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Chuck Bender, Senior Editor, Popular Woodworking Magazine

Megan Fitzpatrick — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:54 +0000

I am beyond delighted to announce that Charles “Chuck” Bender is Popular Woodworking Magazine’s new senior editor. He’ll be writing project and technique articles (lots of articles) for the magazine and web site, serving as one of our a technical editors, handling tool reviews and Tricks of the Trade, answering e-mails from you on all … Read more »

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Sneak Peek at August Popular Woodworking Magazine Cover Project

Robert W. Lang — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:55 +0000

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 »

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Final Notes on Hannah’s Inlaid Chest

Glen D. Huey — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:14 +0000

My trip to Winterthur greatly impacted my knowledge of Hannah’s Inlaid Chest (what others may know as the Darlington Chest) I built for the June 2013 issue (#204). I posted a few things that would tilt the chest toward being a closer reproduction. I also promised I would point out which drawer was the imposter … Read more »

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Highland Woodworking – 35 Years Young

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:28:54 +0000

A happy 35th anniversary to Highland Woodworking (nee Highland Hardware) in Atlanta, Ga., and congratulations to its founders, Chris and Sharon Bagby, for offering the best tool selection in the South for three+ decades. To celebrate, they’re offering special 1-day deals (May 15 only) both in the store and on the web; click here to … Read more »

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Make Moulding with SketchUp

Robert W. Lang — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:15:25 +0000

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 »

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A Two-day Traditional-looking Tool Chest

Megan Fitzpatrick — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:59:25 +0000

As regular blog readers know, I have too many tools with no home – so I’ve been building an “Anarchist’s Tool Chest” – a traditional English chest – a la Christopher Schwarz’s book on the subject. And as regular readers know, I’ve been building it since…oh…since many months ago (I’m almost done – really! Just … Read more »

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New This Year at Woodworking in America: Silas Kopf

Robert W. Lang — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:09:34 +0000

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 »

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String Inlay Tools – Radius Cutters

Glen D. Huey — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:30:12 +0000

On Hannah’s Inlaid Chest from our June 2013 magazine (issue #204), I scratched most of the string inlay by hand using tools from both Lie-Nielsen Toolworks and Lee Valley/Veritas. Of the string inlay tools used on the chest, the most import is the radius cutter. For that job, I selected the tool from Lie-Nielsen (item … Read more »

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Why Build a Traditional Tool Chest? Wait’ll You See the Sideboard

Dan Farnbach — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:13:45 +0000

I met Evan Court last month at CraftBoston, where he was representing the North Bennet Street School as one of the students in their furniture-making program. Here’s a brief and informal introduction for you – Evan’s latest work, a great sideboard that was on display at the show: But what I really want to tell … Read more »

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Road-tested: The ‘Milkman’s Workbench’

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:21:23 +0000

I’m in Fort Collins, Colo., for an in-house conference where editors and community leaders in all areas of our parent company, F+W Media, are getting together to share ideas, talk about the business etc. And last night, we had a trade show so that each of us could demonstrate to our fellow employees what we … Read more »

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