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The cover on the August 2009 issue shows two walnut blanket chests stacked one on top of the other. I built the two chests at the same time, but to...

“You pick the project that you like the best and we’ll build it.” “I like the Aalto lounge. Think we can do it?” To a woodworker who likes a challenge,...

This is just a quick reminder that the pre-sale price of $27.99 for our new “Handplane Essentials” book ends Friday night. After Friday the price will be $34.99 and the...

TIP FOR HEATING GLUE ,USE OLD IRON,HANDY FOR HEATING GLUE ON.ALSO HEAT IS VARIABLE ON AN IRON.

One of the coolest woodworking things I’ve seen is where a guy named Mike Burton made some awesome scrapers for cleaning up crown moulding using , ready? , table spoons....

At 1:12 p.m. on Tuesday I had nothing to do, so I hustled Managing Editor Megan Fitzpatrick into the shop to continue work on the workbench made from laminated veneer...

HERE IS A TIP IF YOU WANT TO MAKE LOOKALIKE EBONY STAIN .FIND AN OLD 78 RECORD OLDER THE BETTER AS THEY ARE MORE BRITTLE?BREAK RECORD INTO HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS,THEN GET...

About eight years ago, when I was still a clean-shaven, short-haired senior editor, I took a trip to see the huge woodworking show at Woodstock, Ontario. There I saw some...

      To proceed with the glue up of face frames to the cupboards I rather use sawhorses to have more room under the cupboards. I must say that...

I grew up in a college town, and we used the term “regular guy” to describe people who didn’t let the initials after their names make them act superior or...

The most significant woodworking tool that has been introduced in my lifetime doesn’t cut wood and it costs nothing. It is Google’s SketchUp program, a 3D computer-aided design [...]

Though Charleston is the most ethnically diverse and open Southern city I’ve ever visited, its taste in furniture has long been English. And because I am working on a book...