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Publication Vol. Date Article Author
PLANES & SHAVES
American Woodworker # 67 8/98 Wooden Spokeshaves D. Wachnicki

American Woodworker

# 1 10/97 Make a Plane Perform Frank Klausz

American Woodworker

# 54 10/96 Tuning a Transitional Plane Tom Stevens

American Woodworker

# 51 8/96 Buyer's Guide to Jack Planes, Flattening a Sole

American Woodworker

# 50 2/96 Wooden Hand Plane Yeung Chan

American Woodworker

# 35 6/96 Spokeshaves Ellis Valentine

American Woodworker

# 26 6/92 Making a Smooth Plane M. Rodriguez

American Woodworker

8/91 Making a Wooden Spokeshave Andy Barnum
Fine Woodworking #126 10/97 Making Wooden Planes David Welter

Fine Woodworking

#122 2/97 The Spokeshave M. Rodriguez

Fine Woodworking

#119 8/96 Block Planes M. Rodriguez
Fine Woodworking #136 6/99 Smoothing Planes Garrett Hack
Fine Woodworking #142 6/00 Resurrect a Coffin Smoother Allan Breed
Fine Woodworking #145 12/00 Japanese Planes Demystified Carl Swensson
Woodwork # 53 10/98 Introduction to Shaving Tools Kerry Pierce

Woodwork

# 55 2/99 Notes on Plane-making Seth Janofsky

Woodwork

#60 12/99 Smoothing Planes Anthony Guidice
Woodwork #64 8/00 Shop-Made Planes Allen Weiss
SHARPENING
Fine Woodworking #172 10/04 Sharpening Card Scrapers Brian Boggs
American Woodworker # 66 6/98 Scary Sharp Mike Dunbar

American Woodworker

# 56 12/96 Retempering Tools Mke Callihan

American Woodworker

# 52 6/96 Sharpening Secrets 4 Experts

American Woodworker

# 30 2/93 Sharpening Turning Tools Stephen Blenk

American Woodworker

# 28 10/92 Sharpening Gouges Toshio Odate
Fine Woodworking #117 4/96 Job Site Sharpening S. Winchester
Woodwork # 40 8/96 Method of Sharpening Edge Tools David Wright
Woodwork # 53 10/98 Sharp from the Start Tom Caspar
Woodwork #63 6/00 Sharpening Chisels & Plane Blades Toshio Odate
Woodwork #63 6/00 Sharpening Chisels/Quick Method A. Guidice
Woodwork #65 10/00 Sharpening Drawknives Dan Stalzer
WORKBENCH PLANS
American Woodworker # 65 4/98 Build a Master's Bench Robt.Whitney

American Woodworker

# 58 4/97 Build a Better Workbench Ian Kirby

American Woodworker

# 42 12/94 Plywood Top Workbench Frank Perry
Fine Woodworking #162 4/03 Rock-Solid Workbench Jon Leppo
Fine Woodworking #139 12/99 New-Fangled Workbench John White
Fine Woodworking #149 6/01 A Bench Built to Last Dick McDonough
Woodsmith # 50 Traditional Workbench
Woodwork # 41 10/96 Workbench in a Weekend Tom Caspar
Woodwork #59 10/99 Building a Workbench for the 90's Niall Barrett
SCRAPERS
Popular Woodworking #152 12/05 Chair Devils Kathy Somerville
Fine Woodworking #172 10/04 Sharpening Card Scrapers Brian Boggs
American Woodworker # 30 2/93 Scrapers Mac Campbell
Fine Woodworking #124 6/97 Making Small Scrapers W.T.Young

