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1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 6 15 16 7 8 17 9 To order back is ues: , 2 5 2 7 3 4 2 0 8 1VI1-S4A26-8171). Checkered Bowls, Tramp Art, Hand Planes, Carving Design Deci­ sions, Marquetry Cutting, Library

Ladders, French Polishing, Birch Plywood, Bench Stones.

Marquetry Today, Split Turn­ ings, Eagle Carvings, Hand Dove­ tails, Mechanical Desks, Antique Tools, Gustav Stickley, Oil/Var­ nish Mix, Shaker Lap Desk.

Wood, Mortise and Tenon, Hand Shaping, Plane Speaking, D e s e r t C a b i n e t r y, H i d d e n Drawers, Green Bowls, Queen Anne, Gate-Leg Table, Stroke

Carving, Small Workbench.

Doors and Walls.

Spinning Wheels, Turning Spalted Wood, Drawers, Scratch Beader, Leather on Wood, Parsons Tables, Hanging a Door, Dulcimer Peg Box, Notes on Finishing.

Sander, Furniture Plans.

Water and Wood, Hidden Beds, Exotic Woods, Veneer, Tackling Carving, Workbench, Ornamental Turning, Heat Treating, Mosaic Rosettes, Shaped Tambours.

Laminated Bowls, Stock Prep­ aration, Tung Oil, Relief Carving, Machine Maintenance, End-Bor­ ing Jig, Lumber Grading, Shaped Tambours, Index to Issues

Stacking, Carcase Construction, Dealing With Plywood, Patch-Pad Cutting, Drying Wood, Gothic Tracery, Guitar Joinery, The Bowl Gouge, Shaper Knives.

George Nakashima, Tapered Lamination, Improving Planes, Box-Joint Jig, World Globe, Koa Table, Incised Lettering, Bolection Turning, Air-Powered Tools.

T h e Wood Butcher, Wood Threads, The Scraper, California Woodworking, Bent Laminations, D r y K i ln , Expand ing Tables, Stacked Plywood, Serving Cart, Pricing Work.

The Shape of a Violin, The Mortise and Tenon Joint, Router Tables, Treadle Lathe, Milk Paint, Flying Woodwork, Routed Signs, Staved Containers, Carved Shells.

Carving Fans, Bending a Tray.

Steam Bending, Triangle Mark­

ing, Painted Furniture Decoration, C hain-Saw Lumbering, Gam­ ing Tables, Wooden Clamps, Ele­ gant Fakes, Aztec Drum, Measur­ ing Moisture.

Designing for Dining, Tall Chests, Entry Doors, Drawer Bot­ toms, Health Hazards in Wood­ working, Basic Blacksmithing, Routed Edge Joint, Shaker Round Stand, Small Turned Boxes.

use the order form op­ posite. Or you can call toll-free, and charge your order or MasterCard. to (Connecticut residents call

Tapered Sliding Dovetails,

Haunched Mortise and Tenon, Old World Cabinetmaker, Tables, Woodturning Chisels, To Finish the Finish, Cabriole Legs, Paneled

Greene and Greene, Holding the Work, Tambours, Stains, Spindle Turning, Cleaving Wood, Sharpening, Dust-Collection Sys­ tem, Sanding, Whetstones.

Glues and Gluing, Three-Legged Stool, Lute Roses, Bowl Turning, Doweling, Spalted Wood, An­ tiqued Pine Furniture, Solar Kiln,

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Wooden Clockworks, Hammer Veneering, Claw and Ball Feet (history and technique), Hot-Pipe B e n d i n g , A T w o -Way H in g e , Laminated Turnings, Chain-Saw

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Edward Barnsley, Locking the Joint, Harvesting Green Wood, Shop-Built Vacuum Press, Hollow Turnings, History of Marquetry, Before the Finish, Workbench, Circular Stairway..

Sawmilling, Bending Com­ pound Curves, Furniture from Photographs, Routing for Inlays, Die-Making Trade Tips, Finishing Materials, Solid Wood Doors, Library Steps.

