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One of the questions that every student asked during my bench-building class last week at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking was: Where should I put my holes? It sounds like a deeply personal [...]

THESE ARE DAMAGED SCAFFOLD PLANKS ,WAS GIVEN THEM FREE. AS THESE CAN NOT BE USED DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS.IF YOUR LUCKY ENOUGH MOST SCAFFOLD COMPANYS ARE INSURED SO THEY CAN GET NEW BOARDS [...]

We’ve rethought this classic with techniques so simple even a beginner can do it!

Sure, you likely know by now that Woodworking in America 2011: The Ultimate Joinery Weekend is Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. But finally, the document you’ve [...]

Reitveld Chair We’ve turned an icon of modern design into a comfortable, easy-to-build outdoor project. By Tom Caspar In 1918 the Dutch cabinetmaker Gerrit Rietveld reduced the idea of a [...]

If you remember the Veritas Dodeca-Gauge – the company’s hilarious April Fool’s prank that featured a marking gauge with 12 independent sliding rods – then the company’s newest tool might look a [...]

Big Capacity Storage Cabinet Restaurant storage tubs organize shop supplies for stow and go. By Dave Olson When I worked in a restaurant as a teenager, I hauled dirty dishes in plastic bus boxes. [...]

Last time I showed how Mike had come up with a plan to build the wings from two components: the front part of the wing and the feathers. The feathers are glued into a groove at the rear part of [...]

Woodworkers are always looking for a better way to flatten the top of their workbench after they finish building it, or when the top has gone out of truth for some reason. I like using a [...]

It is unwise to rush when installing vises on a workbench. So I stopped whipping the maggots students during the last two days of the class and encouraged them to work at their own pace. Some [...]

Keep your eyes peeled on this blog, our WIA Facebook Page, The Renaissance Woodworker blog, and our Twitter feed (we’re @PWeditors)…for all things Woodworking in America 2011: The [...]

This is a model of a foot-powered lathe (with a scroll saw attachment) that was featured in an article in the October 2000 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.