Here is a sneak peak at the cover project for the August 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. This project is also the subject of a video from Robert W. Lang that will be available soon. Subscribe now, and you won’t miss out. Read more
Author Archives: Robert W. Lang
About Robert W. Lang
Robert W. Lang is executive editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine.
Make Moulding with SketchUp
When it comes time to make mouldings with SketchUp, many woodworkers struggle. They get the hang of making each piece a component, and figure out that a moulding is simply an extruded face. Where things go south is when it comes time to turn a corner; how can that be accomplished with as little blood, … Read more
New This Year at Woodworking in America: Silas Kopf
Sila Kopf, renowned marquetarian will be one of the featured speakers at this year’s Woodworking in America conference, held October 18-20, 2013 in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Read more
Hand Tool Maintenance-Don’t Ruin Your Tools!
Woodworking, like fishing, covers a lot of territory, so the audience for our magazine and web site is a diverse lot. When I learned how to make stuff out of wood, the Internet didn’t exist and there was only one magazine and few books available on the subject. Lacking these modern resources, I was forced … Read more
Plan B Might Be Better – The Value of a Second Opinion
The most important skill in woodworking is problem-solving, and you don’t develop that skill by following spoon-fed, step-by-step directions. It is also extremely difficult to learn that skill all by yourself. I try to visualize what the results should look like, then apply the tools I have and the techniques I know to get there.Then … Read more
Working With Small Hinges
In the back panel of the project I made for the upcoming August 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is a small door. Hanging doors on butt hinges is no big deal if you’ve done it a few times, but this door proved interesting. The picture above makes it look typical, but the piece of … Read more
Photo Shoots and the Temptation of Batch Production
In real life when you finish a project, you deliver it to a customer, wrap it up as a gift or put it in your house and hope your family says nice things about it. In the curious world of magazines, there is an extra step in between “I’m done” and “what do you think, … Read more