Australian Wood Review

Australian Wood Review is Australia’s premier woodworking and woodcraft magazine. Step-by-step projects and articles on technique for all skill levels offer up to date knowledge on designing, joining, carving, turning, decorating and finishing wood. Our stories are authored by Australian master craftspeople and wood artists. Each issue includes reviews of all the essential hand and power tools and machinery, specialist fittings and products that woodworkers need to successfully complete projects. Australian Wood Review also profiles local and international makers, giving an insight into their working methods. Australian Wood Review is a magazine for all woodworkers and people who love wood.

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Australian Wood Review

Drilling Down • David Luckensmeyer takes a look at drill bits for fine work.

Carbatec Cryogenic Turning Tools

Maker of the Year awards presented by Carbatec

Henry Eckert 60-1/2 Low Angle Block Plane

Melbourne Tool Company Handplanes

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Festool FS-WA Guide Rail Angle Stop

Self-Locking Storage • Three-way, no-glue joinery and a ‘machine-work mindset’ combine on this wine cellar commission.

A Maker’s Maker • New techniques, complex processes and fixing mistakes – they’re all part of the challenges happily embraced by Sydney furniture designer maker Nick Pedulla.

An Easy To Make Sharpening System • Brian Shugarue makes custom handplanes for a living and sharpening blades frequently and to optimum level is par for the course. Here he describes the system he has honed to perfection.

Beyond Ordinary • In February a landmark exhibition of contemporary work by 26 women makers took place at Sturt Gallery in Mittagong, NSW. Here’s the background to its inception, along with reflections of some of the participants.

Turned and Tapered • Andrew Potocnik recalls the work of old-time bodgers as he turns, joins and drills wood to make a stylish bar stool.

Heart of the Tree • An exhibition of new works by Terry Martin reveals a renewed reverence for classical forms and the medium itself.

Five Bandsaw Shortcuts • Get more from your bandsaw with these handy tips and jigs.

The Art of Making • Stuart Faulkner reviews an exhibition of work by Studio Woodworkers Australia that celebrates community and the artist within.

Tiny Tool Treasure • The tools made by Ian Wilkie were faithful working copies of tools you might find in a late 19th century cabinetmaker’s chest. However, it was all a question of scale, he explains…

Chippendale’s Marquetry Team • Three hundred years later, Jack Metcalfe reveals the identity of an elite group of artisans who ornamented the furniture works of Thomas Chippendale. Book review by Linda Nathan.

Wood Diary

Riding the Shave Horse • Five days in the saddle were a wild but enjoyable ride for Dan Dwyer as he travelled to Tasmania to learn how to make a ‘democratic’ Windsor chair.