Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
The restored Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, has been on my list of places to visit for a long time. It is only a two-hour drive south of Cincinnati,...
The Canadian Roubo
The last place I ever expected to stumble on Andre Roubo’s handiwork was next to an Art Deco radio and underneath some old water jugs. But on Saturday, I walked...
In the Hands of the Postal Service (and a Gift)
I’ve never fully understood how the U.S. Postal Service works , beyond the fact that you put an envelope in a slot here and it arrives somewhere else. This week,...
My First Pair of Pantyhose
I’m always looking for little tricks to improve dovetailing, especially the part I dislike: transferring the tails’ locations to the pin board. Sawmaker Mike Wenzloff stumbled across [...]
Bookcase Design Challenge Grand Prize
The time has come to let the cat out of the bag. You’ve waited an entire week to find out about the LumberJocks/Popular Woodworking magazine Challenge Grand Prize , a...
Woodwork Joints by Charles Hayward
A Weekend With an Old Friend Sometimes a search for one thing leads to the discovery of something more interesting and a change of plans. Friday night I was looking...
Talking about period woodworking…
I’ll be giving a talk about period woodworking to the Woodworkers’ guild of South Jersey on Thursday night, March 27th. The talk is held in Cherry Hill NJ, which is...
Woodworking Magazine Issue 9 Mailed on Monday
I want to take a minute here to apologize to many of our new subscribers who have not received the first issue of their subscription to Woodworking Magazine, but they...
See the Pacific Northwest and Learn to Saw
There are still spaces left for a week-long summer course in handsawing at the Northwest Woodworking School in Portland, Ore. It is the only class I’m teaching this year that...
Sharpening System in a Box
Norton IM83 Portable Waterstone Sharpening System I’m not the most organized person in the world. In fact, I’m without argument the messiest person in our office and shop. I do...
New Source for Wooden Vise Screws
One of my favorite things about the Holtzapffel Workbench I built for Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine is the monster twin-screw vise with wooden vise screws. The wooden screws move...
Understanding Western Backsaws
The Westen backsaw has almost vanished. But a few toolmakers are trying to turn back the clock to when this saw was in every toolbox.
