Woodcraft Magazine

BOB BERNER, an Allentown, PA-based woodworker, is a lifelong tinkerer, and has loved to take things apart, modify, and improve them—even if they didn’t need fixing. He recently added a CNC router to his garage shop and has been making highend speaker kits for the audiophile community. Read Bob’s article on page 28. SOPHIE GLENN is a metal worker, woodworker, furniture designer, and sculptor based in Reading, PA. Her work has exhibited nationally in museums and galleries including the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN, The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. Read Sophie’s article on page 62. DAVID SLOAN has been making stuff out of wood since he was a kid. He has been Editor of This Old House magazine, Editor and Publisher of American Woodworker magazine…

If you’re anything like me and most of the woodworkers I know, you can glance around your shop and find more than a few abandoned projects. In one form or another, you have probably paused your progress on a project, small or large, and started something else. You may have had to set aside a personal project to make room for a job, a gift, or some other burst of creativity. Perhaps you needed a particular bit or a piece of hardware, and you just haven’t made it to your local Woodcraft. Or maybe you simply got tired of working on your current project. Sometimes the well runs dry. Whatever the reason, this phenomenon doesn’t mean that we woodworkers enjoy shuffling parts from one corner of the shop to another or…

Way off base The dimensions for the base of the Chimney Advent Calendar (Dec/Jan 2023) were incorrectly duplicated from the mantel dimensions. The correct dimensions for its base should be 3/4 × 6 × 14". The base dimensions can also be customized to fit your own mantel or display space, as long as the tree and chimney are spaced and oriented so the tree doesn’t interfere with pulling the dowel pins out of the chimney side. Reader-friendly This torture device you have produced is not designed to be read by anyone over 20 years old. The infinitesimally small type and horrid contrast make it a painful process to attempt to read. The ads, of course, are clearly printed. —Peter Chast, via email Fine and fair The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association is accepting national and international…

FRED WILLIAMS PARKERSBURG, WV Not built in a day. Retired schoolteacher and avid carver Williams gave the classic game of dominoes a twist. After cutting the tiles from basswood, he carved Roman numerals into each gamepiece, instead of traditional dots. Then he colored the carvings with artists paint. After making three double-twelve sets, each comprising 91 dominoes, he crafted and carved a trio of basswood boxes featuring simple miters, hinged lids, and brass clasps. The cases each measure 3 × 5 × 9". After months of carving, Williams dreamed up the unique name for his invention: “Roman Ominoes.” DOUGLAS HEAD THAYNE, WY See saws. Wanting to organize and display his restored antique handsaw collection, Head designed and built this saw rack. The body is crafted from poplar and walnut, with saw-shaped endcaps stained gray. Slots…

ONEIDA AIR SYSTEMS SUPER DUST DEPUTY DELUXE CYCLONE Turn your single-stage collector into a two-stage system removing 99% of dust and debris. Includes a 15-gallon dust collection bin, anti-static resin cyclone, and adapters for 4 or 5" inlet and 4 or 6" outlet hoses. #184393, $269.99 JESSEM POW-R-TEK SR The Canadian toolmaker added a 3 1 ⁄4 hp router motor to its lineup. Standard 4.2" diameter motor fits Jess-Em and most other router lifts. Features redesigned spindle bearings, redirected air exhaust, and remote motor control speed switch. Includes 1 ⁄4 and 1 ⁄2" collets and spare brushes. jessem.com, $499.99 FESTOOL CTC-SYS CORDLESS EXTRACTOR This 36-volt turbine dry extractor packed into a T-LOC Systainer provides portable dust suction. Runs on dual 18-volt batteries and includes a remote control and shoulder strap. Features a HEPA filter and three suction…

PRICE: $2,185 pantorouter.com CUTS: • 1/8-1" mortise and tenons • Fixed and variable-spaced dovetails • ¼ and ½" box joints • Dowel joints • Other specialty shapes OTHER FEATURES: • Built-in dust collection port • Tilting table Last summer I succumbed to a barrage of internet advertising and acquired a PantoRouter. I’d seen other horizontally-mounted routers before, but those were essentially just slot mortisers—a tool I already have access to. The PantoRouter promised to be a much more versatile joint-cutting machine capable not only of cutting mortises, but the matching tenons as well, along with through dovetails, box joints, dowel joints, and more. The way the machine works is clever. The included Bosch router is mounted to an articulated arm which is, in turn, attached to a sliding carriage. Two handles control the router’s movement: one advances and retracts the…