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- Easier -Woodworking
is the art or craft of making things of wood. The
craftsman uses woodworking tools to shape the
wood.
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- Harder - Woodworking,
one of the world's the oldest crafts, is the forming
and shaping of wood to make useful and decorative
objects. Today, woodworking is a popular hobby and an
important industry. A skilled woodworker with access
to a well-equipped workshop can build items as simple
as a birdhouse or as complicated as furniture. The
tools needed can be purchased at hardware and
department stores. Wood materials can be purchased at
lumber retail stores and hobby supply shops.
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- rec.woodworking
FAQ's
- http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/wood.html
- This links-site connects to several FAQ and other
websites on woodworking.
- Related Website:
- 2) 101 Woodworking Tips & Techniques from
Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and
Workbench http://www.woodworkingtips.com/woodtips/
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- Sawdust
Making 101
- http://sawdustmaking.com/
- This is an online guide for beginning
woodworkers.
- Related Website:
- 2) New Woodworker http://www.newwoodworker.com/
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- Women
in Woodworking
- http://www.womeninwoodworking.com/
- This site is designed for the growing number of
women woodworkers, as well as craftswomen and home
improvement enthusiasts.
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- WoodCentral
- http://www.woodcentral.com/
- This site offers offers expert advice, an
interactive forum, and more for amateur and
professional woodworkers.
- Other Comprehensive Woodworking Information
Sites:
- 2) WoodNet http://www.woodnet.net/
- 3) Woodworking.com http://www.woodworking.com/
- 4) Woodworkers Central http://www.woodworking.org/
- 5) Woodworking on the Web http://www.woodworking.co.uk/
- 6) Wood Zone http://www.woodzone.com/
- 7) Woodweb http://www.woodweb.com/
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- After visiting several of the
woodworking websites, complete one or more
of the following activities.
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- Receive a Weekly Woodworking
Tip. Sign up to receive a free weekly
woodworking tip via email. All tips are
provided by by the editors of
Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and
Workbench magazines. If interested,
go to Woodworking Tips (http://www.woodworkingtips.com/).
You may also want to sign up for Woodshop
Tips (http://www.woodshoptips.com/)
from Shopsmith.
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- Try Your Skills in the Woodworker's
Maze. Go to the Maze (http://www.woodworking.org/maze.html)
and choose the old or the new version. The
Old Maze is the one from last month which
has the answers highlighted to the end.
Recommend that you read the
Introduction: The Woodworkers Maze
(http://www.woodworking.org/Mazes/intro.html)
first. Both mazes have over a hundred - -
or are there two hundred questions? A
hint, you can get through the Maze by
answering less than 20 questions
correctly. Just as in a real maze, you
won't know exactly where you've missed an
answer (made a wrong turn) until you've
answered one or several more questions
(hit a dead end). At that point you have
to go back and try to pick up the trail.
Final warning - - the maze is hard; it is
for advanced learners!
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- Classify Hand Tools. Visit
sites like Millers Falls Company
(http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/mf.htm)
and Electronic Neanderthal
(http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/en.html)
to learn about hand tools used in
woodworking. Using information found at
Simple Machines (http://www.42explore.com/smplmac.htm)
another 42eXplore project from
eduScapes, classify each of then
woodworking hand tools by the type of
simple machine(s) that it employs.
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- Develop a Safety Guideline
List. Create your own list of safety
instructions for using tools in
woodworking. You may want to focus on a
tool group or a specific power or hand
tool. Share your list with others.
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- Build a Birdhouse. Various
species of birds prefer birdhouses of
certain sizes. You can check some of the
recommendations at (1) All the Specs for
Building Birdhouses (http://birding.about.com/library/blhousespecs.htm?once=true&)
from About.com and (2) Feathers
& Flowers 2000: Build Birdhouses
(http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aa022800a.htm?once=true&).
Use the information to select or modify
the plans found at the following websites;
find the wood projects:
- (3) Bluebird House Plans by M.
Brain http://www.bygpub.com/bluebird/
- (4) How to Build Birdhouses
http://birding.about.com/hobbies/birding/msub12-houses.htm
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- Equipment, Supplies, and Tools Sites
- Constantines
Wood Center
- http://www.constantines.com/
- This is the website of a leading provider of
wooodworking supplies.
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- Delta
International Machinery Corporation
- http://www.deltawoodworking.com/
and http://www.deltamachinery.com/
- This is the website home of a manufacturer of
woodworking equipment.
