Bowl turning is a fun hobby all by itself. With today’s interest in working with epoxy you can combine bowl turning and epoxy to create epoxy accents...
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You may also know George from his work as the Tools and New Products Editor for American Woodworker Magazine, his articles in Fine Woodworking, WOOD, and Woodworkers Journal Magazines, or from his current position as Managing Editor of Woodworkers Guild of America. Find George Vondriska on Instagram @vondriskaworks
Level an Epoxy Pour on your CNC
Working with epoxy is all the rage right now, and it’s common to pour epoxy alongside a piece or two of wood. You can easily level the resulting...
Continue ReadingPen Turning Basics
Turning pens on your lathe is a blast, and offers some great advantages:
Continue ReadingCNC: How to Fly Cut Your Spoilboard
The spoilboard on your CNC router is a disposable commodity. Not in the sense that you’ll throw it out and get a new one, but in the sense that your...
Continue ReadingCNC: Create a Textured Dome
It’s easy to create a hand-carved look on a domed lid using VCarve Pro software and your CNC router.
Continue ReadingMake a Mortise and Tenon Joint
If you own a router table you can easily produce a mortise and tenon joint. Commonly used in furniture construction (tables and chairs) mortise and...
Continue ReadingHow To Make a Router Table Lock Rabbet Joint
I love the lock rabbet joint. It’s incredibly strong, providing lots of glue surface and mechanical grab between the parts. With these set up tricks...
Continue ReadingWoodworking Projects: Make a Log Cookie Coffee Table
Log cookies, or rounds as they are also know, can be the beautiful foundation for your next woodworking project. Add hairpin legs, and just like that...
Continue ReadingHow To Make Hand-Cut Bowties
Bowties (also called butterflies) provide a great way to stabilize cracks. Creating your bowties from scratch allows you to make them any size you...
Continue ReadingHow To Turn Pictures Into Wooden Engravings
Use your CNC router, and a little wood stain, to turn pictures into engravings. The process produces a tintype appearance.
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