Quercus

Quercus Magazine is aimed at woodworking enthusiasts, professional or amateur, with a passion for hand-tools and working by hand. We cover everything from green woodworking to furniture-making, chair-making and carving spoons or Sloyd. You will find sharpening tips and profiles of toolmakers and expert craftspeople, plus reviews of books, videos and social media posts and themes. We will be publishing the background details about people you follow and know on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

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Middle Match • Since his youth, Nick Gibbs has questioned workbench design and has finally met his match

Losing One’s Chair Cherry • Keen to widen his woodworking experience, Dennis Hiorns joins a Chris Schwarz chairmaking course

Top Marks • Old & new illustration techniques meet for designing joints & making tools by Derek Jones (first) & then Dylan Iwakuni

Something Intangible • Daniel Carpenter, Executive Director of Heritage Crafts, challenges how we promote traditional skills

The Vortex of Learning • Shrenik Savla-Shah introduces a home for resources that everyone can share

The Amateur’s Dilemma • From his home workshop, woodworker Ron Guritzky searches for time, skills and firewood

The Iron in a Fire • Making his own High Angle Block Plane, Gary Rogowski buys some 01 steel and burns his own blade

A Rustic Starter • Recalling Swiss history, Henrie Van Rooij makes a project for readers wanting a greenwoodworking go

The Inspiration of Kumiko • Editor Nick Gibbs asks author Matt Kenney why he became obsessed with intricate Japanese panels

Creative Kit • Doug Stowe reviews an artisan’s survival guide

Keep on Trying • Getting back to basics, Robin Gates trouble-shoots his problems with timber preparation

Artisans at Work • In an extract from his new book, Darrell Peart opens with a chapter studying form, function & design

The Hollow Edge • In Part Two of his hollow grinding series, Sean Hellman moves on to V-grind knives

Turning into the Wind • Starting as a turner of knives and awls, Will Adams is now producing winding sticks at Honey Brook

Quiet Revolutions • Solving a childhood puzzle, Robin Gates uncovers the secrets of the ratchet screwdriver

Top of the Blocks • In the first of his block plane discussions, John Lloyd chats about blade angles

EZier Stretcher Fitting • Sent a prototype, Ben Willis tries Craig Regan’s device for drilling stretcher holes in chair legs

The Changeable Edge • We ask what point there is in buying an expensive chisel that has interchangeable blades?

Handworks 2023 • On our way to Iowa, USA, Quercus chooses the 10 stalls we can’t wait to find at Handworks 2023

Speed Squares • Charles Mak shows how a rafter-square can help a traditional woodworker