Australian Woodsmith

Australian Woodsmith is packed with all the tips and tricks from experts with years of experience. We include templates, plans and projects that will keep you busy in the workshop for hours, or at least until the next issue hits the newsstands. Australian Woodsmith is a woodworking magazine that brings exploded illustrations, step-by-step instructions and techniques to the dedicated timber hobbyist.

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Australian Woodsmith

Tips & Techniques

Next issue of Australian Woodsmith on sale 8th Oct. 2020 – Issue no. 160

Boys’ Toys, Books & Gear

Lignum Vitae

Upgrading to Spiral Cutters • Thicknessers simply work better with helical spiral cutting heads.

Compasses, Dividers & Trammels

Dovetail Design Details

Ripping at the Router Table

Creating a Crackled Finish

Shadow Boxes • Featuring custom frames and a decorative painted finish, these attractive boxes are a great way to showcase your prized collections.

Making a Wall-hanging Tool Cabinet • Israel Martin makes a tool cabinet for his hand-tools-only workshop.

Baby Cradle • Skip the treetop. The gentle, rock-a-bye swing of this cradle is sure to keep a little one slumbering peacefully through the night.

Workshop Notebook & Short Cuts

Secret Inner Worlds • The composite core of golf balls conceals an amazing pallete of colours.

The Art Nouveau Alphabet • Murray Taylor explores knife-carving Art Nouveau-style fonts.

Sliding Dovetail Joints

Subscribe & Win

Countersinking with confidence • Having made the mistake in the past of shearing off bugle head screws in hardwood I had a moment of inspiration. Here it is.

HARDWARE & SUPPLIES SOURCES

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Fine crafts

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