and
then take up segmented turning, but in an effort to make the most of the material
available to him, Sam has always been a segmented turner.
Festool
MFK 700 Trimmer/Router
by Stuart Duffy
Festool's latest release
redefines the role of trimmers in woodworking.
Gallery
The work of Kurt Frick, David Bryant and John Looker.
Canberra
Timber & Working with Wood Show Guide
View the excellent work on display
in the Exhibition by the Woodcraft Guild of the ACT as well as visit the woodworking
show at EPIC, Canberra, 5-7 September.
Projects
Cutlery Canteen with Pockets - 1
by Allen Barrett
Even expensive
sets now come in cardboard boxes, so this handsome wooden canteen with room for
everything is the ideal means of protecting and storing your cutlery.
Vermec
Scroll Chuck
by Glenn Roberts
Crossing the divide between the
Vicmarc and Teknatool camps, the new Vermec chuck claims to be compatible with
jaws and accessories from both brands as well as other brands of similar design
and its own Vermec range.
Razertip
Scale Tips (Pyrography)
by Carolyn McCully
Carolyn experiments
with the effects possible with the Razertip (fish) scale tips, including decorating
a wood carving.
George's
Corner
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
Graham Bourquin shrinks
George's Pendency Post.
Turning
a Soccer Ball
by Sam Shakouri
A keen follower of soccer and
a long-time segmented turner, it was inevitable that Sam would devise a method
for successfully turning a full-size wooden soccer ball.
Textures
and Spirals on Turned Work
Add decorative textures and turn relief spirals
on your projects with the Robert Sorby Spiralling and Texturing System.
How
Square is Square?
by Geoff Birtles
Tips on how to check and
fix your mitre saw and table saw so that they cut square.
Woodturning
Tips
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
Want to do better with
your competition entries? - George offers some tips from the judge’s point of
view.
Mastering
the Technique of Making Your Own Dowels
by Steve Maskery
Steve
decides that the books make it look easier than it is, but a few tips brings success.
'Elusive', The Unicorn - Pyrography
by Carolyn McCully
This
project is in the style of a Medieval woodcut and introduces the use of the skew
tip for easier straight lines.
Other Features
New Products
Book
Reviews
Glen Huey's Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture
by
Glen Huey
Workshop Projects
from The Editors of Woodworker's
Journal
Woodworker's Guide to Veneering & Inlay
by Jonathon
Benson
Workbenches: from Design and Theory to Construction and Use
by Christopher Schwarz
Model Stage Coach
Wooden Mini Wheels
DVD
Reviews
Screwples: A definitive Guide to Hand Thread Chasing
by
John Berkeley
Making Mortise and Tenon Joints
with Frank
Klausz