- Other Woodworking Equipment Websites:
- 2) Dewalt Woodworking (Includes an Ask-the-Expert
Section) http://www.dewalt.com/us/woodworking/
- 3) Porter-Cable http://www.portercable.com/
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- Millers
Falls Company
- http://www.public.coe.edu/~rroeder/mf.htm
- Site is devoted to a study of the hand- powered
woodworking tools once manufactured by the
Massachusetts-based Millers Falls Company.
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- Mimwax
- http://www.minwax.com/
- This company manufactures products to beautify,
protect and restore wood.
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- Museum
of Woodworking Tools
- http://www.antiquetools.com/
- The aim of this site is to provide a
knowledge-base of museum quality tools and a
description of tools and techniques that once existed
but are now gone.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Antique Tools FAQ by V. Miller http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/antique-tool-faq.txt
- 3) Electronic Neanderthal http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/en.html
- 4) Hand Tool FAQ by K. Smith http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/htfaq.txt
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- Powermatic
- http://www.jettools.com/PMWood/PMWoodIndex.html
- This is the website of another company with a long
history of industrial quality woodworking
machines.
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- Ramco
- http://www.ramcosanders.com/
- Since 1963, Ramco has provided wide belt sanding
equipment to the wood and metalworking
industries.
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- Rockler
Online
- http://www.rockler.com/
- This is the website of a source for woodworking
supplies and hardware.
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- Shopsmith
Woodworking
- http://www.shopsmith.com/
- Here you find information about the popular
Shopsmith equipment and accessories.
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- Skil Power
Tools
- http://www.skil.com/
- Skil Power Tools are products of the
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.
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- Stanley
Works
- http://www.stanleyworks.com/
- This website will soon feature the complete line
of Stanley hand tools.
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- Thermwood
Corporation
- http://www.thermwood.com/
- Thermwood is currently the oldest CNC (computer
numerically controlled) router company offering
products for the woodworking, plastics and aerospace
industries.
- Related Website:
- 2) ShopBot Tools http://www.shopbottools.com/
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- Tool
Survey at
Woodworkers Central
- http://www.woodworking2.org/toolpage.htm
- Before you purchase that new
tool, you might want to check these searchable tool
reviews;ones that were submitted by woodworkers just
like you!
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- Wood
Clamps, Hand Screws, Related Tools
- http://members.aol.com/ClampGuy/index.htm
- This site from the 'clamp
guy' has lots of information about holding devices for
woodworking.
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- Woodcraft
- http://shop.woodcraft.com/woodcraft/assets/html/homepage.asp?URLCheck=1
- This is the website of one
of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of
quality woodworking tools and accessories.
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- More Lessons, Tips, and
Techniques for Woodworking
- Guide
to Honing and Sharpening
by B. Mathison from The Museum of Woodworking
Tools
- http://www.antiquetools.com/sharp/index.html
- The goal of this site is
with a minimum of equipment for you to be able to
produce razor sharp cutting edges on any tool blade
consistently.
- Other Useful Sites from
The Museum of Woodworking Tools:
- 2) Short Guide to Carving
Tool Terminology
- http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mv?Screen=NEXT&Store
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- 3) Short Guide to Chisels
- http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mv?Screen=NEXT&Store
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- Guide
to Machine Optimization: Making and Improving
Machinery and Accessories
- by J. Swensen
- http://www.tdl.com/~swensen/machines/index.html
- Here are tips and instructions for making and
improving woodworking machines and accessories.
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- Scrollsaw
Resources at Quality Wood Products
- http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/Garden/5194/scrollsaw/scroll-resources.html
- Here you will find hints, tips, and techniques
page for scrollsawing plus several links to related
woodworking sites.
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- Woodshop
- http://www.thewoodshop.20m.com/
- This site provides detailed reviews of new and
popular woodworking tools, a variety of how-to and
general woodworking articles, and other woodworking
resources.
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- Woodworker's
Bench Notes
- http://www.benchnotes.com/
- This site has a a collection of plans, jigs and
information for woodworkers.
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- Woodworking
Guide: Beginner's Toolbox from Popular
Mechanics
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/tools_for_beginners/ind
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- This article on woodworking tool selection is from
the long-running magazine.
