WoodPeckers Ultra-Shear Router Bits Review
Tool: Ultra-Shear Router Bits Shop Now Manufacturer: Woodpeckers MSRP: $18.99+ For the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to use the new Ultra-Shear router bits from Woodpeckers. They [...]
Knew Concepts Marquetry Saw Review
Tool: Compact Marquetry Saw Shop Now Manufacturer: Knew Concepts MSRP: $615+ Known for their jeweler and fret saws, Knew Concepts has released a compact version of their marquetry saw. The saw, [...]
Online Extras December 2023 #275
Online extras from the December 2023 #275 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download: Stacking Burger Toy Templates …
Faces of Woodworking
Over the last several years, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with various people, and sharing their stories through this magazine is one of the things that I genuinely enjoy. For [...]
ToughBuilt ProBlade Tape Measure Review
Tool:ProBlade Tape Measure TB-H2-T-12225 Shop Now Manufacturer: ToughBuilt MSRP: $20.99-$25.99 If you think of a “sexy tool,” a tape measure probably is one of the last things that you’d [...]
MAXAIR eCAPR Respirator Review
Tool: eCAPR Respirator Shop Now Manufacturer: MAXAIR MSRP: $769+ If you’ve been a subscriber to Popular Woodworking for a while, you’ve probably noticed that I like to turn. A few issues [...]
Woodworking Friendship
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again (and keep saying it)—the people you meet in the woodworking community are some of the best around. Recently, I met a gentleman by the name of [...]
Woodworking Abroad
I’m going to admit that there are aspects of my life that I live (and view) “inside the box.” Woodworking, as an industry, tends to be one of those. Our (magazine) audience is concentrated in the [...]
Grr-Ripper 2 Go Revew
Tool: Grr-Ripper 2 Go Shop Now Manufacturer: MicroJig MSRP: $29 MicroJig, the company behind the much acclaimed, Grr-Ripper push block, recently released a new, trimmed-down version of the [...]
J.T. Towsley Jointer Restoration
Vintage woodworking machinery can be a great bang for your buck. Vintage woodworking tools have always held a certain appeal to me. Earlier this year, I was out in California with David Marks [...]
Oliver 10044 Planer Review
Tool: Thickness Planer 10044 Shop Now Manufacturer: Oliver MSRP: $999.99 Oliver Machinery, a name recognized as a manufacturer of vintage woodworking machinery, has returned to the [...]
Anatomy of A Log
Tree Anatomy In woodworking, we’re generally concerned about the sapwood, heartwood, and annular rings (which is what we see as “grain pattern”). The slower a tree grew, the tighter the annular [...]
