Features:
Display Stand
Clean, simple lines the Arts & Crafts style
Montgomery, High N.

Cover Story: In the shop with Andy Rooney
A famous commentator confesses to board hoarding

Shop Test: Contractor's Saws
Small-shop workhorses that won't break your budget

Wooden Drawer Slides
Shop-built, full-extension "hardware" fit for the finest drawer
Nagyszalancy, Sandor

Make and Use a Bowsaw
A traditional fast-cutting saw for curved or straight cuts
Chan, Yeung

Self-Winding Top
A simple mechanism put a new spin on an old toy
Matlack, Fred

Catapult!
Build a working model of a medieval siege engine
Miners, Russell

Torsion Boxes
Plywood skins and a gridded core make rigid tabletops and shelves
Kirby, Ian J.
Kelsey, John

Excellence in Craftsmanship Awards
Winners of our sixth annual competition

Noah's Ark
Bandsaw a boatful of fun
Baldwin, Steve

Departments:
A Word from the Editor
The voice of experience

Letters
Cradle comments

Q & A
Making tombstones doors

Offcuts
In memoriam:
George Frank

Tech Tips
Belt-sander holder

Shop Solutions
Build a super sanding table

Wood Facts
Sugar Pine

Just Finishing
Enhance the grain of closed-pore woods

Toolbox
Hot new tools from the '97 shows

Gallery
Excellence Awards runners-up

Final Pass
In favor of the Inch
Beall, J.R.