It's Official: WIA Set for Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Mark your calendars and start saving your pennies. The 2011 Woodworking in America event will be Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2011, in Covington, Ky., at the same facility we...
End of an Era (for Me). Manny’s is Closing
My brad points, which I bought at Manny’s. I still use them all the time. In 1993, I had just finished graduate school, had been accepted to law school and...
Resawn-Veneer Top
Resawn-Veneer Top Thick veneer and mitered edging make a top that last. By Tom Caspar Here’s one technique every budding furniture maker should know: how to make a framed top...
Use the No. 95 Trimming Plane Upright?
I’ve always held the No. 95 edge-trimming plane like a block plane. The lever cap faces up to the sky. The fence of the No. 95 is then vertical. So...
Chopping a mortise..by hand
At least that’s the way I do them. I cut the tenons first, and then use them to layout the locations on the mortises. Once I’ve mark where they will...
CHRISTMAS CARDS
BALSA WOOD. CHEAP AND EASY TO WORK WITH.MAKE THESE CARDS.BASIC CRAFT KNIFE / RULER / PENCIL / COPYDEX GLUE IS ALL THAT YOU NEED .PLUS YOUR IMAGINATION?!! SHOW OFF YOUR...
Help the Jeske Family (and Yourself)
If you’ve ever met Dave Jeske at Blue Spruce Toolworks, then you don’t have to read the next sentence. You already know he is one of the nicest, most honest...
An Excerpt from Roy Underhill's Next Article
The February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is off to the printer. And I can safely say that it contains one of my three favorite articles we’ve published since...
Larry Williams and Don McConnell form Old Street Tool, Planemakers
Tomorrow, Clark & Williams, which has been in business since 1996, will relaunch as a newly incorporated business called Old Street Tool, with Larry Williams and Don McConnell as the...
Pumpkin Teeth Become Dovetails
This past weekend (Dec. 4-5, 2010) 10 woodworkers came into the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop to work on their dovetails. Guys came in from the local vicinity and from outside...
Download a Free Excerpt from 'Elementary Turning'
Several people have asked if our historical reprint of “Elementary Turning for Use in Manual Training Classes” will include the original photos or drawings. Or if it will be a...
Yearn to Turn? Here's the Book for You
Despite the fact that I stink at turning, I still keep at it. Sharpening the tools is no problem. And I can make basic shapes. What vexes me is combining...
