CHRIS SCHWARZ'S BLOG
A Slight Change in the Teaching Plan
This week I’m in Bavaria to teach two woodworking classes at the workshops of Dictum...
Plans: A Simple Bowsaw
While I have used a lot of bowsaws in the last two decades, I’ve never...
The Simple ‘Dirty Mahogany’ Finish
Here is one of my favorite finishes for any wood that is ring-porous or diffuse-porous....
EDITORS' BLOG
SAPFM Goes Digital – First E-newsletter Published
If you’re unfamiliar with the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) you should get to...
William & Mary Spice Chest – What Didn’t Make it into the Magazine Article
In our August 2013 issue, you’ll find a William & Mary Spice Chest built by...
To Sweep; To Sweep: Perchance to Clean
I’ve been a woodworker for a few decades now and read many a woodworking text...
NEW PROJECTS
Bob Lang’s Books Now in the Popular Woodworking Store
I came to work at Popular Woodworking Magazine in a roundabout way. I spent most...
‘City Sideboard’ & Getting Square
Our April 2013 cover project is a “City Sideboard” built by Mario Rodriguez of the...
American Trestle Table
One of the oldest designs for a dining table is also one of the most...
NEW TECHNIQUES
I Want to Give You ‘Go Fever’
In some high technology circles there is an expression they use when engineers move too...
Working With Small Hinges
In the back panel of the project I made for the upcoming August 2013 issue...
Test Drive: Carbide Marking Knife from Czeck Edge
If you don’t like (or cannot) sharpening a marking knife, the new Czeck Edge “Super...
OTHER RECENT ARTICLES
A Top 10 Woodworking Jig
Years ago, I stumbled upon this woodworking jig. Years since, it still ranks high in usage when I’m working on a large number of dovetails (but I generally teach and make hand-cut dovetails). It’s a simple-to-build jig – as are...
Iconic Design – Wharton Esherick
Now that the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is off the newsstand, I’m free to share one of my favorite articles from it (for the no doubt very few of you who read this blog but don’t read...
Scoop a Chair Seat on the Table Saw with Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop has an article in our August 2013 issue (which mails to print and digital subscribers later this week, and is on newsstands June 25) that shows you how to build a clever table...
Plane Facts
Now that I’m officially on board I figure I’ll get the obligatory plane post out of the way early. Sure, I did my touchy-feely First Day post last week. And while I was in the PopWood offices (I’m back home...