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I’ve taught a number of classes during my woodworking days. Teaching is one area that I thoroughly enjoy each and every time I’m called upon. I’ve found that most woodworkers...

I got my first bow for my fourth birthday. It was a plastic recurve and thank heavens the arrows had rubber tips because everything within a thirty-ft. radius was fair...

Sometimes your woodworking improves like a slow and steady climb up a mountain. Sometimes, however, you get to ride the elevator. When I first started woodworking, I used a carpenter’s...

I consider myself fortunate to share the Popular Woodworkingshop with two world-class woodworkers , Christopher Schwarz and Glen D. Huey. After many years of working mostly by myself, it’s [...]

Last week I penned an entry about the similarity between dovetails and glass cutting. I wrote about confidence being a large part of success. One comment listed cooking in that...

Here at Popular Woodworking we like great pieces of furniture for the projects we publish in the magazine. What we really like are great pieces of furniture with a good...

Last week a long-time reader called to ask me about a bullnose plane I had reviewed favorably a few years back. “What” he asked, “is this thing good for?” I...