Lucas Peters

Did they try sunlight? Or bleach? I heard there was a correlation.

It’s my dream, however, that the various woodworking factions (please don’t call us splinter groups) one day unite to overthrow the concrete usurpers, restoring the natural order.

And I see IWF just announced IWF West in San Antonio on their alternate years, so another option, but that will put the date pretty close to AWFS Vegas time. (And probably compete for vendors and attendees.) Neither are as large as World of Concrete unfortunately.

Yep, awfsfair.org was in late July. It alternates with iwfatlanta.com every other year. IWF in Atlanta is a little bigger, but slightly more focused on industrial/professional woodworking. Of course, if you’re ever near Des Moines, stop by our office and I can give you the nickel tour of our shop.

I’m going to guess ipe (Pronounced ee-pay) based on the flecking in the grain and the density & weight. Brazilian hardwood. Long-lasting in decks and outdoor furniture. Resists fire and moisture, even salt water. Used in Atlantic shore boardwalks. A bit pricey, though. Tough on blades and bits.

Yes! I do this all the time. The brown paper bags always get diverted out to my shop. I like to use it between finish coats.

That offer stands for any woodworkers passing through Des Moines. I give the best tours because I’ll let you ride on the freight elevator even though the sign says not to and I show you all the weird parts of the basement. Not in a serial killer way; in a the-building-has-a-lot-of-history way.

Hey @nickofferman.bsky.social congratulations on Little Woodchucks! I snagged a ticket for the Des Moines book tour stop, so hopefully I’ll be able to say hi. But if you’re in town a bit early I’d be happy to give you the nickel tour of the WOOD magazine shops. sites.prh.com/little-woodc...

Will be a short article about making custom half-tone images using a V-bit on the CNC. Here was my test piece featuring Georgie

Been a while since they let me write an article for this magazine I’m supposedly in charge of. But, I got in a solid stretch of prop making and studio time this week working on a fun little CNC technique. #woodworking #CNC #woodmagazine

I just watched this entire video you posted. He nailed it!

Don’t do it. My family owes our lives to my mother-in-law, a weather app, and frantic texts from 3 states away any time a tornado is within 300 miles of us.

Duff Goldman's Sweet Workshop Retreat How does Duff Goldman, star of Ace of Cakes and Baking Championship, unwind? By building toys for his daughter in his bright and tidy mountainside workshop. Tucked alongside his A-frame-style home in ...

WOOD magazine or FOOD magazine? The July issue hits newsstands soon with a feature on the woodworking shop of multi-talented celebrity cake artist, @duffgoldman.bsky.social

www.woodmagazine.com/duff-goldman...

Seems firmly *in hand* in you ask me.

On newsstands and in your mailbox May 16-ish.

This represents a single criteria on one of 11 saws in the test during which we will measure multiple times, then average. We try to be thorough, but stay firmly in the realm of the experiential. You're not going to use your mitersaw like it's a science project, so we try to test like woodworkers.

A detail shot of a testing procedure for a cordless mitersaw showing how much sawdust was left behind after cutting when using the saw's dust bag. The label "Milwaukee" is marked on a scrap of wood and a placard reading "On Table With Bag" sits next to the saw denoting how much sawdust remained on the worksurface after the cut.

A detail shot of a testing procedure for a cordless mitersaw showing how much sawdust was left behind after cutting when using the saw's dust bag. The label "Milwaukee" is marked on a scrap of wood and a placard reading "On Table With Bag" sits next to the gathered up pile of sawdust denoting how much dust remained on the worksurface after the cut.

A detail shot of a testing procedure for a cordless mitersaw showing how much sawdust was left behind after cutting when using the saw's dust bag. The label "Milwaukee" is marked on a scrap of wood and a placard reading "On Table With Bag" sits next to a measuring cup holding the debris measuring how much dust remained on the worksurface after the cut.

A detail shot of a testing procedure for a cordless mitersaw showing how much sawdust was in the saw's dust bag following cutting. The label "Milwaukee" is marked on a scrap of wood and a placard reading "In The Bag" sits next to a measuring cup holding the debris measuring how much dust was collected by the bag during the cut.

Shipping the files off to the printer for the July issue of WOOD magazine. The cover article is a nice little head-to-head compact cordless mitersaw test. Here is a collection of detail shots that you will never see in the magazine, but show you the detail our testers dive into.

Send pics if you do.

Elegant Shaker-style pencil-post bed handcrafted from warm-toned wood, shown in a serene bedroom with soft green walls. The bed features slender tapered posts connected by canopy rails with draped white fabric. A matching wooden dresser and nightstand complete the minimalist, traditional aesthetic.

Working on releasing some free woodworking plans into the wild. Here's one for a pencil-post Shaker-style bed. It uses a fun jig for making tapers on 8' legs. Enjoy! www.woodmagazine.com/project-plan...

The sole thing that kept me from being a Satisfactory addict is that, apparently as I aged, 1st person games started making me nauseous. Tried to power through, but getting to tube level of tech made it ten times worse. I used to play a mean Unreal Tournament. Get off my lawn. You kids today.

+1 on Bessey. German company. Their North American distribution is out of Ontario. Very good clamps.

I’m fine with CNC being real woodworking, but Q-tips are a bridge too far.

vwom, vwom, vwom

That is actually my current solution in my home shop. I got rid of the giant plywood rack, covered the walls with lumber storage racks and just lean sheets against the wall. Shop’s still a hopeless mess, but it’s a hopeless mess with a little extra space.

So repeated concepts sometimes, but we try to target different needs.

This one was designed for the person who does a project at a time, so full sheets never stay in the shop long. There’s a pull-out tray to hold them temporarily. But the whole thing fits into a smaller footprint for the other 99% of the time after you’ve broken the sheet down.

With the cart in this issue, we were discussing how several of us started our shops eagerly building the biggest plywood carts we could find plans for before realizing they took up so much space and became a scrap magnet.

So we try to plan our year to slot in a decent number. Then we try to add a bit of a twist or gimmick on those when we can so that even if it’s not exactly right for your shop, there are ideas you can use.

affect whether you’re interested. If you don’t like Federal style or have a need for that storage, for instance, then you may get some good ideas from that cover project, but ultimately that’s a chunk of the magazine that’s not directly for you. Shop projects are a lot more universal.

We use a lot of plywood!

We generally try to overserve on shop projects-storage, jigs, bases, stands, workbenches, DIY tools, etc. The one thing all of our readers have in common is that they have or want a shop. In most other categories of projects-design style, household need, seasonality, etc