New Yankee Workshop Adirondack Chair
In 2005 I had the good fortune to spend a couple days with Norm Abram at his New Yankee Workshop building one of the program’s most popular projects – an...
Why Wood Warps
Most warp takes place as green wood dries, but the potential for movement remains after lumber is brought into your shop. By Glen D. Huey Pages 6-10 From the Summer...
The Way Wood Works: Birch
The Way Wood Works: Birch This affordable wood is great for both high-end and utilitarian cabinetry. By Tim Johnson Birch is a hot item at the lumberyard these days, and...
Roy Underhill – That’s Entertainment!
I was previewing the 20th Anniversary Episode of the “The Woodwright’s Shop” on my computer at work, preparing images and a description for use in our streaming video site. I...
School’s Woodworking Awards: Mark Greensburg, KS Tornado Recovery
School’s Woodworking Awards: Mark Greensburg, KS Tornado Recovery Lavergne, TN – In his own words, Industrial Technology Instructor Peter Kern was blown away when his students at Kiowa [...]
The Joy of Chests
I can build a six-board chest entirely by hand in about 10 hours of shop time. That time starts with one 8’-long and one 12’-long board and ends with a...
WRENCH/SPANNER THROUGH WOOD
Wrench/spanner through wood a bigger than normal spanner/wrench.As always no joins /cuts . This one took 5 hours to perfect and has amazed a few people here in the UK....
Ralph S. Wilkes, 100 Years Young
Congratulations (and belated good wishes) to Ralph S. Wilkes, who in April celebrated his 100th birthday. Mr. Wilkes wrote for Popular Woodworking (and other woodworking magazines) in the [...]
California Closer to State Table Saw Regulations
While proposed standards for table saw safety move slowly through the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s rule making process, the State of California moved one step closer to enacting [...]
First Look: Lie-Nielsen 610 Low-angle Rabbeting Jack Plane
If you have attended any of the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Events in the last year and you have a sharp eye, then you probably noticed an odd-looking low-angle jack plane...
Should Furniture Be Judged?
Recently I had the privilege of serving as one of the judges for an upcoming furniture exhibition of the Cumberland Furniture Guild, a group of mostly Tennessee furniture makers (full disclosure:...
Veneer Press by David Coleman
Dave Coleman is one of our readers, and one of the dedicated craftsmen putting the White Water Shaker Village back together. He’s been building Shaker furniture and boxes for a...
