What actually killed the original Arts and Craft Movement? Historians tell us that World War One was the Death knell to the movement. With the country at War, most of the able bodied men left the factories and shops in support the war effort, including the craftsmen and artisans of the day. Factory productions were switched to supporting this effort, leaving few resources for furniture manufacturing that wasn’t strictly functional. Returning GI’s, brought back with them a new love for the Art Deco look which was very popular in Europe.

Available with small four head configurations up to a massive twelve heads, a planer moulder is an extremely fast, efficient and safe way of processing solid pieces of wood. The larger machines can process timber at over a hundred metres per minute. They are designed to shape wood with their profiled cutters, enabling the operator to plane on all sides, mould on all sides, or a combination of the two.

If you enjoy doing woodworking projects, you can likely make some extra money. Despite the market being flooded with cheap Chinese goods, there is still a market for well crafted American hand made items. You might create something unique that people can only get from you. If you do manage to come up with an original and wonderful design, you can sell the plans. Once you get the plans made well, you can make as many copies as you can sell. Another thing to consider is opening your own weekend school. Parents wanting something constructive to do with their children can take them to you to learn how to make some simple wooden items. This could work well for you if you like kids and have patience.

Oak also has a record for being susceptible to burning so aside from keeping all of your woodworking tools at their sharpest, have operating tools like the router bit modified at the appropriate speed to prevent this problem.

There are two major categories of wood: Natural Wood and Man-Made wood. Man-made wood is manufactured from by-products of wood from the tree.

What’s great about woodworking is that there are so many woodworking ideas you can try. It’s fun, challenging and rewarding. Below are some ideas you can try yourself!

Woodworking is a well-respected trade within the Amish community. The knowledge of woodworking is often shared through generations and offers little room for adaptation to modern machinery. Due to the close working relationship with the wood, practitioners are highly-knowledgeable about wood, varying properties, and the opportunity to manipulate particular grains.

You need to know about woods, if you are new in woods works. Woods are part of our daily life and interestingly we always ignore it. Trees are alive! It is good to remember that woods are product of nature and we are dependent on nature.

This piece, part one of a two-part series, will delve into the history of politics and political parties in the United States, exploring political alignments up to the prevailing parties and the emergence of the hybrid “Tea Party” that has recently dominated headlines. This unsatisfied modern Tea Party pays homage to the Boston Tea Party, who dumped English tea in the Boston Harbor on December 16th, 1773. As the nation grows weary of an ever-expanding government, increasing regulation, increased spending and a tax bill that seems as hungry as The Blob from the 50’s horror movie of the same name, it’s good to see new, more rebellious parties crawl out of the woodwork. Frankly, it takes us back to our origins, when our forefathers questioned the way that we as a people were governed and decided to do something about it. They would govern themselves.

Make pictures out of wood by using wood inlay. Let’s try intarsia, a type of inlay. Intarsia basically involves putting together pieces of wood of varying shapes, color and grain to create a picture. Intarsia makes any flat surface look 3 dimensional.