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As woodworkers, we can build whatever type of furniture we’d like. Some styles require more complicated skills and time (early American pieces, a la Duncan Phyfe), while others are [...]

I GUESS THOSE OF YOU IN THE STATES LOVE YOUR CAKES. WELL THIS IS MY WALNUT CAKE.WITH CREAM TO GO. MY  HOMEMADE WALNUT CAKE..!! OR IS IT.???????????? WELL WE WONT KNOW TILL WE TRY IT.?…

At the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers show in Las Vegas three years ago, Steel City Tool Works (SCTW) took the woodworking world by storm with the introduction of granite [...]

In most woodworking shops, space is at a premium. If you could increase the size of your shop, you would. And unless you have oodles of space, I’m willing to bet your finishing room is even [...]

Working on this little block has been an interesting experience, and I hope you’ll give it a try. Explaining it on the blog has made me think about a lot of basic things that have become [...]

I wrote a short review of Karl Holtey’s No. 982 smoothing plane for the October 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (which is mailing now to subscribers). And you don’t write a [...]

As you recall in my first posting about the Lie Nielsen's open house, I wrote that in order to make the new coffee tablet top, I used the remains of an old bookcase that I salvaged from the [...]

I received a question from a reader, concerning a problem he was having modeling a kitchen cabinet door. In my book and video I cover how to make a similar door using a cope-and-stick joint. This [...]

One of the greatest moments in marketing history was the mass adoption of power tools following World War II. Before then, the standard thinking was that just about anyone could pick up a saw and [...]

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,I DID A JOB LOCALLY FOR A RETIRED COUPLE.AFTER I HAD FINISHED,THE WIFE SAID WE ARE HAVING A GARAGE SALE,AND WILL BE SELLING MY HUSBANDS TOOLS.THE LUCKY BIT WAS SHE SAID TAKE [...]

I have four sets of screwdrivers. Three for loaning and one for using. The set I never loan is made up of tools that were made (mostly) by the H.D. Smith & Co. company of Plantsville, Conn. [...]

When you work with power tools, machine set up is everything. The quality of your joinery, and your entire project is based on your level of accuracy at that stage. With hand tools, layout is [...]