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Sep 24, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Barry Dima

    From the Archives: Adding an Inlay Strip to a Turned Bowl - FineWoodworking (opens the original)

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    This is an excerpt from Fine Woodworking #14, Jan/Feb 1979 Click here to read the full digitized issue. Bolection turning is the inlaying of a narrow wooden strip into a groove around a turned object. The word bolection means a fillet or molding with part of its section set into a groove and part proud. I extrapolated the notion from John Jacob Holtzappfel’s Hand or Simple Turning (Dover Publications), whose process of inlaying a column economized on material and did not structurally interfere w

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Barry Dima

    From the Archives: Letter Carving Step-by-Step - FineWoodworking (opens the original)

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    This is an excerpt from Fine Woodworking #14, Jan/Feb 1979 Click here to read the full digitized issue. Carving incised lettering is a valuable skill in the repertoire of a professional woodworker and also an instructive practice for the beginner. Its deco­rative effect has many applications, and its visual appeal is universal. Incised letters are the opposite of relief and are cut directly into the wood without using a router; it’s actually a form of chip carving. Those wishing to take up the w

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Barry Dima

    From the Archives: How to Sharpen Roughing and Spindle Gouges - FineWoodworking (opens the original)

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    This is an excerpt from Fine Woodworking #12, Fall 1978 Click here to read the full digitized issue. Be very critical regarding the shape and bevel length of brand-new gouge blades. You may find that a roughing-down gouge is not ground straight across, a condition which must be remedied on the grindstone. The bevel length will almost certainly be too long, not the correct angle of 45°. Sometimes a lot of metal (and money) has to be ground away before the correct angle is reached. As a temporary

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Barry Dima

    From the Archives: A History of Roll-Top Desks and Tambour Doors - FineWoodworking (opens the original)

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    This is an excerpt from Fine Woodworking #13, Winter 1978 Click here to read the full digitized issue. Writing desks, whether for business or household, need a larger work surface than one might otherwise desire in the room. They also need some means of rapid closure, whereby clutter and important papers may be concealed from snoops, protected from thieves, or merely swept out of sight when guests arrive. The usual solution, found on all manner of furniture since the 17th century, is a hinged fl

  5. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Barry Dima

    From the Archives: The Tools and Techniques to Rive Wood - FineWoodworking (opens the original)

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    This is an excerpt from Fine Woodworking #12, Fall 1978 Click here to read the full digitized issue. Many craftsmen today have little, if any, experience with the ancient practice of cleaving. Yet before factory-made saws became widespread, cleaving and hewing with an ax were the primary means of reducing wood in size or dividing it into smaller pieces. In cleaving, a tree trunk is split length­wise into halves, then quarters, and sometimes eighths or six­teenths, depending on the diameter of th

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