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Built a rustic sliding barn door for my gazebo kitchen — simple, space-saving, and beginner-friendly!🔧 Steps: Design → F...
22/07/2025

Built a rustic sliding barn door for my gazebo kitchen — simple, space-saving, and beginner-friendly!

🔧 Steps: Design → Frame → Dry fit → Bolts → Bead/Glass stops → Pulleys → Final assembly. Find out how on the Woodworkers Institute.

Book Review: Routing Techniques & ProjectsWe’ve just reviewed a fantastic new woodworking book that dives deep into the ...
22/07/2025

Book Review: Routing Techniques & Projects

We’ve just reviewed a fantastic new woodworking book that dives deep into the world of router trimmers — compact, versatile, and ideal for fine-detail work. From mastering the basics to building projects like boxes, shelves, and cutting boards, this guide is packed with step-by-step tutorials and inspiration.

📖 Routing by GMC Publications – out now at giftstome.co.uk and all good bookshops.

2nd GIVEAWAY TIME!We’ve teamed up with Liberon to give one lucky reader the chance to win a woodcare bundle worth over £...
22/07/2025

2nd GIVEAWAY TIME!
We’ve teamed up with Liberon to give one lucky reader the chance to win a woodcare bundle worth over £100! 🎁

From waxes and oils to stains and varnishes, these pro-grade products are trusted by woodworkers across the UK — and now they could be yours.

📅 Enter before 25 September
📍 UK mainland entries only
🔗 Head to the Woodworkers Institute Competitions page this Friday to enter.
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GIVEAWAY ALERT! We’ve teamed up with BeaverCraft for a free giveaway — and it’s officially live. 🛠️Want to win a premium...
21/07/2025

GIVEAWAY ALERT!
We’ve teamed up with BeaverCraft for a free giveaway — and it’s officially live. 🛠️

Want to win a premium BeaverCraft apron? It’s easy:

Head to the competitions page on the Woodworkers Institute and simply fill in the form.

Don’t miss out – entries close soon!

Chest-on-a-Stand RestorationFranciszek de Sage restores a late 17th-century William-and-Mary-style chest to its original...
19/07/2025

Chest-on-a-Stand Restoration
Franciszek de Sage restores a late 17th-century William-and-Mary-style chest to its original elegance at West Dean College.

Originally mounted on bun feet, the proportions were off. A new historically accurate stand was built with turned legs, a veneered stretcher, and detailed feather-banding — all in European walnut.

Article topics include traditional joinery, hammer veneering, turning, bleaching with nitric acid fumes, and how to blend new work seamlessly into antique furniture through distressing and finishing techniques.

Only on the Woodworkers Institute.

John Hawkswell crafts a beautiful spalted beech and yew box, suspended delicately on a curved arm and minimalist base. A...
17/07/2025

John Hawkswell crafts a beautiful spalted beech and yew box, suspended delicately on a curved arm and minimalist base. A masterclass in balance and illusion—where design meets precision, and the vessel appears to float effortlessly.

For full instructions on how to make one yourself, head over to the Woodworkers Institute.

Furniture & Cabinetmaking issue 326 is out now!In issue 326 of Furniture & Cabinetmaking you’ll find plenty to inspire a...
17/07/2025

Furniture & Cabinetmaking issue 326 is out now!

In issue 326 of Furniture & Cabinetmaking you’ll find plenty to inspire and inform your furniture making. In our Projects section, Germán Peraire makes a bonsai tool container; Robert Webb makes a cherry-wood bed inspired by Gustav Stickley; Giuseppe Deepak Benti makes a staked chair that combines wood from opposite sides of the world; Giacomo Malaspina modifies a traditional shaving horse to make it more useful for the modern workshop; Paul Davies makes an Arts & Crafts-style bookcase; Anthony Bailey repairs a hoop-back Windsor chair; and Mitch Peacock makes an unplugged Japanese lantern.

In Techniques, Michael T Collins explains how to sharpen a card scraper; and John Bullar looks at the Komi-sen joint.

In Features, Joseph Robinson’s bog oak bench has been awarded the Christopher Claxton Stevens Prize for 2025; we showcase some of the outstanding work from the Chippendale International School of Furniture Graduate Exhibition; and we meet woodworker, teacher and author Toyohisa Sugita, and learn about his latest book, Routing.

We also have profiles of talented designer-makers Ivan Alentijev of Lavi Design Studio; Rick Basilio; Adriana Segura; and Neil Stevenson of NEJ Stevenson.

All this and more in issue 326 of Furniture & Cabinetmaking!

✨ Furniture & Cabinetmaking issue 326 is available to buy now – see link in bio.
📸 Photo: Ivan Alentijev

Dave Wilkins takes guest editor Peter Benson on a journey through his evolution as a carver — from walking stick heads t...
16/07/2025

Dave Wilkins takes guest editor Peter Benson on a journey through his evolution as a carver — from walking stick heads to intricate spoon designs. What began as a hobby in the early '90s has grown into a passion for precision, storytelling, and function.

See Dave in action, and explore some of his favourite pieces — only on the Woodworkers Institute.

Competitions, upcoming!We're giving away one of these beautifully made work aprons from , starting next week. Be sure to...
16/07/2025

Competitions, upcoming!

We're giving away one of these beautifully made work aprons from , starting next week. Be sure to keep an eye on the Woodworkers Institute for more info on how and where to enter 👀



A chair born from two traditions.While walking through the centre of Rome, a designer met Dario Alfonsi, one of the city...
15/07/2025

A chair born from two traditions.

While walking through the centre of Rome, a designer met Dario Alfonsi, one of the city's last remaining leather artisans. A shared respect for craft sparked a collaboration: the designer would build the wooden frame, and Dario would create the leather seat and backrest. The result is a light, elegant armchair — a piece that merges woodworking and leatherwork, ancient forms and modern lines, tradition and innovation.

Follow the story on the Woodworkers Institute.





Follow the story on the Woodworkers Institute.

Pyrography Project!This floral letter A combines traditional pyrography with coloured pencils for a soft, vibrant finish...
14/07/2025

Pyrography Project!

This floral letter A combines traditional pyrography with coloured pencils for a soft, vibrant finish. Perfect for beginners—just a woodburning pen, some pastels, and patience.

Want to try this technique? Find out how on the Woodworkers Institute.

Les Symonds presents his handcrafted interpretation of a classic cowboy-style water flask — reimagined in beautifully tu...
12/07/2025

Les Symonds presents his handcrafted interpretation of a classic cowboy-style water flask — reimagined in beautifully turned elm and ash, complete with a braided leather strap. Finished with melamine lacquer inside and out, it’s built for occasional use — maybe even during a rewatch of those cheesy Westerns that started it all.

FInd out how to make it, only on the Woodworkers Institute.



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