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They are each a ole of what you can chemical abotair aun patted fur vay that deserves restoration. This draningso on page 40. Nick Gibb1 L . OOQWentGr! e McCullough reports on the world of woodworking today The Carpenters Award 1993 A bright welcome ; through Artspace door ‘THE SUN, the stars and the ‘moan all come out at once INE OF the most creative entries at this 's Carpenters Awards was a chapel buit symbolically a tzwillam C when you enter Access e deck of the ‘Astspace Cente. ‘The front door of this wich won the Major Pro fe from solid American oak planking, with oak handrails and ‘community workshop is made up of eight individual panels, carved in ime and 3k stairs hanging between masonry ‘ecorated b y disabled in keeping wit the imagery, gang planks cauts noe te sted drop on either sie to form the deck ‘Budance of woodcarver, Toda pone was mate ya Big invedalieatooase arrester Jeremy Turner. Ses tHe helps his pupils to. painted wood making the design and carve their ow piece pleasant to touch as panels from thick blocks of well as see. ‘wood, using shels, ‘When visiting Access cease ofa animals, birds and trees as _Artspace, in Leicester, Tae Garena inspiration. The 30 figures Jeremy shawed his own Hallin London and gave due praise and ‘chant of Fite Clee Canbride synteny all stand out ofthe brightly carvings, Wal pieces and fecogniton tthe wooduoekng nductry. SSW ab abd wen he Pree ar Pret var panels made rom old cak rafters and the boat's ster, a solid ‘organ, is made from 0: stfering sizes. This has been constructed in suc (add to the chape''s acoust mbers used came from all ov house, by Architects and Designers Tim bars rd ertres flooded in fr Peehee serie Witte le pear, cherry and i¢ Orkneys and the Isle of vner, film producer He neem, cedar are blended te rkeys and ele comer tm producer Hugh Joon, ent eda arena ‘the competition pie fu a Ps mission for hautstn ects the udges to see the wert beat soe and Engish heritage n wood was maple stars leading up to a curve tok art image. ] The judge’ lronically, the mews won the ‘Straw Poll eee Y ofthe ey sted on alte eres” (o.coose te vourtedeogh Feslce, | Magers SuShaeie | __ One entry, the interior design and recommended tothe press as the best hy army Trae Whe Re et | construction ofthe top stor design judged by architects and craftsmen Grand Exhibition wil be o the 22nd to 24th Their most succe ever was last Septem when their new range o products, and thei atest tools and equipment vere display and forsale. The show hosted a wide variety of activites, from spindle work to egg cup racing se, more port control and a limited supply of some Olympics he has imported woods. ‘Character’ just completed his traning wood, keeping the knots, sas a cabinetmaker, His a thing of the future and MOF future aims are to specialise has become a popular three in woodcarving, gilding and letter word, ‘marquetry techniques ‘One stop shop Instead of chasing all over the country looking for On the way up A grand show W004, tools and machinery great grandfather was a This year's Crafts Supplies just pop into CurbridgeA refreshing look at Finnish furniture re 1a SURVIVING the ever-changing pieces, are complemented ids and fashions of by colourful fabrics which enerations and shortlved ease the starkness ofthe fads is the work of Finnish bare wood. furnituremaker Avar Aalto. Atek's shop, in 2 Graceful flowing fashionable part of Helsink laminations of pine, birch and has retained its fresh ash, bent and twisted to approach to design and form slender, structural shape. His flare has. = remained in vogue since the introduction of his furniture during the early 1930s, Today Artek is a small ccompary employing no more than 80 people dedicated to maintaining ther princiole of simplicity, functionalism and Le ema ™ oar homogeneous ies. Tomorrow's technology today THE SKYS te iit wth using her purposebuit laser aeercikmarquety, 2, _toacheve the mostiicate system which alos and complex patter genes Rita Lear, who incorporated into the Farur Desi ine aes fer tom md ms