The Woodworker & Woodturner 2016 March

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Welcome
T
here are some jobs clamps up or something
that seem as if they will equally as imperative.
never get done, and And first thing in the morning,
no matter how much the sound of torrential rain
work you do, the end seems on the bedroom window can
as far away as ever. It might spark a childish feeling
not come as any surprise of excitement for the
to you the reader that I am unexpected day off school,
involved in such a job right and you find that you just
now. It was one of those ones have to give in and pull
which you take on in a single the covers up for another
weak moment and regret for 10 minutes. It’s a wonder
a great many weaker ones. how anything gets built
It’s a restoration job and has sometimes, but as long as
involved a large amount of you’ve not signed up to a
site work in a very exposed penalty delay clause, then
position, with only occasional a few days extra on a job
relief in a dark gloomy isn’t such a bad thing.
interior. So, whether it’s in the
Having been rained off (relative) warm and dry of the
yesterday (‘Hurricane Jonas’ workshop or the character
I was informed by Tom my building challenges of an
helper, doing his best to outdoor site in January, it’s
converse normally through all good fun and definitely
chattering teeth and blue helps to keep this
lips), I found myself an inside woodworker from getting
job today and watched stale. And let’s not forget,
wistfully as people strolled freshness is the vital thing,
about under a blue sky in the whether naturally of mind
golden sun the whole day and spirit or brought about
long. But at least things aren’t by taking on a new type
dull when one is working of work that has yet to be
outdoors, the uncertainty of fully explored. Whatever
the weather alone provides it is, though, and before you
something bordering on start, just make sure that the
excitement. It’s not end won’t be too far away…
uncommon to have tools
and kit – including my
step ladder – blown
about and generally
rained upon as you
struggle to tighten the
You can contact Mark on [email protected]
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CONTENTS What’s in store for
you this month
WOODWORK
14 Neat as a pin
Andy Standing shows you how to
make a pegged mortise & tenon
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18 Write on!
Colin Simpson takes you through ISSUE
the first stages of restoring a
liotsv efolyrm werirt ignlgo rbyureau back to TOHUET AOPNR 1IL1 IMSSAUREC HIS
27 Child’s play
Tony ‘Bodger’ Scott makes
a puzzle for kids that baffles
grown-ups
32 A home for feathered friends
John English shows you how to
make an easy-clean home for
birds using small scraps
36 Sunday best on show
Gordon Warr shows you an easy
and effective means of displaying
14 Master the
your favourite mugs and plates
50 The altar of ambition
A tailor-made bench that suits
pegged mortise
your needs and preferences,
says Tony Sutton, reflects your
woodworking aspirations
& tenon with
67 Skirting round the details
Even simple skirting can provide
a decorative feature, as James
Hatter shows
Andy Standing
73 Weapon of choice
Mike Riley’s quick on the
drawknife’s benefits, but there’s
a startling concession, too
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