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Farm Table You don’t need a dream shop to build this dream project. By Tim Johnson Aside from feeding the occasional flock (when's the last time you had eight dinner guests?), a big [...]

I’ve been working in the shop over the last few days to create mortise-and-tenon joints for a workbench. I usually make the mortise portion of the joint with the dedicated mortise machine. [...]

Achieving a glass-flat surface is a lot easier than you might think.

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Get Free Shipping if You Order before Sept. 21 Every issue of Woodworking Magazine is designed without an “expiration date” , we strive to make the instructions and projects that we [...]

This weekend we gave away our antique Arts & Crafts sideboard to some friends who have just bought a house and I installed the new Gustav Stickley 802 sideboard I’d built with the help [...]

Forget wood conditioner and go for gel stain.

For small or specialty jobs, spray-can finishing is a good choice.

One of the oft-forgotten tools in finishing is glazes. Here's how to get started with this handy technique.

Understanding how sheen works allows you to control the gloss on your finishes.

In part 1 I looked back at the videos for Jet and Powermatic and the idea of including helical cutterheads in stationary woodworking machines in place of three-knife or four-knife heads. Also, [...]

For the first time in months, I got a chance to get back into my shop over the weekend. Boy was it nice. I had a piece to build for a customer, a piece that was promised some time back. …