Npe of marge, flows, to Flys for cocks Sree angie eet aerials, popular Quay Tod cut are about laser marauety cota Males on» 0557 810004 Wonton bose are transformed ita orks fart wing marautry =) Craftwood: Courses for women find everything you need Nottinghamshire Women's nder ne root. Unt 3, raining Scheme offer free Bridge farm, Curbridge, courses on carpentry and Southampton, Hampshire inery. Free transport, iidcare and all materials ‘are available to make fe easier. if you are interested in becoming 1 woodie contact Helen Hughes, Carpentry & Due praise Jim tardy rnd prvi everyting Fie Minster John or tol ade one Major awarded the fs Part of Artal’ tradamark isthe startet of won stand by Fre Lord Mayor’s show afloat . PART OF the Lord Mayor's Show was @ float by the Worshigfui Company of -iners and Cir. fronted by two gure heads, an ange and a Victorian gentleman, the float was flanked by 50 lverymen, wearing joiners’ aprons and carying Joinery tools, walked alongside the procession. The float was an ‘exhibition of joinery pieces, with work from students which included scale mode! staircases, and window frames. Crafts Council a Charter gnition of their exci public. The Crafts Council, 2 regular name i our DIARY ting crafts, and gives woodworkers cf all descrintion the chance to exhibit their work Free copies of the Crafts Map (guide to galleries and shops) are available by post from the Information Unt, Crafts Council, 44a Pentonvile Road, Isington ‘ondon N “anuary Kensagtan New Town Ha, Horton Set London Or desay willbe & mans be inna er rena fs othe et Yea. ‘Open Sat 10-6, Sun 11.5.0, {£3} 0 anyone providing proc of having bau tis copy of Good Wiosaworking For more deals Contact Robert Nathan ©0225 ‘442440 or 0273 479080. ‘Anew range of toys and moves al bw spay, designed to (hag both ere a acts, ‘crafts in Action Zope cry, 19-20% Danna essey Hal, Abinchan, (sie Crt Sale and enensvatos, set na beast our ar, ps unches, a ‘eesbmers ard 9 Naor Trust Shop ad ak ‘Open 10-4 30, Admision foe, 1061 928 9145. itded Splendour rat ih January Temple Newsam use, Leeds An tenten of 10 erty rococo faturby aster eabnetnater doin Channon ans ‘Saterpraries The ets are lage sea pices, of wate ‘mater, decratod wit mote of Senta tac ne hey Ss ‘se pe ‘Open Tues Sun 10.30 to dusk ‘mission £2 (prices may tie adeabe fo ring 532 2am {he Geacestershee Guid of Cte, Cntr Museum, Prk Stet crencese. Awie vary of ats ad craw be on ply. ‘elt te eve a tempt De pare ‘Open Tues Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, (Gan closed 1-3), Admission £1, {ile 75p, = 0285 685611 ‘Turing Demonstrations 23tnJenuary Girvidge Crofwaods, Unt 3, Bridge Fam, Crerage, Sodan. (Carver Due Shas we ‘omonstatng tang eauomert ‘is compettons nur and ‘caves by 2 Janay ‘Open 10-8. Adrisson too, For more tals © D489 799760. Superstore Demonstrations Shetet January Jom Bead’ Fre Woo a Too! ‘Shore Setoskee, Rersice Sows, Borouhbrids, North Yor Fre demorstaons of woody Bln Nee cr {Be 15 ad tol starz by Teo eaten Waker on he Le. (pon 9.30-3.20, © 0423 322370. CGhaltonge V Exhibition 2th Janwary ath Ape Tre icodurrng Cente of Pia preset a exhaion of ‘nteratoa! le tured objets ‘he Berman Museu ef The itn ect eat Sch ‘Open Tues F104, Sat-Sun 12- 1430, closed Mon. Admission {roe Fr further information ‘contact isa T Bares = O10 ‘21500 4111, ot 2354, ‘Stor Wf Os, 10 Regents Wert l Sante See, Looen NL. Wry 70 mew designer rom a rer the ‘Open every Wednesday, 11-6. émisson ree, = O71 435 ane, Sliced Bread Figures Bowntel tery Pes ne ‘Thang, re, Hert. The galery Doms open vistors by ‘irargonert anatase permanent Ssplay ale Spemsts ws, ‘Neen esi feures nthe fom ‘balennas aan yous posts. ‘= 0920 461 625 [tle advisable to phone frst. February 1994 Issue 164 WA 1 + rat EL Phil Davy opens all our parcels of new products, and tests them for performance and value for money Me ues Ge) cramp up chairs, boxes not really designed to pull stubborn joints ‘and mired frames~I together. You need tose a rubber malet favour the band cramps frst todo that. with fre straps. The new The trouble with the Woleaft cramp