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.

Editor’s Letter

Australian Wood Review

Laguna Revo 12/16 Midi-Lathe

Nova Viking DVR 16" Benchtop Drill Press

Graspego Clamp Heads and Bench Stops

Arbortech Mini Pro Shaping Blade

Product news • A round-up of tools and products to take notice of.

A Well Considered Cabinet • After studying woodworking in the UK and then Japan, Harry T. Morris combined influences and aesthetics to make a cabinet in Australia from reclaimed timber that expresses his ethos to the craft.

Bench Plane Basics • Vic Tesolin explains the rationale and usage of the bench planes, one of the foundational hand tools of woodworking.

D is For Detail • Details are the difference, but it all starts with design, says Adelaide maker Darren Fry.

Q&A • After decades in industry you’re now working on your own. What does this give you that working in a team didn’t?

Finishing Small Objects Part 1 • Your choice of finish can allow form and texture to dominate, or let the viewer see deep into the grain and colour of the wood.

Leading The Way • Presenting award winners and selected entries for Australian Wood Review’s Student Awards 2019.

The Chair That Ran Away To The Woods • How to make chairs from sticks and discarded timber with very few tools.

Making a Scraper Plane • UK maker and woodwork teacher Theo Cook shows how to make his most useful wooden plane.

The Shavehorse Project, Part 1 • Add to your stable of work-holding equipment with a versatile shavehorse

Twelve • Last year’s graduates at Sturt School of Wood showcased their work in an end of year exhibition. Peter Young outlines the focal points of their study.

Naming Australia’s Trees • A unique and invaluable reference for Australian native species.

Wood Diary

Carving the Divine • Shot in Japan over a six year period, Yujiro Seki’s documentary film is an intimate study of the everyday lives and attitudes of modern day Buddhist sculptors.

Shoulder to Shoulder • Raf Nathan takes a look at the strengths of the shoulder plane, along with some of the models available.