Developing a production line item is one way to create some regular income, as long as you can find a market for it. Raf Nathan set out to make an item with hopefully some sales appeal.

Making a coffin for a close friend turned out to be a positive experience, though not one that Stephen Oram wished to turn into a business.

Louen Pinpin trained as an ébéniste in France and here writes about the history of veneering for furniture making. He details the basic process and notes some critical points to take into account.

Secret drawers and curved drawer fronts added some extra challenges to this bedside cabinet build. Derek Cohen shows how he tackled these elements.

Alex Peay demonstrates the process of making the ‘rotating dovetail’ joint he devised as an innovative development of Sam Maloof's well known chair joint.

David Laird shows how he makes his ‘spade-handle’ tables, and in general why he likes to make furniture that ‘weighs lightly on the planet'.

In the wake of a new revival, the craft of straw marquetry has unleashed a world of colour and patterning. Story by Laura Inguaggiato.

As a furniture maker who is also an Olympic rifle shooter, Dane Sampson frequently travels. He tells how he made a rocking chair that he could take on a plane and deliver to an overseas friend.

Tom Burnard found many ways to make the most of a treasured slab of stunning birdseye Huon pine.

Sliding dovetail joinery and tapered under-bevels set this entry-way table apart. Story by David Luckensmeyer.

For this two-door cabinet, a solid wood construction required allowances for movement, and ways to balance strength with lightness.

Phoebe Everill shows how to build an attractive stool with a woven Danish cord seat.

David Lim writes about a low cost and compact laser cutter that makes it easy to add marquetry motifs and inlays to your work.

‘It wasn’t until work progressed that I realised I am the third person to build this table’, said Raf Nathan, as he worked his way through the splits and failed joints.

If you go down to the woods today… you might think about making an English longbow. This humble weapon is credited with an English victory over a vastly larger French army some 600 years ago so it’s not to be underestimated.

David Haig takes us through his technique for insetting curved parts into any given edge.