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Cavatelli Pasta-Making Paddle – Revisited

January 3, 2013 By Reader Submitted & filed under Blog, Last Minute Woodworking Gifts, Member Tips, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

WWGOA reader Henry Kay took Paul Mayer’s cavatelli paddle to another level. He owns a CNC (computer numerical controlled) router system and programmed it to make the paddle and engrave the recipe on the reverse side. In an effort to make the text easier to see, Henry darkened it with coffee. The entire paddle was…

Domino XP500 Review

November 7, 2012 By Seth Keller & filed under Buying Advice, Product Review.

In the 21st Century it is rare that a tool can revolutionize a wood joinery technique, yet the Festool Domino does just that. It borrows the portability and engineered fasteners from the biscuit jointer, and the robust joints created by a slot mortiser to result in a super-efficient joint making machine. The first time I…

Grizzly 8″ Jointer Model 490X Review: One Year Later

October 24, 2012 By Paul Mayer & filed under Buying Advice, Product Review.

Tool reviews are great as they help us make purchasing decisions, but what is normally missing is a retrospective view. Sure, it looked great in the initial evaluation, but how did it hold up in production, and how well did it meet the owner’s initial expectations over time? In that light, I wanted to provide…

An “Authentic” Arts and Crafts Finish

September 19, 2012 By Seth Keller & filed under Finishing, Skill Building.

There is actually no single, authentic, “Arts and Crafts finish,” rather many different schools of thought and technique that comprise the totality of the discipline. It seems that people are looking for that radiant, reddish chocolatey finish when uncovering an antique Stickley chair at a garage sale. In my research, I found the original Stickley…

Modern Media Cabinet Part 4: Drawer Bank Construction and Assembly

August 22, 2012 By Paul Mayer and Seth Keller & filed under Cabinetry, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

In the previous installment of this project, we constructed the horizontal stretchers complete with tenons. Now we will focus on building the drawer bank using plywood joined with biscuits. We will also assemble the cabinet in two stages to simplify this otherwise complex glue-up. See Diagram C for details on construction of the drawer bank.…

Modern Media Cabinet Part 3: Tenons and Edge Banding

August 9, 2012 By Paul Mayer and Seth Keller & filed under Cabinetry, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

In the previous installment of this project, we performed the milling operations on the legs, including mortises and tapers. Now we will turn our attention to the stretchers that join with the rails, milling tenons and arches where appropriate, as well as applying iron-on veneer banding to exposed plywood edges. Prepare the Stock Cut all…

Modern Media Cabinet Part 2: Mortises and Tapered Legs

July 25, 2012 By Paul Mayer and Seth Keller & filed under Cabinetry, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

In part one of this series, we provided an overview of the project as well as scaled drawings. Here we will begin construction of the project, starting with the legs where we will mill mortises that will join the face frame as well as side and rear rails. We will also taper the legs at…

Modern Media Cabinet Part 1: Introduction

July 10, 2012 By Paul Mayer and Seth Keller & filed under Cabinetry, Plans and Projects, Woodworking Projects.

In need of a media cabinet to house electronics gear for a new home theater room, I went to Seth Keller (WWGOA Contributing Editor and professional designer) for design assistance. My requirements were to allow for a large flat panel TV to sit on top (although mine is currently mounted to the wall above the…

Repair Veneer on an Antique

May 2, 2012 By David Munkittrick & filed under Gluing and Clamping, Skill Building.

A recent restoration job required that I replace the badly damaged oak veneer on the top of an antique table. The piece was an old salesman sample of a sewing table. Back in the day,salesmen would bring these scale models on sales calls. This sample was from the White Sewing Company but the quartersawn white…

Tools We Love: Dremel Multi-Max

December 27, 2011 By David Radtke & filed under Buying Advice, Tool Education.

I saw this tool demonstrated at a home center last year and bought it on the spot. I have to say the honeymoon is still going between me and this tool because I keep finding new tasks for it. I originally bought it to cut baseboard in place so I could butt built-in bookcases against…