Woodworking Videos

Chris Schwarz demonstrates how to prep rough stock in this classic Popular Woodworking video. …

Sponsored by Festool There are levels of achievement in woodworking. Building your first table, your first chair, and building cabinets for a room in your house. For that last one, there’s [...]

Slab, or live-edge furniture is all the rage, and I like it! If you think wood is one of the most amazing things ever created, then how can you not like a piece of furniture that retains so much [...]

Sponsored by the Axiom Tool Group, Inc. One of the hottest new items for woodworking is computer numerical control (CNC) machinery – and for good reason! Beyond the “very cool” [...]

Sponsored by Rikon Tools Most shops have a bandsaw, but they frequently don’t get the chance to show off their many capabilities. In our new six-part weekly video series, Advanced Bandsaw [...]

Sponsored by Wood-Mizer. Finding affordable lumber has always been a mainstay for woodworkers, and when you tie our dwindling natural resources into the conversation the time is right to look at [...]

Mr. Robinson saw the signs in 1967, and I lived it in the 70’s building restaurant fixtures and lots of furniture out of plastic laminates. Laminates were everywhere. Durable, colorful, [...]

I am happy to share my latest I Can Do That! build with all of you! In this episode, I built a router bit storage case with removable shelves. There are couple unique features as well, the door [...]

I know I’m not alone when I say that even as an accomplished woodworker I still look at inlay work and can’t help but be impressed. It feels like there are so many things going on in [...]

This week I’ve been busy working on building the Ultimate Lathe Stand. I’ve needed a home for my old Craftsman lathe, so why not build the ULTIMATE stand for it?! It’s a great [...]

Here’s a tip on how to cut curves on the bandsaw. When cutting a circle or an odd shape from a square piece of lumber on a bandsaw, you’ve probably dealt with the annoying corners that try [...]

Don Weber has been a friend to Popular Woodworking for a long time. His knowledge of traditional woodworking (and blacksmithing, as the photo above supports – props to photographer Al Parrish!) [...]