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Heavy Timbers
JULy/AuGUST 19 , .
79
No
17 $2.50
the voodvorkers of America
sign BookTwo
1150 Photographs of the best work
Now ofered only to Fine Woodworking readers
at a prepubication price of $10, a saving of $2.
Chairs, beds and stools; tables, desks and bureaus;
tools, instruments and toys; cabinets, cupboards and
houses; sculpture, carving and marquetry-and even a
couple of canoes.
Each photograph is accompanied by the dimensions of
the work, and a list of the woods and principal tech­
niques used. There also are informative remarks by the
craftsmen themselves-on how they work and why they
work. The book includes a directory of woodworkers,
giving the business name, address and shop specialties
of the professional craftsmen represented.
in wood by
1,000
present-day cratsmen. It covers a
breathtaking range, from traditional favorites to con­
temporary wonders. If you like wood, you'll love Design
Book Two.
Fine Woodworking's
original Biennial Design
Fine Woodworking
magazine's
130,000
readers to
send in photographs of the best work they had done
since then. The response was overwhelming. The
editors pored over thousands of entries to choose the
very best photos of the very best woodworking. Design
Book Two is the result-a unique record of the state of
the woodworker's art in all its inspiring diversity.
Design Book Two is
288
pages long, printed on the same
quality and size paper as this magazine, and bound in
both soft and hard covers. It goes on sale Sept.
30
at
$12
a copy soft-cover or
$16
hard-cover, postpaid.
Fine
special prepublication price of
$10
soft-cover or
$l4
hard-cover. Simply fill out and return the coupon
bound inside the back cover of this magazine. This
prepublication ofer expires Sept.
15, 1979.
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The best vork n vood from
ine
�Working
in wood being done today
Fine Woodworking
Design Book Two is
a lavish treasury of
1,150
photographs of the best work
Book
(1977)
was such a smashing success that the editors
invited
Woodworking
readers may reserve a copy now at the
Publisher
Paul Roman
Editor
John Kelsey
Art Director
Roger Barnes
Contn'buting Editors
Tage Frid
R. Bruce Hoadley
Simon WartS
Consulting Editors
George Frank, A. W. Marlow
Lelon Traylor
Methods of Work Editor
Jim Richey
Assistant Editors
Laura Cehanowicz
Ruth Dobsevage
Richard Mastelli
Assistant Art Director
Deborah Fillion
Editonal Assistant
Mary Pringle Blaylock
Correspondents
John Makepeace, Alan Marks
Rosanne Somerson, Richard Starr
Colin Tipping, Stanley N. Wellborn
Production
JoAnn Muir, Manager
Barbara Hannah, Darkroom
Nancy Knapp, Typesetting
Jean Melita, Paste-up
Associate Publisher
Janice
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A. Roman
Advertising
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Carole Weckesser
Advertising Consultant
Granville M. Fillmore
Marketing Representative
John Grudzien
Subscnptions
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R 17
JULy/AUGUT
DEPARTMENTS
12
Methods of Work
18
Questions
&
Answers
26
Books
30
Adventures in Woodworking by
Jim Haber: A little help from
my
friends
33
Events
34
The Woodcraft Scene
by Robert
1.
Buyer: Gifted Hands
ARICLES
36
Sawmilling by
Dwight
G.
Gorrell
43
Working with Heavy Timbers by
Ed Levin
54
Portfolio: Woodworking Women by
Laura Cehanowicz
57
Bending Compound Curves by
Jere Osgood
E.
Ando, Manager
Gloria Carson, Dorothy Dreher
Marie Johnson, Cathy Kach
Nancy Schoch, Kathy Springer
Mailroom
Viney Merrill, Manager
Robert Bruschi
Accounting
Irene A rfaras , Manager
Madeline Colby
Secretay to the Publisher
Lois Beck
61
Furniture from Photographs
by Lelon Traylor
68
Routing for Inlays by
Eric
Schramm
70
Precision by
Fred ]. Johnson
72
Finishing Materials by
Arthur D. Newell
76
Out of the Woods
78
Solid Wood Doors by
Tage Frid
80
Library Steps by
Simon Watts
82
84
Editor's Notebook:
On accidents and doors
Nowegian Woods
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Cover: Raisin
g
the raters and some joiney
detads fr om heavy timber frames made by
housewnght Ed Levin of Canaan,
Fine Woodworking
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basic morttse-and-tenon joint, on page 43.
Cover photos: Richard Star.
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Letters
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,
I
would have shared Bird's opinion.
I
am a fu niture
maker. I produce only those of the period type. However, I
am now in contact with woodworkers of all kinds, be they
professional or amateur. I have leaned that their so-called art
is produced with the same meticulous expertise as period
pieces. They have just as much respect fo r wood and the craft
of woodworking as you do .. . they merely express it in their
own way.
79
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until a
I
think you do the craft a severe disservice in ig­
noring this need.
Having vented the preceding spleen,
year ago
I
sat down to read the
May issue and I want to note some encouraging signs. I've
entered the vacuum press in my list of projects. The chair
comments are sensible. Please put Lelon Traylor's work out
and don't waste his effortS answering twinky questions.
-Bob McKelvey, Canoga Park, Calt!
-Paul C. Hardy,}r., Maden, Mass.
I
own a small short-run production shop in
which I do woodwork fo r other manufacturers. Occasionally, I
do things which you might respect. My subscription began
with your fi rst issue and I'm astonished at how little you have
taught me. I'm about to file you under
craftsy-poo
and be
done with it ....Your emphasis seems to me a strange mar­
riage of hippie and elitist. You focus on the impractical, the
outlandish, the outdated and all too often, the petty, to the
near exclusion of anything practical.
I disagree strongly with Mel Bird ....The element that sets
Fine Woodworking
apart is its emphasis on both the craft and
the art of designing fo r, and working with wood. Most of us
are regularly involved in the rather mundane process of mak­
ing items that are popular, or that will sell. Certainly there
are plenty of magazines and books dealing with that aspect of
the craft. It is a joy to feed on one periodical that challenges
the mind and ignites the imagination in the very medium we
love the most. Please continue to challenge and ignite even in
the face of constant and sometimes overwhelming pressure
fo r mediocrity.
-Max Peterson, Library, Pa.
I
wholeheartedly agree with Mel Bird. Your magazine is great
if you want to build some avant-garde project but lacking if
you are interested in becoming a fi ne craftsman.
-Les Foster, Puyallup, Wash.
In reference
o
Mel Bird's comments, it would seem necessary
to point out the obvious which apparently escapes him, i.e.,
mankind has, fo r centuries, striven
o
combine art with fu nc-
I
am so tired of wooden
planes, goofy turnings, and useless and uninformative ad­
vertising that I could scream. There is a real place in the cul­
ture-in these times-for affordable, well designed and
proudly made wood produ([s. You publish precious little
that I would care to own. Never mind whether or not I could
affo rd i t. You seem to insist that a craftsman is someone who
belligerently clings to outdated techniques, scorns work that
the man on the street can afford, has no interest in the social
ramifications of his craft and derives his income either by
toadying to the rich and bored or by playing the guru. Well, I
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This is important! Sinks Model
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In reference to a letter from a "group of people" from the
Huron, Ohio area represented by Mel Bird (May
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are suspended somewhere between the clouds and their
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I would like to second the letter from Mel Bird and add some
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