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Marc Spagnuolo (a.k.a. The Wood Whisperer) walks you through the process of pillowing the ends of ebony pegs for Greene & Greene pieces. From the August 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking.

In my elementary school, the janitor was a shadowy character who mostly stayed in the basement, in his private area next to the boiler room. Yet he was powerful enough...

ARROW PUZZLE ARROW 7 INCH  ENDS 1 1/2  THICKNESS 1/4  ONE PIECE HOLE IN LOG 3/4   NO JOINS IN ARROW????

THE ARROW THROUGH LOG PUZZLE? HOW DO THEY DO THAT? THATS MAGIC THE ARROW IS TURNED IN ONE PIECE AND IS 7 INCHES LONG THE ENDS ARE  1 1/2 INCH WIDE...

When you pick up an old plane in an antique store or swap meet it is sending off clues. This is (I’m told) a bit like speed dating , your...

Traditional cut nails can be made from pretty soft steel, especially the useful cut headless brads. As a result, you have to be careful when installing them. Here are some...

    After my last mistakes have been managed, I was able to go on building the base cupboards of the twin kitchen hutches.   It is very satisfying to...

THESE ARE MADE FROM VARIOUS TIMBERS  AND THE ONLY TOOLS USED TO TURN BOWL AND FRUIT WERE  LARGE ENGINEERING FILES WHICH I SHARPENED AND AND GROUND TO VARIOUS [...]

Online Extras for the June 2009 issue include a video of Marc Spagnuolo using his favorite pushsticks and featherboards, download full-size patterns of the Deck/Dock Chair leg profiles in PDF [...]

After being in and out of print during the last several years, David Finck’s “Making & Mastering Wood Planes” is finally available for sale again directly from the author. This...

Garden planter troughs made from pallets . and yes i am still denailing my pallets hey i got over 400 to denail and i get 85%  that are ok.? The rest...

When making through-mortises by hand, one of the occasional problems is that you get a little mallet happy, you drive the mortise chisel a little too deep and you blow...