Are you using VCarve Pro to design and toolpath your CNC projects? Let’s look at how you can easily import and add router bits to the software’s Tool...
Continue ReadingGeorge Vondriska
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
Logs to Lumber on a Bandsaw
There are plenty of good reasons for mastering this process: Get species you can’t commercially buy. Control the dimensions of your stock. (Great...
Continue ReadingZero In On Your Origin
You may have had this experience on your CNC router; you’ve determined the XY origin for your project, and you need to get the spindle directly over...
Continue ReadingCNC Hold Down Methods
When you use a hand-held router for your woodworking you get constant feedback on what’s happening. When you “rout” with a CNC, the machine is doing...
Continue ReadingHow to Make a Barn Quilt
Barn quilts are fun to make, and a great way to let your creative juices flow. The barn quilt shown here is 24” x 24”, but you can make yours as...
Continue ReadingCNC: Same design, different toolpaths, different look
A really interesting aspect of doing CNC work is creating a design, and then experimenting with different toolpaths to get different results.
Continue ReadingMortises on a Drill Press
Need to make mortises for an upcoming project? One of the easiest ways to make them is by using a drill press equipped with a Forstner bit. The...
Continue ReadingCutting Tenons and Half Lap Joints
Tenons and half lap joints can easily be cut on a table saw equipped with a dado head. Tenons, of course, accompany mortises in mortise and tenon...
Continue ReadingCracked Bowl Blank? Easy Repair, No Worries
It’s really frustrating, and disheartening when a bowl you’ve been working on develops a crack. This could be the result of internal stress in the...
Continue ReadingFlatten Log Cookies Using Your CNC Router
Woodworkers have become very intrigued by the prospect of working with log “cookies.” They’re using small-scale versions as centerpieces on tables...
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