Woodworking Crafts – Issue 88

In issue 88 of Woodworking Crafts you’ll find plenty to inspire and inform your crafts.

In Projects, Kevin Alviti builds a three-bay garden compost bin; Kelly Miciak and Charles Mak team up to make a wall-mounted wine rack; Mark Palma cleans and revives an old silver chest; Walter Hall turns a fountain pen; Fred & Julie Byrne use their scrollsaw to make a daisy-shaped doorstop; Anthony Bailey builds a handy sharpening unit for the workshop; and Dave Western carves a dragon pin brooch.

In our Techniques articles, Brian London explains how you can benefit from using lasers in your work; Dorian Bracht provides an overview of Japanese chisels and describes a couple of Japanese cross-lap joints; Anna Muzzolon shows how to combine pyrography and colouring techniques; James Hatter shares his tips for laying a solid hardwood floor; Rob Stoakley explores the varied uses of the Button Stop; and Anthony Bailey makes a jig for routing frieze and dentil mouldings, then uses it on his new coffee table.

In Features, we learn about the annual Treehouse Festival; Peter Benson considers whether cleaning up old tools is really worth it; the team at Hanwell Wine Estate tell us about their craft workshops; and we meet Victoria Walpole, a Northumberland-based marquetry artist.

All this and more in issue 88 of Woodworking Crafts !