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Last year’s Woodworking in America Hand Tools & Techniques conference totally caught me off-guard. It was my first conference to work, and I came in with very little expectations , both [...]

When I began teaching at woodworking schools several years ago, it was the most selfish act imaginable. I didn’t do it to share what I know about woodworking. I didn’t do it to [...]

Yes , it’s another post about my clothing purchases. Contain yourselves. I loved this skirt. I bought it when I was 16 or 17 , when I apparently thought “sexy” was an [...]

I mean, who doesn’t like a good girl fight? In high school, fights among the boys were boring. Lots of posturing. Maybe some shoving. At best they might clasp into some Greco-Roman grip [...]

A tip of the Popular Woodworking hat goes to Mike Siemsen and the guys who worked the Woodworking in America: Furniture Construction & Design Conference Olympics.  The crew that manned [...]

My “go-to” stain for furniture finish is not a stain at all. It’s a dye. What’s the difference? A store-bought stain has pigment , and usually a binder to glue that [...]

THIS COMPANY DO A RANGE OF BLADES AND CUTTERS .MONEY TO ME WELL WORTH IT.…

TODAY I RECEIVED MY NEW BLADE FOR MY RADIAL ARM SAW.I TRIED IT ON NUMEROUS TYPES OF WOOD.YEW/OAK/ASH/MAHOGANY/BEECH/PINE/PLY/IROKO/CHIPBOARD/BLOCKBOARD/MDF/ AND EVEN THE ROUGH PALLET WOOD I [...]

At last year’s Woodworking in America conference in Berea, Ky., the sessions that sold out the fastest were on saws and saw sharpening. So at this year’s Hand Tools and Techniques [...]

We reviewed six premium carcase saws in the Autumn 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine, and while all of the saws performed quite well, the Gramercy carcase saw took top honors. (That bit of [...]

Adam Cherubini volunteers in the Pennsbury Manor Joyner’s Shop, demonstrating 18th-century hand tool techniques. (photo by Kari Hultman) Set aside a little time before or after the [...]

Undercabinet Lighting Add a glowing touch to beautiful cabinets. By Brad Holden Want a quick way to improve upper kitchen cabinets? Install lights under them. Undercabinet lights eliminate [...]