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.
