Editors’ Blog
Our magazine editors including Matthew Teague, Megan Fitzpatrick, Steve Shanesy and Robert W. Lang, blog on a frequent basis on topics including Google SketchUp, power tools, hand tools, techniques, workshops and much more.
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Starting Block for the Router Table
Router bits that are guided by ball bearings make it possible to add a profile to a curved edge. If the entire piece is curved, it makes sense to do this shaping on the router table. The tricky part is getting the cut started. When you push the uncut edge into the spinning cutter, it [...]
Shop-made Leather Drawer Pulls
A couple months back I stumbled onto a bundle of harness leather scraps at a flea market and snapped it up. I was working on a new six-drawer sideboard and it gave me a chance to try out an idea that I had years ago for a shop-made drawer pull. I figured making the pulls [...]
'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 [...]
Flattening Really Wide Boards
Years ago I came to possess a really large walnut log and had it sawn to my specifications on a band mill. I then air dried it and have stowed most of it ever since. Many of the plain-sliced slabs yielded widths of between 20" and 33". Yes, I consider myself a lucky man. I've [...]
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 [...]
Stealing Away to the Shop
Wrapping up the last details on a piece I've been building for the April issue, I had a nice surprise last weekend: Stealing away a few minutes while my kids took a nap (or a least pretended to), I headed out to the shop, grabbed an old carving knife and started experimenting with a piece [...]
A Sale Worth Checking Out (Flexner for $1!)
As I was tooling around the web last night checking out our twitter feed (@PWEditors), Facebook (facebook.com/popularwoodworking) various blogs, etc., I came across a couple people mentioning the 50-percent off sale at shopwoodworking.com that ends tonight at 11:59 EDT (also going on in our parent company' other onlines stores, which I'll list at the bottom [...]
