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Form, Function, Fun

WOOD Magazine • Issue No. 307 December 2025/January 2026 Vol. 42, No. 7

Team Circ Saw • The humble circular saw often gets dismissed as an imprecise tool, but it should definitely make the cut as a player on your workshop cutting team.

Inspiration Builds Success

Your Projects

Reclaimed Success • A kitchen remodel supplied the meat to the bones of this post-and-beam workshop building. Cooking up creative projects is the specialty on the menu.

Biscuits: When and Why?

Magic Stopblocks

Candlestand • Lift up a light to elevate the mood of any room with these handsome table toppers. They’re easy to build and won’t burn through much wood.

Cordless Routers • Cordless plunge routers are bigger and bolder than ever before. Here’s what you need to know before pulling the plug.

Pedestal Table • Rock-solid pedestals built with stacking layers give this table the beauty of fine furniture along with the heft to hold up a family feast.

Router Planes • Combining accuracy with finesse, these simple hand tools prove the perfect choice for fine-tuning joinery, creating recesses for inlays and hardware, and other tasks that require intricate material removal.

Heirloom Blanket Chest • Highlight your craftsmanship by building this Arts & Crafts-inspired chest that packs in as much style as it does storage—and that’s a lot.

CNC Halftone Pop Art • Transform your favorite photographs into eye-catching modern art using this fun and easy CNC V-carving technique.

Initial Investment • With a see-through front and monogrammed back, this savings bank will generate plenty of interest.

Tools of a Different Tradition • Japanese hand tools are relatively well known among western woodworkers, but traditional Chinese versions remain obscure. A company called Zen-Wu Toolworks (zenwutoolworks.com) hopes to change that with its cutting, striking, and sharpening tools that blend traditional Chinese form with modern metallurgy. Contributing Craftsman Jim Heavey put a few to the test.

What’s Ahead • A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MARCH ISSUE (ON SALE JANUARY 16)