Published Magazine Articles

Principal Marc Fish, has written many articles for Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine over the last ten or so years, covering topics from fine furniture projects, how-to guides, furniture plans, machinery reviews and more. Some of these articles can be read here:

 

Self Assembly Bench Press – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #200

AirPress has been going since 1993 and the business has grown into the UK’s largest vacuum pressing equipment supplier

Marc Fish weighs up the self-assembly bench press from AirPress

Read the full Self Assembly Bench Press F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 


Free Form Laminating – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #198

Unlock your creativity with Marc Fish’s 3 step guide to laminating

Read the full Free Form Laminating F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


The Nautilus Environment – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #183

Nature’s living fossil painstakingly reproduced with more than 4000 separate sheets of veneer

Read the full Nautilus F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


Plane Sailing – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #183

Marc Fish reviews the A13 smoother self build kit from Gerd Fritsche

Read the full Plane sailing F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


Making the Dream Workbench – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #181

A good workbench can last you a lifetime. so it’s worth spending some time and making it really special.

Marc Fish shows us how to make a bench that will be a friend for life

Read the full workbench F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


Meet the Makers: Wales & Wales – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #180

Marc Fish talks identity with makers-turned-designers Rod and Alison Wales

Read the full Meet the Makers F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 

 


Making Maquettes – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #177

The usefulness of these little miniatures is often overlooked, or even mocked.

No self respecting design studio, architect or car manufacturer would be without scale models.

Read the full Making Maquettes F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 


Don’t Make the Future…Invent It – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #176

Marc Fish takes some time to talk to Vanessa Austin Locke about inspiration, aspiration and aesthetics

Read the full interview in F&C here

 

 

 

 

 


Essential Glue Guide – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #167

Marc Fish has a favourite adhesive for every application

Read the full Glue Guide F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


The Short Cuts Guide to Fitting Hinges – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #166

Follow Marc Fish’s tips and your work should never be spoilt by badly fitting hinges or skewed screws

Read the full Fitting Hinges F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


The Short Cuts Guide to Rapid Tenons – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #165

Tenons can be quickly cut using a bandsaw, milling machine, router table, spindle moulder – and of course the mighty Domino

Read the full Rapid Tenons F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


How to Cut Dovetails – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #164

If you are really set on using dovetails, Marc Fish offers some hot tips for perfection

Read the full Dovetails F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


How to Make Timber Round – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #163

You don’t need a lathe to turn wood to round lengths. Marc Fish offers other suggestions

Read the full Making Timber Round F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


How to Laminate – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #162

Marc Fish gives professional advice on working with substrates, mould making with extruded polystyrene, MDF, laminate cutting and marking out

Read the full Laminating F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 


How To Make Lippings – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #161

Marc Fish shares his workshop’s favourite lippings techniques.

Read the full Lipping F&C article by Marc Fish

 

 

 

 

 


How to Joint Veneers – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #160

Marc Fish shares his veneer-jointing methods, shooting edges by hand and machine

Read the full Veneer Jointing F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


Make a Display Cabinet – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #156

Marc Fish solves several technical problems in the course of making this veneered Macassar ebony display cabinet.

Read the full Display Cabinet F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


How to Use Sharpening Film – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #154

Apply your jointing plane blade to the Micro Finishing Film and you can forget trying to perform figure of eights

Read the full Sharpening F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 

 


Making Curved Glass Cabinets – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #150

A veneered carcass and curved glazing on the doors of these two cabinets presented problems, but the solutions earned Marc Fish a Guild Mark for the result

Read the full Curved Glass Cabinet F&C article by Marc Fish here

 

 

 

 


How Workbench Sharing Works – Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine #144

When Marc Fish swapped banking for the riskier business of furniture making, he developed a plan that would benefit himself and other makers.

Read the full F&C article here.