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Here’s your one-stop site for woodworking basics. Popular Woodworking Magazine offers dozens of free articles for getting started in woodworking, including free plans for projects that are easy to build, advice on the best tools to buy for the kind of work you want to do, the technique instruction you need for both hand tools and power tools, tips you can put to use right away in your shop (plus advice on setting up shop!) and more. If you want to learn woodworking the right way, you’ve come to the right place.

Graduated Drawers

You don’t need a tape or math to lay out graduated drawers with attractive proportions – all you need are two pairs of dividers. Read more »

Top-level Management Strategies

One of my favorite tasks in the shop is making solid-wood tabletops. Over the years I’ve made quite a few, and I’ve developed some methods that remove most of the risks and drudgery that spoil the fun. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to make some mistakes that will leave you wishing you had used … Read more »