Television Cabinet

Television Cabinet Hide the electronics behind ingenious double-hinged doors by Dave Munkittrick I love my new 36-in. TV but my wife hates what the glass and plastic monolith does to the look and [...]

PWM Digital Subscription FAQs

As I posted late last week, we now offer a digital subscription to Popular Woodworking Magazine. Sales are already brisk (thank you!), and we’ve received a number of questions, too. So, [...]

PARAWOOD CUBE PUZZLE

Rubberwood is the wood from the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). It has always been used on a small scale, but has become much more common now, a relative [...]

A Chip-resistant Drill Press Fence

File this one under: Tricks that everyone knows but me. Whenever I work against a fence on my drill press, I constantly huff and sweep the table clear of shavings. Why? If even one errant shaving [...]

A Trickier Ruler Trick

Anything – a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g – that reduces the time I spend sharpening my tools makes me giddy. Care Bear giddy. Monchichi giddy. Making tools dull is more fun. A few years ago I found a way to [...]

CAR EXHAUSTS

THESE I MAY HAVE IDEA FOR ??? WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE???? NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE???????????? AS YOU KNOW ME I CAN AN WILL MAKE USE OF THESE ???????????????? CAR SCRAP YARDS THROW THESE AWAY. TO [...]

Digital Subscription Now Available!

A lot of you asked for it – and here it is – a digital subscription is now available to Popular Woodworking Magazine! Each issue will be in PDF format, with bookmarks for easy navigation, and [...]

Video: Making Tools with John Economaki

The TS-2 Master Try Square is one of two tools that started Bridge City Tools (the other was the SA-2 Scratch Awl), and for our next issue, John Economaki is writing a bit about his own history, [...]

3/4″ Up-cut Spiral Router Bit

In my blog earlier this week on drilling holes for bench dogs and holdfasts I mentioned a 3/4”-diameter up-cut spiral bit we use in a plunge router to make perfect holes. Several readers have [...]

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