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I recently converted a common #220 Stanley block plane into an effective rabbet plane. I think a block plane’s comfort, low profile and blade angle can provide precision for paring...

SketchUp Quick Links SketchUp Tutorials and Articles What is Google SketchUp? Resources for Learning SketchUp SketchUp Models This post is where you can ask questions about using Google SketchUp, or...

  I find it curious that, more than a year after the November 2009 issue, I’m suddenly getting a spate of questions about the LVL Knockdown Workbench Editor Christopher Schwarz...

This is straight from André Roubo’s “L’Art Du Menuisier” in the section on oscillating spindle sanders. True, the spindle sander shown in plate 322 is treadle-powered, and the menuisiers shown...

If you’re interested in learning to cut dovetails by hand, boy do you have choices. Google hand-cut dovetail videos and the returns total more than 100,000 (no, I didn’t count...

ONE OFF CABINET DOOR MADE FROM SAWN PINE 3X1 3/4 .PLANED THEN MOULDED ON THE SPINDLE MOULDER THAT IS ON THE KITY 5 MACHINE..HOLES RECESSED FOR CABINET HINGES.THEN JUST VARNISHED...

 I HAVE YET TO VISIT THIS OLD PUB/INN BUT A FRIEND SENT ME THIS PHOTO. THIS IS A PHOTO OF A PUB/INN ENTRANCE IN OKEHAMPTON DEVON ENGLAND. THE BAR IS...

A FEW IDEAS FOR THROPHYS BOUGHT THE SNOOKER/POOL PLAYER FROM COMPANY WHO MAKES FIGURINES OF VARIOUS SPORTSMEN..FIXED THEM TO TOP OF THE PUZZLES .LOOKS GO IF IT WAS USED AS...

The first stage in designing the new table was to lay out the old legs underneath the crotch, support them with clamps and let them carry the crotch without any...

There have been a couple interesting threads on the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) forum I’d like to make you aware of in case you missed them: On...

This is a model of a music cabinet that was featured in an article in the December 2003 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.

This reproduction of a rare Gustav Stickley table was featured in the December 2007 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.