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Mind Upon Mind: Bevel Gauge Stand
Here’s a quick bevel gauge stand idea for theBS chairmade from scrap from the chair. There’s need to keep taping it and retaping it. Wedges allow for easy removal and placement of my inexpensive bevel gauge, which ...
A Good Visit: Rosenheim Wood Technology Museum
After I dragged my butt off the plane to Munich with no sleep, Heiko Pulcher did me a huge favor. He plunked me into his Subaru wagon and drove me to the Das Holztechnische Museum Rosenheim (The Rosenheim ...
Glen Huey (1959-2025): One of the Greats
Glen Huey, a great furniture maker, teacher and (I hope) friend, died unexpectedly on June 27 after posting a short notice about an upcoming medical procedure on Facebook. You can read his full obituary here. ...
Backwoods Chairmakers – Setting Out
The following is excerpted from “Backwoods Chairmakers,” by Andrew D. Glenn. Part travelogue, part profile and part how-to, “Backwoods Chairmakers” explores the tradition of the enduring Appalachian ...
2 New Products: A Video & Something for Your Wounds
We’ve launched two new products today for those of you who like hatchets – and sometimes need to clean up the blood they leave behind…. “Video: Make a Chair from Green Wood with Rudy Everts” is a fun ...
Crucible 1:4 Dovetail Template
The Crucible 1:4 Dovetail Template marks out dovetail joints – both the tails and the pins – and allows you to easily and accurately lay out the angled and straight parts of the joint. This template marks out Christopher Schwarz's favorite dovetail slope: 1:4 (about 14°). The square end of the tool allows you to also use it as a saddle square (and to not get turned around by two similar-looking angles).
The Crucible 1:4 Dovetail Template is milled from one piece of steel, which ensures a perfect 90° at the corner. (While this might seem wasteful, all the excess steel is recycled.) The tool measures 15/16" x 1-3/8" x 3". The angled section of the tool is long enough to mark out tails in 1-3/8" stock. The straight section of the tool is 1-5/16". There's also a handy hang hole.
The Crucible Dovetail Template is made in Kentucky by Machine Time of Nicholasville, Kentucky.
Our Dovetail Template for 1:6 and 1:8 slopes can be found here.