Lucas Peters
@lucaspeters.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief WOOD magazine 🪚🪵, husband, dad. @woodmagazine.bsky.social
Will be a short article about making custom half-tone images using a V-bit on the CNC. Here was my test piece featuring Georgie
July 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Will be a short article about making custom half-tone images using a V-bit on the CNC. Here was my test piece featuring Georgie
Been a while since they let me write an article for this magazine I’m supposedly in charge of. But, I got in a solid stretch of prop making and studio time this week working on a fun little CNC technique. #woodworking #CNC #woodmagazine
July 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Been a while since they let me write an article for this magazine I’m supposedly in charge of. But, I got in a solid stretch of prop making and studio time this week working on a fun little CNC technique. #woodworking #CNC #woodmagazine
Shipping the files off to the printer for the July issue of WOOD magazine. The cover article is a nice little head-to-head compact cordless mitersaw test. Here is a collection of detail shots that you will never see in the magazine, but show you the detail our testers dive into.
April 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Shipping the files off to the printer for the July issue of WOOD magazine. The cover article is a nice little head-to-head compact cordless mitersaw test. Here is a collection of detail shots that you will never see in the magazine, but show you the detail our testers dive into.
Working on releasing some free woodworking plans into the wild. Here's one for a pencil-post Shaker-style bed. It uses a fun jig for making tapers on 8' legs. Enjoy! www.woodmagazine.com/project-plan...
April 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Working on releasing some free woodworking plans into the wild. Here's one for a pencil-post Shaker-style bed. It uses a fun jig for making tapers on 8' legs. Enjoy! www.woodmagazine.com/project-plan...
Editing a hardware cabinet project article for the July issue. Why did the builder choose to leave only the top right bin empty when he propped it? Oh. I see. #woodworking #amediting #easteregg
February 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Editing a hardware cabinet project article for the July issue. Why did the builder choose to leave only the top right bin empty when he propped it? Oh. I see. #woodworking #amediting #easteregg
Is this the best instructional #woodworking video ever made? No. Is it the best I've ever made? Far and away, yes. Sound on.
January 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is this the best instructional #woodworking video ever made? No. Is it the best I've ever made? Far and away, yes. Sound on.
And speaking of dado blades, this new one from CMT is one of the tools featured in our 2025 Innovation Awards in this issue. It has an interlocking design that makes it easy to install and remove the entire blade at once (as well as ease its way into the European market).
January 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And speaking of dado blades, this new one from CMT is one of the tools featured in our 2025 Innovation Awards in this issue. It has an interlocking design that makes it easy to install and remove the entire blade at once (as well as ease its way into the European market).
A fancy modular tool chest for your shop. There are a lot of individual parts in the thing, but nearly all of the joinery is made using a dado blade. So if you don’t own one of those, make this project your excuse. If you do, this one is easily in your capabilities.
January 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A fancy modular tool chest for your shop. There are a lot of individual parts in the thing, but nearly all of the joinery is made using a dado blade. So if you don’t own one of those, make this project your excuse. If you do, this one is easily in your capabilities.
A clever tip from reader Tom Brock. (We pay for published tips. [email protected]) Heat shrink small magnets to the ends of pencils and secure them to metal surfaces. I could wallpaper my shop in pencils and still not have one in sight when I need it.
January 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A clever tip from reader Tom Brock. (We pay for published tips. [email protected]) Heat shrink small magnets to the ends of pencils and secure them to metal surfaces. I could wallpaper my shop in pencils and still not have one in sight when I need it.
I really like this clever artwork frame. The face is removable so that you can easily swap out your child’s artwork to the latest masterpiece. The body that mounts to the wall doubles as storage so you don’t have to make a decision about which ones to throw away for another grade year or two.
January 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I really like this clever artwork frame. The face is removable so that you can easily swap out your child’s artwork to the latest masterpiece. The body that mounts to the wall doubles as storage so you don’t have to make a decision about which ones to throw away for another grade year or two.
