I’m getting better at focusing the toy EyeClops microscope camera I bought for $20. It takes a steady hand and a light touch. I’ve been looking at the edges of...
Get out your red marker, and circle Jan. 30 and 31 on your calendar. If you can get to Philadelphia that Friday or Saturday, there is a free event you...
There are still some spots available in the class on handplanes that Thomas Lie-Nielsen and I are teaching in April at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. This is the...
You can now watch the segment on Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on “The Martha Stewart Show” on the program’s web site. The 4:41 segment is surprisingly detailed and technical. And, of [...]
Alert reader Bengt Nilsson of Stockholm, Sweden, sent in this great photo of a joiner’s bench that was recovered from the Vasa , a Swedish battleship that sank on its...
Last year I got to tour one of the Lee Valley Tools warehouses in Ottawa, Ontario. No wait, don’t leave just yet. A Lee Valley warehouse is like the Willy...
Of all the projects I’ve built in the four and a half years I’ve been with Popular Woodworking, the 21st Century Workbench has been my favorite, and it’s been a...
Last week I compared the Lie-Nielsen and Veritas small router planes and concluded that I really would like a Lie-Nielsen with a closed throat. So, of course, a reader showed...
It’s been a while since we first brought these two woodworking accessories to your attention and we continue to receive email and calls asking where to find these bits and...