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W ha r t o n E s h e r i c k , T o y Trucks, Oyster-Shell Veneering, PE G f o r t he W o o d war k e r , Oil/Varnish Finishes, Chip Carv­ ing, Mortise and Tenon by Ma­ chine, The Jointer. Michael Thonet, Shaper Cut­

ters and Fences, Weaving Cane, Knockdown Tabletops, Japanese Planes, French Polishing, Pigeon­ hole Desk, Repairing Chairs, Hard­ wood Sources. Hans Wegner, Making Sanding Machines, Abrasives, Low-Tech Thickness Sander, Dowel Joints, Dovetailing Carcases, Japanese Saws, Index to Issues

1-20.

K e r f-Bent B o x e s , Alpine Peasant Furniture, Cowhide for Chairs, Wood-Drying Technolog­ ies, Sharpening Saws, Furniture Conservation, Shop Math, Mar­ quetry with Rexible Veneers. In Search of Period Furniture Makers, Harry N ohr's Bowls, Abrasive Planer, Disc Sander, Turning Thin Spindles, Carbide­ Tipped Circular Saws, Hardwood Plywood, French Fitting. Setting Up a Small Shop, Workbenches, Sawhorse s and Vises, Walking-Beam Saw, Carving Gouges, Joiner's Tool Case, Com­ bination Machines, Dial Indicator.

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Sam Maloof, Dust Collection, Bandsaw Boxes, Precision Joinery, Butterfly Joint, Pedestal Table, Tuning Up Your Lathe, Finishing Marquetry, The Drawknife. Gimson and the Barnsleys, Mosaic Door, Clear Finishes, Tall­ Case Clock, Mitering on the Table Saw, Patternmaking, Woodwork­ ing Education, Survey of Schools. How Inlay is Made, Inlaying M o ther-of-Pearl, A Jigsaw for Pearl, Shaker Blanket Chest, Spline-Mitered Joinery, Coloring with Oils, Chisels, Alan Peters, Basics of the Bandsaw. Wooden Jointer, Guitar Bind­

ing and Purfling, Small-Scale Cabi­ netmaking, Single Bed, Fumed Oak, Decorative Joinery, Cutting Box Joints on Radial-Arm Saw, Coopered Columns. Woodworking in Mendocino, Two-Board Chairs, Stroke Sander, Spindle Laminations, Finishing on the Lathe, Pin Router, How to Sharpen, Japanese Blades. Building Stairs, Tool Cabinet, Pane l-Ra ising P la n e s , Car ved Signs, Sharpening Equipment, Steambending, Round-Top Table, Routing Mortises, New Furniture. Designing Chairs, End-Grain Lamp, Living Room Table, Cross­ C ountry Skis, Shop-Made Bowl Lathe, Pillar-and-Claw Table, Glu­ ing Up, Lacquer Finishing.

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Cover: A covey 0/quad explodes into flight in this detad a/a wood sculpture by Grainger McKoy; the whole sculpture is on page Above, McKoy mounts one a/the birds on its concealed steel ribbon. He describes this technique and other ways 0/ making wood seem like living feathers in the article begin­ ning on page Photos: Ted Borg.

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The Turned Bowl by John Kelsey

The end of infancy for a craft reborn

last Was Best by Richard Starr Timber by George Nakashima What it means to cut a tree

Wooden Bar Clamps by Tom Gerson How to make these essential tools

On Making Chairs Comfortable by Alan Marks How to fit the seat to the sitter

Slip Joints on the Radial-Arm Saw by Curtis Erpelding Getting accurate results from a versatile machine

Grainger McKoy's Carved Birds by Roger Schroeder Burning-In Bird Feathers by Eldndge Arnold Cutting Gauge by John Lively

The right tool for cross-grain layout

The Business of Woodworking

by John Ward by Robert L. Buyer by Henry Inttli

The diary of Artisan Woodworkers

Stepping back up to amateur status Strategies for sales and marketing How

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Printer's Saw Rebuilt by Stan Wellborn Converting the Hammond Glider

Oval Boxes by Tom McFadden

How to make steambent containers

Shaker Carrier by John Kassay

Dovetail box, steambend handle

The Torsion Box by Ian}. Kirby

How to make strong, light an-d stable panels

Current Work by Rick Mastelli

Gallery dealings in Northern California

Beyond the Bowl

Fine Woodworking DiPOstribUiors.