- Other Woodworking Guides from Popular
Mechanics:
- Basic Joinery
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/basic_joinery/
- Everything About Abrasives
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/abrasives/
- Finishing Techniques
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/finish_techniques/
- Getting Started in Furniture Making
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/start_furniture_making/
- How to Sharpen Dull Tools
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/sharpening_dull_tools/
- Understanding Different Types of Glue http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/types_of_glue/
- Understanding Lumber and Plywood
- http://popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/1998/11/understanding_plywood/
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- Woodworking Magazines
Online
- Lots More Sites
- Andrew's
Workshop by A. Silvestri
- http://www.andrewsworkshop.com/
- This site from a woodworking enthusiast provides
tips, information, and advice.
- Related Website:
- 2) Earl's Woodworking http://user.icx.net/~ayers/
- 3) Jeff Greef Woodworking http://www.jeffgreefwoodworking.com/
- 4) Mike Scalora - Woodworking Page http://woodworking.scarynet.com/
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- Better
Woodworking
- http://www.betterwoodworking.com/
- Here you can find links and information for tools,
accessories, supplies, woodworking tips, how-to
articles, project plans, and much more.
- Similar Website:
- 2) Internet Woodworking http://www.internetwoodworking.com/
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- Furniture
Restoration Supplies and Advice from
Furniture Knowledge
- http://furnitureknowledge.com/
- This site contains lots of advice and information
on furniture restoration.
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- Hardwood
Handbook from Southeastern Lumber
Manufacturers Association
- http://www.hardwoodhandbook.org/
- This resource provides information on hardwood
lumber and its uses
- Related Wood Site:
- 2) Wood Sampler at Woodworkers Central
- http://www.woodworking.org/WC/woodsampler.html
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- New Yankee
Workshop
- http://www.newyankee.com/
- This is the companion website for the popular
woodworking series that is cast on Public
Television and the Home and Garden
Television networks.
- Related Television Programming
Websites:
- 2) American Woodshop http://www.americanwoodshop.org/
- 3) Router Workshop from Woodgrain Productions,
Inc. http://www.routerworkshop.com/
- 4) Woodwright's Shop from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wws/
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- Oak
Factory by K. Yeager
- http://theoak.com/
- At this website, visitors can download project
plans, read woodworking articles, and use the
'Woodworkers Guide to Suppliers.'
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- Jointer's
Bench
- http://jointer.oldetoolshop.com/
- This website is 'chock-full' of woodworking
information including workbench and tools, woodworking
trades, tips and hints, projects and links to other
sites.
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- Woodturner's
Workshop
- http://www.turningtools.co.uk/
- This website is provided as a resource for
woodturners, especially beginners.
- Other Woodturning Sites:
- 2) Woodturning Online http://www.woodturningonline.com/
- 3) Woodturning Plus http://www.woodturningplus.com/
- 4) Woodturning Reference and Information http://green-alan.tripod.com/main_index.htm
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- Wood-Working
from Regia Anflorum: Anglo-Saxon and Viking
Crafts
- http://www.regia.org/woodwork.htm
- This brief site tells a bit about woodworking in
ancient times.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Millwright History by R. Oliver http://www.unionmillwright.com/history.html
- 3) Woodworking of the Roman Period http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/artsandcrafts/
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- WoodWeb
- http://www.woodweb.com/
- This huge site is the information resource for the
woodworking industry.
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- Woodworking,
Carpentry, and Furniture Links
- http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/wood.htm
- The primary focus of this links-collection is
woodworking techniques during the Middle Ages.
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- WoodWorking
on the Internet for the World by R.J.
Brown
- http://www.kiva.net/~rjbrown/w5/wood.html
- This links-site features reviews of new websites,
lots of links to everything woodworking, helpline,
magazine rack, bookstore.
- Related Websites:
- 2) All Wood Work http://www.allwoodwork.com/
- 3) Allan's Wood Miser's Workshop http://members.aol.com/woodmiser1/
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- Woodworking
Page by S. Marino
- http://members.aol.com/woodinfo1/salpage.htm
- This website has information about veneering, wood
finishing and refinishing.
- Other Related Websites:
- 2) Finishing Articles & Information http://www.woodfinishsupply.com/articles.html
- 3) Tips on Finishing Wood Furniture http://www.unfinishedfurniture.org/finish.html
- 4) Wood Finishing Tips http://www.furnitureunfinished.com/Finishing_Tips.htm
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- Project Plan Sites
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- Websites for Teachers
- Building
Bigger Things from National 4-H Wood
Science Series
- http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/4cj/4cj03po/4cj03po.pdf
- This unit plan helps youth learn how to use tools
and machingery to construct items of wood.
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