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The English Layout Square: A Mystery and a Slideshow

Christopher Schwarz — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:16:39 +0000

Today I’m in Portland, Maine, eating myself sick at Duckfat and studying the architectural details on the old houses in this coastal city. As I started picking apart some Victorian houses on the city’s east side, I remembered something that a student once said about the English Layout Square I built for the December 2010 … Read more »

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Do You Like Swedes With Bigger Legs?

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:16:32 +0000

The Skansen bench that I built for the April 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine has proved to be a popular project with readers. But if you like, you can do a better job of emulating the original than I did. I built the project for our “I Can Do That” column, which features furniture … Read more »

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Full-size Pattern for the Skansen Bench

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:21:22 +0000

Last week we offered free plans for the Skansen Bench I built for the April 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. If you didn’t hear about this, it’s likely because you don’t subscribe to our free weekly newsletter. You can correct that oversight here. In any case, this bench was tremendous fun to build. It … Read more »

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Roubo Try Square Plans Now Available in Our Store

Christopher Schwarz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:53:49 +0000

Expanded and detailed plans for the Roubo Try Square from the February 2010 issue are now for sale as a download in our store. The plans include the original two-page article published in the February 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking, plus another six pages of detailed step-by-step instructions on the construction and truing process. There’s … Read more »

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Free Download: Deluxe Plans for 'The Schoolbox'

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:14 +0000

You can download a deluxe SketchUp drawing of the Schoolbox, a project that was featured on the cover of the Autumn 2009 issue. This file was made by Randall Wilkins, a set designer in the film industry who uses SketchUp in his job and in his woodworking hobby. This file is extremely cool. Here are … Read more »

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I Guess it’s a ‘Deadwoman’

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:50:57 +0000

For me a design is never done until the finish is on the piece, I’ve stared at the thing for a long time and I’ve turned my back on it. Up until that moment, I’ll readily shift gears if need be. I’ll order new hardware, rebuild a drawer or change a moulding. So this morning … Read more »

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The Tool That Changed My Woodworking Life

Christopher Schwarz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:41 +0000

The most significant woodworking tool that has been introduced in my lifetime doesn’t cut wood and it costs nothing. It is Google’s SketchUp program, a 3D computer-aided design program that runs on virtually any computer. Before SketchUp (the BS era), I used a variety of CAD programs to create construction drawings. Because I use only … Read more »

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New SketchUp Drawing of a Roubo Workbench

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:35:57 +0000

Last week a reader posted a nice SketchUp drawing of a Roubo workbench that you can download (for free) from Google’s 3D Warehouse. The drawing features the Benchcrafted Wagon Vise and a dovetailed end cap that holds the vise in place. I’ve had several readers ask me what this construction should look like. Now you … Read more »

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SketchUp Model Available for my Tool Cabinet

Christopher Schwarz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:47:33 +0000

A few years ago I was teaching a class on handplanes when one of the students came up to my bench to ask a favor. One of the main reasons he had signed up for the class was to get me to sign the cover of the December 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking.On the cover … Read more »

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Free Drawing: The Knockdown Holtzapffel Workbench

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:23:26 +0000

Ever since we published plans for the Holtzapffel Cabinetmaker’s Workbench in Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine, readers have requested information on how to build the bench so it could be easily knocked down and moved. The version I built and published plans for in Issue 8 used old-world bench-building principles where the legs were tenoned … Read more »

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