Woferaft version, whichis thatit is more unvely than root rack they cal Belt Cramp, strap clamps for cramping up bax has ust sucha strong, frames or chairs. The band has to be rifon band, which have inconvenet loose to poston the Sete ‘always found to work well special comer blocks attached to the UDO eee tn the rootrack sap and correct. Watch ot for ete at has several ses inthe Shes of band cramp. Nari’ ton band cars when making Yowshop eortans Tefen, he They ae soft enough at aha table ts month p10). if they try to persue yous to damage too may You can remove he comer blocks, ootLon the side of saucepan Iman aerosol, a nozzle incuded wth long-reach tube. | Sprayed ton machinery tables, but ores, and are easy to but the clamping mecharesm's itself fit Boxes and chars can designed to ton one comer. do nat Ike HE BAND clamp, which some people call_be icky to assemble with one par ofthe lea ofthe whole assembly being eae Strap cramps, 's, belive, a greaty hands, £0 the cramp must be easy to use pulled towards that one ont, and woud ‘Me Coane doesnot setter For undertate too cout ts an essential, by yoursel, There noting worse than peter sof surface onthe face of Tough sawn ber this OK, bun art ofa toot. Ad there are penty of the band constant sipping. the cramp. detence of he cramp, at pFeated wood. Tubohbe does versions around The Wollraft cra is easy to adjust, east the band is nat being pulled fram pe ices For general purpose use —ntably to withthe strap Ted through two cam ‘ane dracon, ac wih the rootrack type, Yeu Workshop foals to stp ru cramps onthe craming mechanism for The handle cramping mechanism rial hand tigtening. You then tun the does get he way 2b. However ts excelent triangular section plastic handle very convenient thal you ony have to turn to exert fl pressure, You can get some te handle rather than se a spanner ce realy good leverage on the handle, and screwdver. You cn sil get the cramp the tread is pretty long so you can enough with the hande. The Belt Cramp looks good, is well made and eee CTS conerient, bits nec Ce ee Cae UE MOST ty squnreshave blades of HOW MART ts have you needed Shorter tan soot 152m (rH you Spanner bt havent ga erat the dre org on smal fer ths So Sue! You ty apar of Negros, but fluare canbe cumbersuna Egret! : though ef a aondert tol you can Squares ae avalon sees down to : nd up wth red edges to the rt An adustale spamer is te best tol to use, but ths wil ont rip on two sides. The Claw isan Americanmade tol that's an improvement on the adustable spamer It's made of forged ally steel and grins on four sides of abo or rut ‘The lower aw sides up and down by rotating a keured steel thumbwhee. You The stock's brassfaced, ut one or . simpy drop the boxedjaws onto then two shar edges needed acouple of |! a<__ll and rotate the wheel. The lowes jan is Sid strokes wth aie fle to fish them off the Duedstoel blades are 70mm (2Xn) towards the fied upper aw nti hocks about 75mm (3, but are expensive. ‘They do make We easier, though Now Bristol Design have ‘commissioned Joseph Marples to make ' mitre rosewood try square. The biecsiee blade is 73mm (2n) ong and is fred tothe stock with three brass ret, jst ke a fubsize tool Smooth. tis an accurate tool to use. long. Two angles are avaiable, 1in 6 onto the ru. The tumbwhee! rotates, Joseph Marples have aso for softwoods, and 1 in for easly and adjustment is fast. Ales on a surface. The jaws are produced two minatre dovetal hardwoods, Bras iets and facings he hande is sight cranked {fmm (in deer, considerably more than Squares. Again wih rosewcod stocks, complete these marking out tools. upwards $0 you donot scrape your any span ‘Al three squares are delhtfulto The Caw i not a cheap too, but the luge ad you can buy them individually oF a3 a Set of tvee, Even # you do not lemisage using a miniature square, buy ‘ne to put onthe mantel piece alongside the photos. Postage i £3.00 irespecive ofthe number ordered. nether isa quality adustable spanner For workshop use The Claw i excelent, especialy i you have machines that mover ‘00m to have unversly sized bolt, The sizes are aalable. The & covers bots up to én hameter, the I Upto, and the 12s uptoNEW PRODUt PTT aa) TC ae) nto by ang tape measur, isos Cle Tape Pro hat bat re more tn ests fee loge Ris 75m (298K ng, competes Woe bes rahoted eet ondefes dongs tay eoee. tana tne cade SSnen in] wo and des treo! too ast ‘fap on the : blade eck on oo! he rge past cass ey potty Poort ett the dts are sal and found Resto ue my fgets setter, Becnise of Pe sal buttons ts a3) 0 be Se hmewel erect ce seiceerson _ FYOUscrachapice ol tye sae eee Sion or potsh, Pati wt re ‘neat idea a hoe through the casing for a pencil. 