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Events Events listings are free but restrictedto workshops, jairs, lectures and exhIbitions ofdirect interest to woodworkers. The next dead jor line is jan. events beginning March to May

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ARKANSAS: Juried Art Fai r-May 7-9. Deadline for slide entries Mar. 3 1 . $45 enrry fee. Contan Don Kennett, RR. #2 , Box 3 24, Eureka Springs, Ark. 72632 .

CALIFORNIA : Lecture and Demonstration with Dale Nish at 3 Cutting Edge locations: Jan . 7-8 at 3 87 1 Grand View, LA; Feb. 4-5 at 7626 Miramar Rd . , Suite 3 5 00 , Santiago; Mar. 4-5 at 1836 4 th St. , Berkeley. $30. Contact the Cutting Edge at Grand View location. Workshop with Sam Maloof, $4 5 March 6 ; The Cutting Edge, 387 1 Grand View, Los Angeles, Cal if. 90066 . CONNECTICUT: Seminars and Workshops­ Crafts history, business and ph ilosophy, Feb. 5-6. Mack Headley: "Colonial Woodworking," April 1 7- 1 8 . Bud Kronenberg: "Canadian Goose Carv­ ing," April 24-2 5 . Stephen Hogbin: " Design for Woodworkers , " April 24- 2 5 . Bruce Ho adl e y : "Wood Pro p e rties and Technology," May 1 5 - 1 6 . Write B rookfield Craft Center, P .O . Box 1 2 2 , Brookfield , Con n . 06804 . FLORIDA: Design Competition-multipurpose furniture, May 1 5 toJuly 4. Entry deadline, Feb. 1 . Fee $ 1 0 , student; $20, others. Contact Arango, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, 1 2 1 2 Ana­ stasia Ave . , Coral Gables, Fla. 3 3 1 34 . INDIANA : Juried Art Fair-June 1 2 - 1 3 . Dead­ Contact line for slides and $40 entry fcc, March Joan Kisner, 630 N. Washington S t . , Danville, Ind. 46 1 22 .

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MAR YLA ND: Exhib i t - " Maryland Furniture Planely Dressed , " Jan. 1 t hrough Feb. 26. City Hall, 100 Holiday S t . , Baltimore, Md .

Exhibit and Sale-Sixth Annual Winter Market of American Crafts, open to the trade: Feb. 24-2 5 , open t o public: Feb. 26-28. Contact Carol Sedes­ trom, American Craft Enterprises, Inc . , P . O . Box 1 0 , New Paltz, NY 1 256 1 .

MASSA CHUSETTS: New England Buyer's Mar­ ketplace, all crafts, May 1 0- 1 1 , Hynes Auditor­

ium, Boston, Mass. Winter Workshops for Families in various crafts , Saturda y afternoons, Jan . through M arch . Old S turbridge Village, Mass. Call (6 1 7) 347-3 362 , ext. 3 2 3 or 285 , for details. J uried Craft Fair-May 1 4- 1 6 . Entry deadline, Feb. 1 2 . Fee $ 10 , 5 slides. Booth $ 100 . All craft media. Worcester Craft Center Fair, 25 Sagamore Rd . , Worcester, Mass. 0 1605 .

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NEBRASKA: Juried Exhibition of furniture and rugs , Jan . 30 - March 10. Craftsmen's Gallery, 5 1 1 S . E leventh , Omaha, Neb. 68102. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Seminars-Japanese wood­ working techniques, Tosh io Odate, Jan . 9 - 1 0 ;

E u ropean woodworking machinery, Robert Major,

Jan. 16. Contact Mahogany Masterpieces, RFD 1 , Wing Rd . , Suncook, N . H . 0327 5 . Competitions for New England craftsmen, March 22 to April 2 8 ; includes wood , clay, metal , glass anp fiber. E ntry deadl ine Jan. 1 1 . University An Galleries, U . N . H . , Durham, N . H . 03824 . Workshops-woodturning with Rude Osolnik, design for crafts with Wtlliam Katavolos, Jan . 1 7-20. Semi nar 82 , League of N . H . Craftsmen, 205 N. Main St . , Concord , N . H . 0330 1 .

