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By David Thiel Pages: 45-52 From the  February 2006 issue #153 Buy this issue now What are we talking about when we say “smart assembly?” In previous chapters, we’ve discussed a couple of issues [...]

© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. Back in junior high school, there were occasions when the entire class would be  [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the  February 2006 issue #153 Buy this issue now Worx (Greenville, S.C.) has launched a complete line of portable power tools and this drill is the first of those [...]

By David Thiel Page 28 From the  February 2006 issue #153 Buy this issue now Don’t let the name “Luthier’s Friend” scare you off if you don’t make guitars. This precision thickness sander has [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page 26 From the  February 2006 issue #153 Buy this issue now The Veritas router plane won’t replace your electric router. In fact, it’s actually an excellent complement to [...]

By David Thiel Page 26 From the  February 2006 issue #153 Buy this issue now News of Makita’s new 18-volt Lithium-ion drill was well received in the Popular Woodworking shop. While we’re always [...]

By Marc Adams Pages: 43-44, 53-56 From the December 2007 issue #166 Buy this issue now I recently ran into an old woodworking friend of mine who had his hand all bandaged up, and the first thing [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Pages: 57-61 From the December 2007 issue #166 Buy this issue now After eight years of writing the Best New Tools column, you’d think that we’d be jaded and bored with the [...]

The forms of workbenches that interest me the the most are (spoiler alert) the older and simpler forms that haven’t been corrupted by unnecessary complexities that woodworkers want to heap upon [...]

TIMBER FROM A SITE WHICH WAS TO BE SKIPPED.SIMPLE PROJECT EASY TO DO.THIS WAS ALSO TO BE SKIPPED,8X9 INCH X 2.4 HAD 2 LENGHTS. IT WAS LEFT OVER READY FOR SKIP.OILED WITH BOILED LINSEED THIS WILL [...]

While I have always admired the ornate 18th-century styles of furniture from New England, I’ve never wanted to put one of those pieces in my home. My tastes in furniture have always been more in [...]

Online Extras for the February 2008 issue include step-by-step instructions on cutting through and half-blind dovetails, a SketchUp file of the drawings of the Chimney Cupboard, instructions on [...]