Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on December 16th, 2009

Next in the series of reviews of DVD’s from the SmartFlix Woodworking University, this time I review the DVD: Router Joinery by Gary Rogowski.  This DVD is one of many DVD’s produced by Taunton Press for Fine Woodworking.
This DVD highlights the use of what is arguably the most versatile power tool in a woodworking shop, [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on March 17th, 2008

I get a lot of questions via e-mail on things I’ve posted about here. I usually just reply to the e-mail directly but, I thought that it might be instructional to post some of these questions and my responses because there may be others out there with similar questions who could benefit from the [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on January 13th, 2008

With all of the leg mortises completed and the knee blocks cut, attached and shaped, the next task at hand was to cut the tenons on the aprons of the Queen Anne Side Table.
I milled all of the stock for the aprons, top rail and drawer front in a single session at the jointer and [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on January 4th, 2008

I’ve been progressing on the legs for the Queen Anne Side Table. In my last post, I had shaped the feet and reworked the heel transitions on the legs. This left the tasks of adding and shaping the knee blocks, cutting the mortises and trimming the posts to final size to be done.
The [...]

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Mark (TheCraftsmansPath.com) on September 25th, 2007

Recently there has been a lot of buzz in the woodworking community about the new Festool Domino joinery system. If you have not yet seen this system, it’s kind of like a Biscuit Joiner on steroids. However, different from the small circular blade on a Biscuit Joiner that cuts a football-shaped groove, [...]

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