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Andrew Lunn at Eccentric Toolworks has resumed taking orders for his custom saws. Let the whuppings and hand-wringing commence! Last year Lunn stopped taking new orders so he could concentrate on [...]

  This is a first sanding session of the rails and the stiles. At this step I can make it easier by clamping them. As shown, I align them with a mallet and a block of wood.     The [...]

14 Great Little Tools Time-tested and woodworker-approved, here are some of our favorite workaday tools By George Vondriska “What tools do I need for my shop?” This has to be one of the most [...]

As I wrapped up the work on an article for the June issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (a dressing table copied from an antique that has the easiest interior construction I’ve ever seen [...]

I’m sad to announce that the world has lost another good saw sharpener. Steve Cooke, 61, of York, Pa., died on March 17. Cooke was the founder of Cooke’s Sharpening Service, which [...]

When it comes to building birdhouses, there are just a few rules to follow: The projects should be simple, fun and quick to build. And the finished result should easily attract your flying [...]

We’ve been teasing our blog readers for a couple weeks now about our new online “Shop Class on Demand” for SketchUp and I’m happy to announce that it it now up and running [...]

Table saw safety has been a hot news item lately, and as we worked on this story it became apparent that the numbers being published regarding the prevalence of injuries weren’t adding up. [...]

In the pre-industrial age, it was fairly common to have your workshop inside your home. In fact, in many early American houses, rooms served several purposes and could be converted to another [...]

I’ve owned my custom woodworking business for 13 years, and the financialshake-up of the past few years seems to have prompted a lot of people Iknow to adhere to a “don’t move, [...]

Earlier, I posted an entry about the number of table saws in use in the United States. (Click here to read that piece.) In the post, the figure was pushed from 700,000, as represented in The [...]

I came up with this very unique and satisfying version of a clamp worktable, made right here in my shop, using material from my sheet goods scrap pile. I designed it so I could use my collection [...]