Getting Started in Woodworking With No Tools
Reader Brady Fretland writes: I’m tired of drooling over the designs in your employer’s publications and want to get to work. However, here is my situation: My tools consist of...
Convert a Handplane into a Scraper Plane With New Custom Tooling
Long-time toolmaker Paul Hamler has developed a new device that can turn many handplanes (both vintage and new) into a scraping plane that is easier to set up, tune and...
Convert a Handplane into a Scraper With New Tooling
Long-time toolmaker Paul Hamler has developed a new device that can turn many handplanes (both vintage and new) into a scraping plane that is easier to set up, tune and...
Mummified Squirrels & Extremely Dangerous Photography
While my blog might pinch your checkbook on occasion, Konrad Sauer’s new blog is a mugger in a dark alley with a Bowie knife. Yes, planemaker Konrad Sauer is now...
Philip Marcou Handplanes on Sale until July 8
If you’ve been pondering ordering a handplane from Philip Marcou after my review of his plane in both Popular Woodworking and a longer review in the Fine Tool Journal (read...
Dovetail Details: A Note from David Charlesworth
Editor’s note: I know that some of you are having difficulty posting comments on occasion. Sometimes, the captcha function rejects your code on the first try. When this happens, it...
Tool Review: A New (?) Jet Mortiser
An old friend dropped into the Popular Woodworking shop this week. You know how nice it is to see old friends. Memories flood back about the first time you met...
The Permanent Collection: “Woodwork Joints”
Contemporary writing on woodworking, of which I am woefully guilty, always seeks to make the craft as simple as possible. We try to make the joints easy, quick and straightforward....
New DVDs on Hand Tools Now Shipping
If you’ve ever struggled with sharpening a card scraper or using your handplanes while building furniture, there are two new DVDs on these topics you should find useful. “Hand Scrapers:...
Videos, Interviews and Techniques
Whenever I meet with a new woodworking group for a seminar or an event of some kind, I give them background on my early days in woodworking and me. One...
Shaker Tall Clock Video & Plans
Have you checked out the article on the Erastus Rude Shaker Clock in the current issue of Popular Woodworking magazine? I had a great time working with Bob Casey on...
Think it Can’t Happen to You?
We’ve all read the advice: Always spread out your oily rags on a table to dry, or drape them over the edge of a trash can, making sure they don’t...