Fine Woodworking

#118 6/96 Buckhorn Scrapers (contours) Scott Wynn

Fine Woodworking

#114 10/95 Preparing a Scraper M. Robinson
Fine Woodworking #147 2/00 Scrapers Philip Lowe
Woodworker's Journal # 17 6/93 Taming The Scraper Roger Holmes
Woodwork # 45 6/97 Make a Chairmaker's Scraper Tom Caspar
Woodwork #61 2/00 Scrapers A. Guidice
LATHES/TURNING
American Woodworker #54 10/96 Bungee Lathe (Foot Powered) Don Weber
Fine Woodworking #145 12/00 Skew-Chisel Basics Richard Raffan
Woodwork #63 6/00 End Vise Pole Lathe John Alexander
The Woodwright's Work Book 1986 Treadle Lathes etc. Roy Underhill
TOOLS
American Woodworker # 63 12/97 Make & Use a Bowsaw Yeung Chan
American Woodworker # 72 4/99 Small Carving Tools Mike Burton
Fine Woodworking #163 6/03 Scratch Tools Rob Millard
Fine Woodworking #25 11/80 The Drawknife Drew Langsner
Fine Woodworking #139 12/99 New Breed of Shaving Horse Brian Boggs
Fine Woodworking #151 10/01 Build  a Bowsaw Crate Larkin
Woodwork #56 4/99 Handsaws for Dimensioning & Shaping A. Guidice
Woodwork #59 10/99 Making a Japanese Marking Gauge A. Guidice

Woodwork

# 41 10/96 The Peg Clamp (for shaving) J. Alexander
Woodwork #59 10/99 Making a Japanese Marking Gauge A. Guidice
Woodwork #73 2/02 Robin Wood-Pole Lathe Turner Terry Martin
TECHNIQUE
Fine Woodworking #149 6/01 Steam-bending Lon Schleining
Fine Woodworking #155 4/02 Q&A Boiling vs. steam-bending Lon Schleining
Fine Woodworking #145 12/00 Prevent Injury Tom LeRoy
Woodwork #80 4/03 Riving Wood John D. Alexander
CHAIRMAKING clear
Wood #145 6/05 Curtis Buchanan's 3 Showstopping Finishes Curtis Buchanan
Fine Woodworking #172 10/04 An Antique Painted Finish Dan Faia
Fine Woodworking #144 10/00 Carve a Softwood Seat Curtis Buchanan
Fine Woodworking #127 12/97 Good Work, A Plea for Handtools  John Brown
Fine Woodworking #142 6/00 Duplicate Spindles by Hand Kim Carleton Graves
Fine Woodworking #145 12/00 Right Wood for the Job Mike Dunbar
Woodwork #58 8/99 Building a Rustic Windsor Chair I Drew Langsner
Woodwork #59 10/99 Building a Rustic Windsor Chair II Drew Langsner
Woodwork #63 6/00 Shaker Style Rocker I Kerry Pierce
Woodwork #64 8/00 Shaker Style Rocker II Kerry Pierce
Woodwork #65 10/00 Shaker Style Rocker III Kerry Pierce
Woodwork #69 6/01 Appalachian Chairmakers Curtis Buchanan
Woodwork #69 6/01 The Am. Windsor Chair John Lavine
Woodwork #74 4/02 Teaching Traditions-Country Workshops Brooks Townes

Woodworking Forums and Blogs

Drew Langsner, Country Workshops: http://countryworkshops.org/forum.html

WoodWeb: http://www.woodweb.com/index.html

Fine Woodworking: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/  offers many articles on Windsor chairs, and as a member you can "Ask an Expert".

WoodNet Woodworking Forums: http://www.woodnet.net/forums/

Peter Galbert - Chair Notes: http://chairnotes.blogspot.com/

SHAVING HORSE

John Alexander,Green Woodworking http://www.greenwoodworking.com/shorse.htm - plans/directions
Shaving horse diagrams: http://www.countryworkshops.org/CWshavehorse.html
Shaving horse diagrams: http://www.voicenet.com/~rburton/horse.gif
Bodger board: http://members.aol.com/bodgerbord/main.html

TOOLS

Clico Spoonbit Modification.(pdf) courtesy of Highland Hardware
John Alexander,Green Woodworking - plans for a tapered reamer

STEAM BOXES/BENDING

Making a Steam Box
Steam Bending FAQs, Gregg Germain:  Good basic discussion
Steam Box, David Goodchild
Rx for Bending Wood, Gene Wengert
Lon Schliening, "The Complete Manual of Wood Bending" book and video

LATHE

Drawings on construction of a treadle mechanism
Dr. Wood Discusses the Lathe

WOOD

Forest Products Laboratory
Forest Stewardship Council
The Hardwood Council
Hardwood Handbook
SmartWood, Conservation through certified forestry
Wood Finder, locator of sources for wood

RESOURCES

New Yankee Workshop video/plans for Fan-back with Bill Wallick
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
This organization helps craftsmen who have had a loss, due to fire or weather etc., get back on their feet.

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