Author Archive for Megan Fitzpatrick
Megan is the managing editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine. She prefers using hand tools because they rarely make loud noises. Unless they fall off the bench.
Road Trip to Roy's!
Tomorrow morning, I'm hopping in my car and driving south, where the view off the back deck of where I feel honored to be staying looks like this (though I suspect it will be slightly less verdant – though no less sylvan – at the moment): Continue reading»
A Woodworking Award – of Sorts
I don't believe I've yet written about the recent award I won for my (lack of) design prowess – probably because I'm mildly ashamed. But only mildly, because it was for a piece I built in 1989, when to me all problems looked like a screw because all I had was a drill. And I Continue reading»
Come to the Lie-Nielsen Show in Our New Shop, March 30-31
Plan to call in sick to work on Friday, March 30, and make excuses to your significant (or not so significant) other on Saturday, March 31: Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is bringing its Hand Tool Event back to Cincinnati. And we're opening the roll-up doors to our new shop to host. Like the event last year, this Continue reading»
'End Grain' Contest – Win a Fabulous Prize (Plus Payment!)
We're looking for a handful of amusing and/or thought-provoking articles for our End Grain feature (the last editorial page in every issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine). So, we're running a contest. The writer of the best submission (in the editors' collective opinion) will not only get paid for the article ($250, plus $75 for an Continue reading»
Woodworking in America 2012: Two Conferences!
Drumroll please... In 2012, there will be TWO Woodworking in America Conferences! The first is in Pasadena, Calif., October 12-14, at the Pasadena Convention Center. The second will be in Greater Cincinnati, November 2-4, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center (the same venue as in 2010 and 2011). Although in the past we've waited to Continue reading»
A Family Resemblance
I'm delighted to report that our new editor, Matthew Teague, will fit in just fine to the Popular Woodworking Magazine family. It turns out, he already shares a PWM family trait – one I'd argue that rubbed off on all of us from Glen Huey (our former senior editor and now a contributing editor) – Continue reading»
Popular Woodworking Magazine February 2012 Now Available
Now available at ShopWoodworking.com: The February 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, in either print or digital (PDF) format. Our cover story is a gorgeous tiger maple serpentine chest from Glen D. Huey, contributing editor. Make these curvaceous drawer fronts, and you'll also have learned the technique to make a block-front chest and an oxbow Continue reading»
