---
title: "Archives"
url: https://seventhdesigns.com/archives
description: "A month-by-month index of every entry published on Seventh Designs."
---

# Archives

[Seventh Designs](https://seventhdesigns.com/)

Furniture, timber and the work of the bench

Growth rings, read across the end of a board — third of the three header plates.

Every entry published here, newest month first, with the topic it was filed under.

## March 2014

- [The Case for the Mortise and Tenon](https://seventhdesigns.com/mortise-and-tenon)March 18, 2014 · Joinery

## February 2014

- [Reading Grain Before You Cut](https://seventhdesigns.com/grain-direction-basics)February 24, 2014 · Materials
- [Flatsawn, Quartersawn, Riftsawn](https://seventhdesigns.com/sawing-patterns)February 5, 2014 · Materials

## January 2014

- [Cerusing Oak, and Why It Works on Oak](https://seventhdesigns.com/cerused-oak-finish)January 21, 2014 · Finishing

## December 2013

- [Oil, Varnish and Shellac](https://seventhdesigns.com/oil-varnish-shellac)December 9, 2013 · Finishing

## November 2013

- [Wood Movement, and Why Tabletops Split](https://seventhdesigns.com/wood-movement)November 18, 2013 · Materials

## October 2013

- [Setting Up a Shop in a Single Garage](https://seventhdesigns.com/small-shop-setup)October 28, 2013 · Materials
- [Measuring, Marking and the Story Stick](https://seventhdesigns.com/story-stick)October 7, 2013 · Joinery

## September 2013

- [Three Hand Planes to Begin With](https://seventhdesigns.com/three-hand-planes)September 16, 2013 · Joinery

## August 2013

- [Sharpening Is Maintenance, Not an Event](https://seventhdesigns.com/sharpening-routine)August 26, 2013 · Joinery
- [Shop Notes: Bringing Stock In Before Winter](https://seventhdesigns.com/shop-notes-humidity)August 5, 2013 · Materials

## July 2013

- [On the Surface Left by an Edge](https://seventhdesigns.com/working-by-hand)July 15, 2013 · Finishing

## June 2013

- [Gluing Up a Wide Panel Without Cupping](https://seventhdesigns.com/panel-glue-up)June 24, 2013 · Joinery
- [Hardware, Hinges and the Details](https://seventhdesigns.com/hardware-and-details)June 3, 2013 · Finishing

## May 2013

- [Refinishing a Secondhand Dresser](https://seventhdesigns.com/refinishing-a-dresser)May 13, 2013 · Finishing

## April 2013

- [Softwood, Hardwood, and What Actually Matters](https://seventhdesigns.com/softwood-hardwood)April 22, 2013 · Materials

## Ephemera

- August 26, 2013 · Aside[Sharpening treated as an occasional project produces tools that are dull most of the time.](https://seventhdesigns.com/sharpening-routine)
- August 5, 2013 · Status[Stock moved from an outbuilding into a heated room needs weeks, not days, and it needs air on every…](https://seventhdesigns.com/shop-notes-humidity)
- July 15, 2013 · Quote[An abraded surface and a cut surface reflect light differently, and no amount of finer grit turns one…](https://seventhdesigns.com/working-by-hand)

## Recent Posts

- [The Case for the Mortise and Tenon](https://seventhdesigns.com/mortise-and-tenon)March 18, 2014
- [Reading Grain Before You Cut](https://seventhdesigns.com/grain-direction-basics)February 24, 2014
- [Flatsawn, Quartersawn, Riftsawn](https://seventhdesigns.com/sawing-patterns)February 5, 2014
- [Cerusing Oak, and Why It Works on Oak](https://seventhdesigns.com/cerused-oak-finish)January 21, 2014
- [Oil, Varnish and Shellac](https://seventhdesigns.com/oil-varnish-shellac)December 9, 2013
- [Wood Movement, and Why Tabletops Split](https://seventhdesigns.com/wood-movement)November 18, 2013

## Archives

- March 2014 (1)
- February 2014 (2)
- January 2014 (1)
- December 2013 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (2)
- September 2013 (1)
- August 2013 (2)
- July 2013 (1)
- June 2013 (2)
- May 2013 (1)
- April 2013 (1)

## Categories

- [Joinery](https://seventhdesigns.com/joinery) (5)
- [Materials](https://seventhdesigns.com/materials) (6)
- [Finishing](https://seventhdesigns.com/finishing) (5)