http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:46:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/look-ma-no-clamps http://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/look-ma-no-clamps#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:11:28 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=134271
A friend of mine used to claim that his favorite tool was his own spit. I'd never claim such a thing publicly, but I do admit to using some rather unorthodox tools at times: I've sharpened paint-can keys to scrape off glue squeeze-out, and ground threaded rod into various shapes for stamping wood. In this Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/look-ma-no-clamps/feed 1 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/road-trip http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/road-trip#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:34:48 +0000 Megan Fitzpatrick http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=133861
Tomorrow morning, I'm hopping in my car and driving south, where the view off the back deck of where I feel honored to be staying looks like this (though I suspect it will be slightly less verdant – though no less sylvan – at the moment):                   Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/road-trip/feed 5 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/tapered-sliding-dovetails http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/tapered-sliding-dovetails#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:30:23 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=133701
For the  James Krenov-style hanging cabinet I built out of cherry for the April 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine I used tapered sliding dovetails to join the case. For a step-by-step slideshow of how to use a router to cut these joints, click on the video player below: – Matthew Teague  ]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/tapered-sliding-dovetails/feed 6 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/greene-greenes-thorsen-house http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/greene-greenes-thorsen-house#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:18:27 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=133231
When you think of the work of Greene & Greene, you usually think of Pasadena, Calif. Pasadena is home to the Gamble, Blacker and Robinson houses, and there is a fantastic collection of the Greene's furniture at the Huntington Museum a few miles away. But one of the "ultimate bungalows," the Thorsen house, is a Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/greene-greenes-thorsen-house/feed 4 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-better-way-to-learn-sketchup http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-better-way-to-learn-sketchup#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:55:00 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=128501
Learning a new skill is a lot easier if you think of it as a hobby. Though I wasn't one of the earliest adapters, I started using SketchUp, a drafting program you can download for free, a few years back. (A pro version can be purchased as well, but the free version does most anything Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-better-way-to-learn-sketchup/feed 1 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-woodworking-award-%e2%80%93-of-sorts http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-woodworking-award-%e2%80%93-of-sorts#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:13:16 +0000 Megan Fitzpatrick http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=128441
I don't believe I've yet written about the recent award I won for my (lack of) design prowess – probably because I'm mildly ashamed. But only mildly, because it was for a piece I built in 1989, when to me all problems looked like a screw because all I had was a drill. And I Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/a-woodworking-award-%e2%80%93-of-sorts/feed 3 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/come-to-the-lie-nielsen-show-in-our-new-shop-march-30-31 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/come-to-the-lie-nielsen-show-in-our-new-shop-march-30-31#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:07 +0000 Megan Fitzpatrick http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=128201
Plan to call in sick to work on Friday, March 30, and make excuses to your significant (or not so significant) other on Saturday, March 31:  Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is bringing its Hand Tool Event back to Cincinnati. And we're opening the roll-up doors to our new shop to host. Like the event last year, this Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/come-to-the-lie-nielsen-show-in-our-new-shop-march-30-31/feed 1 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/who-are-your-woodworking-heros http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/who-are-your-woodworking-heros#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:17:17 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=128021
One of the best parts of this job is getting to meet great woodworkers, guys who have managed to make a living doing what the rest of us do for fun. We feature woodworkers now and then in Popular Woodworking Magazine in articles we call "Great Woodshops." One of my favorites is a gentleman I Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/who-are-your-woodworking-heros/feed 23 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/the-trouble-with-voc-compliant-finishes http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/the-trouble-with-voc-compliant-finishes#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:34:26 +0000 Matthew Teague http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=124511
When it comes to finish, I want something that is easy to apply, offers a little protection and doesn't require spray equipment. And once I find a finish I like, I tend to be pretty loyal. I used Minwax's Antique Oil Finish almost exclusively before a friend turned me on to Waterlox Original Sealer/Finish about Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/the-trouble-with-voc-compliant-finishes/feed 21 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/maloof-style-cabinet-with-leather-pulls http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/maloof-style-cabinet-with-leather-pulls#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:02 +0000 Steve Shanesy http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=124751
As a follow-up to a recent post about shop-made leather drawer pulls, I thought I'd share with you a photo of the completed sideboard. Just how did this piece evolve? There's a Sam Maloof cabinet that has the same proportions and drawer arrangement. I like very much the look of the all-walnut piece he built Continue reading»]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/maloof-style-cabinet-with-leather-pulls/feed 5