1 een ri na loa ae ecg susees ong ate Pena Wah iberorts Touch Pen He RECENTLY | had a problem replacing siting in a house tat is about 30 Yeats od there had been thermal Blocks | would have used cut or rmasorey nals. Because ofthe hard brickwork nad to dil, pug and screw te ne shir. "Amuch easier and faster way would have been to use Valance {ga Nats Gripfast. Ths fs 2 mut purpose adhesive that you can use for bonding timber and paneling to masonry. I can be used fora variety Of ther obs onthe Rouse, such as| fring lose rot tes, ina 310m cartridge, you use (eofastin an applicator gun, which is ot inched in he price You squeeze the beige-coloured ‘Be onto the back ofthe weod ard bed the ter in place. Setng ime is aout 24 hours. A second method is tke using contact gue, and | found this good for boning smal ites, Grats consistency makes fet for bing ay gans present Carrier tore put cov ee a 'MADE.IN Germany, the Black and Decker 'BD725 planers rated at 50H and has @ fitted pug. The two cutters are a standard ‘82mm (Skin) width. The cuterblock revolves at 14,000epmn ‘lage, comfortable front handle \s proved. The wgger cannot be Used unt you have pressed a thumb ‘operated lock button ontop ofthe man handle, This s designed to suit both left and rehthanded woodworkers. Inuse | found the button tended to sick bi tor a few seconds after had Teleased the tigger. ‘an extraction spouts included, but this can onl be fited onthe right side, You can buy @ dust bag to ftasan eta "he cast aumiium sole plate is 12mm (i) thek, The front sole Is grooved for cutting 45° chamfer A the back ofthe shoe is a hinged past Ip. This is so you can place the planer down on the banch before the caters have stopped rotating Below the front hand is the depth setting dal Adustng ths is easy, but tis vtualy moossible to read ofthe depth seting while you are plain, The front handle sures the cabbratons. ‘Rebating toa depth of 21mm (in is possible, but ro side fence Is incuded as standaré. Changing the double edged cutters would be easer witha efter spanner. The one Suppted was a bt loose on the Bade-etaiing nuts, if you are Lnsbre which way to untigten the nuts, there isa danger of burning the edges. Tis is a comman problem on power planers, and would draw a direction arrow onthe cutterblock ‘ath a permanent marker. (Once retain ruts Start to round overt can become a real problem undoing them after 2 few cutter changes. & Springloaded fap cavers ane end of the citerblock for improved saety forthe user. Tried the Black ard Decker 80725 on oak and pine. ic somowat easier. A spt dye is woul have problems draaing a ine 7.5m fom an edge, b markings ne onan Brat'sleticnoltoo fica vorjice wed aithe ends re feed = ‘the 2er0 hook over the {pack of tree pens, | ied the tree board end, operat the ‘dk stains. The shades were quite blade lock and craw dark, but worked wel. Mahogany, ck an om. «bie ad teak are also avaliable put level. Ths e959 ad and uselul when CalcuTape Pro eee was easy enough to use, although the locking button was bit of anusance when t decided to sc Using our sound level meter gave me a reading of 10040 This the same evel 2s the loucestpowe planers we tested last February (GW 4:52), This isa powerul ool hat compares favourably in price wth ts competition, and compare fly wel wth those we checked outin last year’ test. | would have liked to have seen a rebatng fence cluded, though. A planer stand anda plaerhicknesser stand are avalable 2s, bras 50 you can use the too s a stationary machine