Good Woodworking Issue 243 This issue
Includes:: VENEERING SPECIALIn the bag What affordable vacuum presses are there on the market & how can you make the most of them? Elliptical hall table We revisit Nick Webb’s spectacular project for a closer look at the veneering techniques used Veneered MDF: friend or foe? For his latest project – a handsome oakveneered shelving unit – Dominic Collings explores a world beyond working in the solid TECHNIQUES Time is on your side Restorer Stephen Simmons fi nds rewards in the painstaking process of restoring a longcase clock Working in the round Jeff Gorman looks at creating round legs, rails & spindles using planes instead of a lathe Forming, steaming, ironing... Nick Webb’s table is packed with techniques PROJECTS Off the shelf Dominic Collings combines oak-veneered MDF & shrewd design for this shelving unit Cross-boarded door Iain Whittington keeps the Devon air from intruding with an air-tight oak-planked build! Storage box Phil Davy finds a home for all his abrasives & power sanders in this handy plywood number Tiny turned treats Want to be popular with family & friends? Les Thorne shows you how to turn fruit & hand mirrors PEOPLE & PLACES Chichester College It’s two weeks until the furniture students’ end of your show, & there’s an awful lot to do – will they make it over the finish line? Return of the Mack What’s they key to emulating the breathtakingly original furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh? Phil Whitfeld finds out YOUR FAVOURITES News from the bench Gadget of the month Solutions Letters/ Makers’ Notes Around the House Finishing Touch TOOLS ON TEST Concept KTX woodscrews Proxxon FET table saw Axminster AW10BSB2 table saw