#297-JULY/AUG 2022

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Build a traditional plate rack

With hand-cut dovetails and mortise-and-tenon joints, cove molding, and hanging with a French cleat, this plate rack lets you hone your handwork skills while you update your kitchen.

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Online Extras from FWW Issue #297

Online extras from Issue No. 297 of Fine Woodworking magazine. August 2022
Editor's Letter: Technology and the future of woodworking

Mike Pekovich answers the question; what will woodworking look like 50 years from now?
A school for simplicity and self-reliance

Kenneth and Angela Kortemeier offer hand-tool woodworking classes modeled after the Country Workshops of Drew Langsner.
Build a traditional plate rack

With hand-cut dovetails and mortise-and-tenon joints, cove molding, and hanging with a French cleat, this plate rack lets you hone your handwork skills while you update your kitchen.
DIY handles and pulls—from simple to complex

The team at Hank Gilpin's woodshop takes care to balance looks with ease of construction to make the best choice for each project.
For the Love of Pine

The wood that makes you feel superhuman
Fine pine finishes

Pine's notoriously splotchy thanks to its uneven density, but that doesn't mean it's unusable.
How to make a sunburst veneer top

Bruce Eaton's adaptable method relies on fundamental veneering techniques.
Turn a Lidded Container

Matt Monaco demonstrates shaping the outside and excavating the inside, creating the foot, making the lid, and finishing.
Curved, solid-wood edging

Two templates ensure that this solid-wood edging will correctly fit to any outside curve.
Penguins to planes

From studying penguins in Patagonia to building furniture in Seattle, the arc of Jack Cerchiara's career has been long.
Christopher Miano's Squiggles

Christopher Miano blends sculpture with furniture in a line of furniture designed to make you smile.