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Senior Editor Glen D. Huey walks you step by step through the process of making the custom cove moulding for his tea table. All it takes is your table saw and an auxiliary fence.

Don Weber’s Bicycle Lathe article in the August 2007 issue (#163) sparked a lot of interest and questions (which you can read here). Don has just sent me hand-drawn plans...

Almost every day I get an e-mail or a phone call that goes something like this: “I’m a beginner. I want to buy some handplanes. But I have no idea...

From now through the end of October, you can get a free Digital Download with any purchase in our Popular Woodworking Shop. This time we’ve made it easy for you...

If you ask me, the first backsaw you should buy should be a carcase saw. It’s handy for all manner of crosscuts when building furniture. But you never see reviews...

Learning doesn’t have to be boring. In fact, it can be a lot of fun. Graham McCulloch, author of the new Popular Woodworking book, “The Woodworker’s Illustrated [...]

If there’s a tool out in the woodworking arena that garners more attention these days than SawStop, someone please bring it to my attention. I see scads of responses on...

Practice makes perfect sense; this small tabletop project will give you something practical to show for your effort as you build your skills.

One of my favorite woodworking projects I saw in Germany: A hand-powered Ferris wheel at a Christmas street fair. Whenever I travel abroad, I always ask the locals about woodworking...

Few woodworkers consider topcoat tinting, but adding a couple drops of aniline dye imparts a pleasing antique appearance to walnut.

One of the best things about this job is that every week, mysterious boxes arrive and we get to open them. Inside we usually discover some of the newest and...

Kelly graciously invited me to teach a few classes in his school in Kentucky. I’ve never been there, but Chris Schwarz has taught there and really likes it. I’m teaching...