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Louise Biggs repairs a broken handle 

This repair to a finger-pull handle of a Chinese cabinet was only a small job, but fiddly. My clients had the small decorative bar section and had attempted to re-glue the piece as it formed the pull handle, but it was not strong enough. 

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Ian Woodford takes on his woodturning club’s challenge and creates something with a hole in it…

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Dave Western explores carving a stylised Celtic crow

Although I am a massive fan of Celtic knotwork and love to carve it whenever I can, I am equally fond of the elegant zoomorphic creatures that grace many types of Celtic art. Whether found on sturdy pot handles and dagger hilts or among the delicate line drawings of the Book of Kells


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David Barron makes good use of a chestnut board with this small project

I don’t usually make a full-size drawing of my projects but I felt it was essential with this piece. It has lots going on with the shape and I needed to make sure the graduated drawers were in proportion. I’d had a board of quartersawn chestnut in stock for a few years and t...


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