Woodworking Crafts – Issue 99

In issue 99 of Woodworking Crafts you’ll find plenty to inspire and inform your crafts.

In Projects, Kev Alviti builds a set of shelves into a sturdy pantry door; Charles Mak restores a vintage side table; Ross Pollard carves a rustic picture frame; Mark Palma builds a torsion box to create more space for tools; Dave Western makes a daffodil carving; Terry Nokes whittles some Easter chick decorations; Fred and Julie Byrne use their scrollsaw to make a pair of candle holders from contrasting woods; Anthony Bailey makes a toy castle out of MDF; Simon Rodway shares his designs for a solid workbench; Andy Coates uses a bowl saver to turn a set of wooden bowls; and Anna Muzzolon decorates a bowl with a pyrographed carp design.

In our Techniques articles, James Hatter shows how to lay a hardwood floor; Colin Sullivan gets to grips with a drilling jig; Geoffrey Laycock explains safe methods for grinding tools; and Rob Stoakley looks at mortising using hand or power tools.

In Features, we meet Thomas Dambo who has made an international name for himself with his huge troll sculptures made entirely from recycled wood; we have an extract from The Woodburner Handbook, where Anthony Bailey shares advice for choosing fuel; and we showcase pieces from the Wizardry in Wood competitions.

All this and more in issue 99 of Woodworking Crafts !