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For the last couple weeks, we were scrambling to get ready for Woodworking in America. Now, we’re scrambling to get all the in-house stories written, and the freelance stories in,...

I know the exact moment that Roy Underhill cracked my workbench open during Woodworking in America last weekend. There was a disturbance in the Force. In other words, my phone...

TOOK ME 3 DAYS TO MAKE. ALL FROM PALLETS . FROM DE NAILING TO  MACHINING PLUS TOUNGE AND GROOVE TO MAKE THIS PIECE. 3 DAYS AS IT WAS A NIGHT...

GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU..

Early American furniture has been widely studied, but through a narrow lens. Typical museum pieces seen today were not found in typical homes, and there

Before Senco sent us the 18-gauge cordless brad nailer that I tested for the November 2011 issue, they sent us a 15-gauge cordless finish nailer, the FN65DA. The 15-gauge angled...

Felder Group USA has a prize drawing on its new Facebook page for a new Hammer A3 26 Jointer-Planer (value $3,000). All you have to do to enter into the...

When I inspect an antique tool – especially one that hasn’t been messed with much – I always take a look at the cutting edge. How was it sharpened? What...

Two items are in the news today in the ongoing story about table saw injuries. In Boston yesterday, the US Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the...

My sister sent me this link of a speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford University. Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former CEO  passed away yesterday after battling a rare form...

By a unanimous vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted today to begin the formal process of creating new rules to reduce table saw injuries, according to this story in...

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