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Let’s talk about the historical and controversial scrub plane. First a little history, then the controversy. Whenever I talk about the fore plane, the handplane used to get boards to...

In every project, there is at least one process that takes much longer than expected. It doesn’t matter if it’s the first piece of furniture you’ve made or the five...

During the last few years I’ve begun to teach classes at schools that I really like, such as the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Ind., and Kelly Mehler’s...

This is a tiny drawer from a Philadelphia secretary, circa 1760. Notice the shimmed dovetail. Make you feel better?

You have a dominant eye and a recessive eye (assuming you still have both eyes , and not three). And that fact can make your life as a sawyer a...

After joining the ranks as senior editor with Popular Woodworking magazine, I was informed that I needed to build a workbench. It seems the bench that was in the shop...

This new, easy-to-navigate and searchable CD gives you instant access to all six 2001 issues of Popular Woodworking magazine , plus seven bonus articles of our favorite workshop articles from...

Most woodworkers I know aspire to cut their dovetails by hand. It is, for many of us, a self-imposed rite of passage to good craftsmanship. I’ve always tried not to...

Bosch Tools will visit the Popular Woodworking shop on Wednesday, Sept. 19, from 6:30-9 p.m. for dinner and tool talk. After dinner, attendees will be able to try out some...

When we think of drawers, we invariably think of drawers like those found in our kitchens. You yank on the pull, they slide out effortlessly, then a bump from the...

        Walnut Bookcase  by Bill Groff, Metamora, IL "I spent this last winter (and Spring and part of the Summer!)building a larger version of the bookcase that...

One of my goals for this year at Popular Woodworking magazine is to become sufficiently adept with a technical drawing program. We have to have simple, accurate line drawings of...