NEWJERSEY: Lecture-originals, reproductions and restorations, Robert Whitley, Feb. 10 at South Hunterdon Regional H . S . Contact Ed Ciurczak (20 1 ) 788- 1405 or 236-2708. NEW YORK: Open sho p / demonstration by

Maurice Fraser: Joinery, sharpening, hand-planing; evening of Jan. 5, free. Craft Students Leag ue of the YWCA, 6 1 0 Lexington Ave. (at 53 rd St. ) , New York, N . Y . 1002 2 ; (2 1 2) 7 5 5- 2 700. Cou rses begin Jan. 1 1 , beginning intermedi­ a t e / advanced, 15 wks. , $ 1 5 7 . Craft Students League of the YWCA 6 1 0 Lexington Ave . , New York, N . Y. 1002 2 .

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making with Mike D u n bar at H i ram College, March 14- 1 9 or 2 1 -26 . Contact David Factor, Dun bar-Conover Woodworking School, 1 8 1 2 5 Madison Rd . , Parkman, Ohio 44080.

OKLAHOMA : Seminar-Ian Kirby, preparation of stock, sharpening and joinery, Feb . 26-28 . Fine Tool and Wood Store, 724 W. Britton Rd . , Okla­ homa City, Okla. 73 1 14 . Contact Cheryl Hays (800) 2 5 5-9800 or (405) 842-6828. SOUTH CAROLINA : Conference on Antiques­ Americans at Home, 1 730- 1 8 30, Feb. 3 - 7 . Write

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TEXAS: Juried Crafts & Art Fair- M ar. 20-28. Contact The Houston Festival, Crafts and Am Ex­ position Commillee, 6 1 28 V i l lage Parkway, Housto n , 7700 5 . Workshop-Japanese Tools and Joinery, Toshio Odate, Jan. 30-3 1 . Enrollment l imited. Contact Myer Frauman, The Wood and Tool Store, Dallas, Texas 7 5 2 3 5 ; (2 1 4) 6 3 1 -5478.

Wheelwrights: I am trying to find people making wheels for old buggies and rhe like, as well as publications and organizations focusing on them. Write Lance Wrigh r , 1 1 30 Kingston, Bend, Ore. 9770 1 .

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VIR GINIA : E x h i b i t io n - by V i rg i n i a wood­ workers. Jan . 1 0 through Feb. 1 0 ar Lynchburg Fine ArtS Center, then from Feb. 14 rhrough Mar. 14 at Staunton Fine Am Assoc. Contact Lynch­ burg Fine ArtS Center (804) 846-845 1 . WEST VIR GINIA : Ju ried Exhibition, June 20J uly 3 1 . Op en to all West Virginia woodworkers. $ 1 0 entry fee . Deadline Feb. I S . Contact John El­ l is , Scifel Fine ArtS Center, 1 3 30 National Road, Wheeling, W.Va. 2600 3 . Seminar with Doug Sigler and John Ebels, Feb. 27-28 . Workshop with Tage Fri d Mar. 1 - 5 . Write Crafts Center, Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, W. Va. 2 5 2 7 1 . NOVA SCOTIA : Courses-Joinery techniques, DetykJones, beg ins Feb. 3 , $35 ; plane and clamp making, Richard Tyner, begins Mar. 24 , $4 5 ; lathe i n struction , Deryk Jones; fu r n i t u re m a k i n g , DerykJones, F a l l ' 8 2 . Contact Richard Tyner, 32 Edmonds Grounds, Halifax, N.S. B 3 N IM6.

Eleven Scholarships (one each in 1 1 intensive sum­ mer workshops) avai lable at Kirby Studios to pro­ fessional woodworkers. Send up to five slides or phoros, and no more than twO pages of wrinen material by April 1 . For list of workshops, write Kirby Studios, onh Bennington, Vt . , 052 5 7 .

Ronald Reagan tn'es out his new rocker while maker Sam Maloof, of Alta Lama, Calt/ , stands by. The chair brought $8, 000 last Oc­ tober at a benefit auction for the American Craft Museum in New York, celebrating its silver anniversary. The anonymous pur­ chasers promptly donated the rocker to the White House- the first piece ofcontempo­ rary craft furniture in its collection. Maloof calls this "encouraging, a sign that craft in general is beginning to get recognition. "

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