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In This Issue
- Wood Sleuth
- Identifying mystery wood! -Manufactured wood -Wood grain -Finishes and textures -Species location -Function - Includes definitions and extra resources!
- What’s in… Acetone?
- -Chemical composition -Solvents & solutes -Usage -Fun facts -Safety & disposal -Plus, watch objects turn to goo and glow in the dark!
- From the Toolcrib: Rip v. Crosscut Saws
- -Which is which?
- 2 Woodworking Joints You “Knee”d to Know
- -Dovetails -Box Joints
- Shop Dictionary: Smithy
- -What's a smithy?
- Q & A
- -Motor oil types: what are the number designations on a bottle? Why does it matter?
- Infamous Weapons of History: the Bowie knife
- -The bowie in American history -Jim Bowie historical profile -The Battle of the Alamo & the fight for Texas independence -Anatomy of a bowie -The bowie’s close cousin: the Arkansas Toothpick
- Feature Article: Plans and Projects - Make a Marshmallow Crossbow!
- Includes: -Cut lists -Steps with instructions, diagrams, tips, videos, and explanations -Glossary & tool explanations -The “why” behind tool techniques -Safety checks
- Workshop Happenings:
- -Summer maker challenge -How plastic packaging is made!
- Meet an Artist Blacksmith!
- -Day in the life + apprenticeship stories -Project galleries -Resources for aspiring Artist Blacksmiths -Plus: maker tips, shop/tool tour, and more!
- Simple Things Around the Shop: Shop Tips Without the Fluff!
- Instructional video links: -3 Grinding Mistakes to Avoid -Keeping Your Grinding Belts Sharp
- It Does What?
- -Dapping set
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About Mastercrafts Magazine
Mastercrafts Magazine is the publication for creative youth or the young at heart! Featuring project plans, tool reviews, tips and tricks, interviews with professionals, and inspiring stories about people just like you, this quarterly publication will inspire you to build cool stuff!
Projects and topics cover a broad range of skills including blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, construction, CAD, 3D printing, jewelry, theatre set design and construction, and more! Published by Kilroy's Workshop, the largest trade school of its kind in the world, all projects are shop-tested and come directly from classes taught in the school.
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Publisher: Mastercrafts Magazine
Published: Quarterly
Language: English
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