Senco Unveils New 23-gauge Pinners
It’s great to have woodworking-related companies close to our magazine shop. Here in Cincinnati, we have Gorilla Glue, Bioformix (makers of Nexabond 2500M adhesive) and Senco within [...]
Q & A: Sawdust in the Garden?
Q & A: Sawdust in the Garden? Q: I spend as much time tending plants in the garden as making sawdust in my shop.Are there any problems with using...
Designing Furniture From Scratch In SketchUpPart 1
A question I am often asked is “How do you design furniture from scratch in SketchUp?” followed by questions such as “Do you sketch something on paper first and then...
Are You the Complete Package?
My route through this chart was a quick one, as I am not a grand wizard of the craft (yet). Click here to visit the Woodworking in America 2013 conference...
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (I’d Have Been too Overawed to Breathe)
In 2006, shortly after I joined the staff at Popular Woodworking Magazine, we hosted an unprecedented and never-to-be-repeated gathering of planemakers. What didn’t filter through at the [...]
Benchtop Table Saw Reviews – and Information on European Models
This is part two of two in my round-up of our most useful table saw reviews. Part one covered the larger models. Today I’m covering benchtop table saws. There’s also...
If You Say “Green,” I Say Give me Some Facts
After a 20-minute drive through Boston-area traffic and a 20-minute walk around the periphery of the home center in search of someone who could direct me to the finishing supplies...
Defective Dovetail Diagnosis
When I teach woodworking, most of my job is diagnosing defective dovetails. Tail walls that are not 90°. Floors of pin and tail boards that have lumps aplenty. My diagnosis...
Dovetails of 472 Flavors
If you think there are hard-and-fast rules about designing dovetails, don’t read any further. You’ll get an ulcer. North Carolina woodworker Mark Firley has collected a set of 472 photos...
Repurposed wine barrels turned into stunning furniture
The Museum Of Design in Atlanta (http://www.museumofdesign.org/current-exhibitions/) is displaying a furniture exhibit designed by world renowned architects/designers and buit by patients in a [...]
Most-asked Woodworking Questions
Throughout the years I’ve been here at Popular Woodworking Magazine, there are only two woodworking questions that find their way into my inbox on a regular basis. The number of...
The Notched Batten – a Great Workbench Trick
Traversing boards without a tail vise can be tricky. For the last eight years, I’ve used a setup that requires two holdfasts and a batten between them. It works fine,...
