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  1. 01-04-2013, 2:25 PM #1
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    New Article Subject?

    Hello. I am planning my next article in a woodworking publication and cannot decide the subject. Any thoughts on what hand tool skills or projects you would like to see? Thanks in advance.

    John.
    Take the meanest, rustiest plane you have. Clean it, grind and
    sharpen the blade like a razor, and then set it up. Now, with the
    plane set very fine, run it over a scrap of oak. Hear the sound it
    makes, and feel the perfect finish. What a thrill! --John Brown
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  3. 01-04-2013, 2:34 PM #2
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    Something coopered....
    Woodworking is terrific for keeping in shape, but it's also a deadly serious killing system...
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  4. 01-04-2013, 3:26 PM #3
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    Something bent.
    I keep cutting and it is still too short.
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  5. 01-04-2013, 4:44 PM #4
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    My be advice is, look through the last five years of Popular woodworking and find a subject that hasn't been covered before.
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    A birdhouse. Specifically a multifamily purple Martin house. The article should cover the benefits of supporting these bug eaters and give details as to drainage, cleaning, pole mounting, hole sizing, etc. as informed by birding experts.
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  7. 01-04-2013, 5:01 PM #6
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    "Setting A Chipbreaker for Finish Planing of Birdhouses, Part I of VII"
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    +1 on something coopered...
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  9. 01-04-2013, 9:38 PM #8
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    multi m&T or mitered dovetails? I'm thinking something for the post-beginner.

    Otherwise, a bird or bat house...
    One can never have too many planes and chisels... or so I'm learning!!
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  10. 01-04-2013, 9:39 PM #9
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    Something you know about, not something you look up on Google.
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  11. 01-04-2013, 9:49 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason Coen View Post
    "Setting A Chipbreaker for Finish Planing of Birdhouses, Part I of VII"
    With video, and accompanying endless debate.
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    1. How to make a two-bladed mortise gauge like a kinshiro from scratch.

    2. How to quickly create a glass smooth polyurethane stained finish on an open-grained wood like red oak.

    3. A comparison of the various styles of plow plane traditions: American/English, French, German, Japanese, metallic vs wooden, etc.

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  13. 01-04-2013, 9:57 PM #12
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    I haven't seen an article on full-blind dovetails in awhile.

    Federal furniture could always use more ink.
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  14. 01-05-2013, 7:29 AM #13
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    making all-wood spoked wheel, like for a garden wheelbarrow
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  15. 01-05-2013, 9:30 AM #14
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    French Rococo style furniture is sadly under represented in the press.
    American Victorian style is also mostly ignored.
    From the workshop under the staircase, Clinton Township, MI
    Semper Audere!
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  16. 01-05-2013, 9:44 AM #15
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    Carving techniques, specific to period furniture, such as acanthus leaves and fans, shells and such.
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