March 2025 issue of WOOD magazine should be hitting newsstands and mailboxes in about a week-ish. Cover project is a comfy deck chair. Our designer, Kevin, started with the idea of keeping all the things he liked about an Adirondack chair and upgrading everything else. More in comments. #woodworking
January 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
March 2025 issue of WOOD magazine should be hitting newsstands and mailboxes in about a week-ish. Cover project is a comfy deck chair. Our designer, Kevin, started with the idea of keeping all the things he liked about an Adirondack chair and upgrading everything else. More in comments. #woodworking
Happy Everything-you-can-fit-in-this-bag-is-15-percent-off day to those who celebrate.
January 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Happy Everything-you-can-fit-in-this-bag-is-15-percent-off day to those who celebrate.
Lord help us. My son wanted welding gear for birthday and Christmas and the fam came through. I’ve always wanted to give it a try as well, but we know not what we are doing. Not #woodworking
January 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Lord help us. My son wanted welding gear for birthday and Christmas and the fam came through. I’ve always wanted to give it a try as well, but we know not what we are doing. Not #woodworking
Happy Holidays from WOOD magazine! Fun fact: Santa has been on the cover of WOOD 3 times if you only count his photographic appearances. The current Editor-in-Chief? Once. On the Issue 2 cover (1984), Santa is employing poor bandsaw safety practices, but taunting you with all 5 fingers. #woodworking
December 23, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Happy Holidays from WOOD magazine! Fun fact: Santa has been on the cover of WOOD 3 times if you only count his photographic appearances. The current Editor-in-Chief? Once. On the Issue 2 cover (1984), Santa is employing poor bandsaw safety practices, but taunting you with all 5 fingers. #woodworking
I just realized that I’m working on page proofs of the project sitting directly in front of me. The plans are for the March issue of WOOD. Should be in your hands starting about 1/21 or so. #woodworking #amediting
December 11, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I just realized that I’m working on page proofs of the project sitting directly in front of me. The plans are for the March issue of WOOD. Should be in your hands starting about 1/21 or so. #woodworking #amediting
Now this is just a bridge too far.
December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Now this is just a bridge too far.
He is literally snoring right now. How does he even keep his job?!
December 6, 2024 at 3:29 PM
He is literally snoring right now. How does he even keep his job?!
Time for Assistant Editor Georgie to get to work on page proofs for the March issue of WOOD. As always, he applies minimal effort. #amediting #woodworking
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Time for Assistant Editor Georgie to get to work on page proofs for the March issue of WOOD. As always, he applies minimal effort. #amediting #woodworking
And because it’s apparently been on my mind recently, here are my favorite photos from my summer vacation of my wife.
December 5, 2024 at 1:43 AM
And because it’s apparently been on my mind recently, here are my favorite photos from my summer vacation of my wife.
Hey #woodworking (and #clockmaking) Bluesky: I built this clock some time ago and the one thing that bugs me is the size of the hands. It uses a battery powered high-torque movement and the longest hands on offer for it. Can I fabricate longer hands. How? Out of what? Would the movement tolerate it?
December 5, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Hey #woodworking (and #clockmaking) Bluesky: I built this clock some time ago and the one thing that bugs me is the size of the hands. It uses a battery powered high-torque movement and the longest hands on offer for it. Can I fabricate longer hands. How? Out of what? Would the movement tolerate it?
I came up with some variations that made for some pretty wild drawings, like a sliding crossbar and an eccentric planetary gear. This is probably one of the most complex setups possible.
November 25, 2024 at 4:41 AM
I came up with some variations that made for some pretty wild drawings, like a sliding crossbar and an eccentric planetary gear. This is probably one of the most complex setups possible.
Some drawings I got out of it with different pens and papers
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Some drawings I got out of it with different pens and papers
Here’s one I designed for the laser cutter several years back. Roughly based on the Hoot-Nanny magic designer toy from the 30s. This one was fun.
November 25, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Here’s one I designed for the laser cutter several years back. Roughly based on the Hoot-Nanny magic designer toy from the 30s. This one was fun.
New router table, new drawers. Some assembly required. And sanding. Bleh.
November 25, 2024 at 3:14 AM
New router table, new drawers. Some assembly required. And sanding. Bleh.
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November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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