Q & A: How Can I Avoid Kickback When Resawing on a Tablesaw?
How Can I Avoid Kickback When Resawing on a Tablesaw? Q: Is there a splitter that can be used for resawing on a tablesaw? Mine is hooked onto the...
Video Short with Matt Cianci
As editors, we search our two web sites (popularwoodworking.com and shopwoodworking.com) constantly for information for the online extras portion of all articles and most columns – the [...]
Figured Lumber & the Gentle Art of Furniture Making
Getting started on a project is to me the most exciting time. I get to play with the design, dig through piles of lumber looking for just the right stock...
Workshop: ‘Even the Blotchy Stuff: Staining & Finising Wood Without Fear’
Jerome Bias, the joiner at Old Salem (in Winston-Salem, N.C.), sent us a press release about a cool two-day finishing/color theory workshop he’s organized for February 8th and 9th, 2014,...
Pictures/Words/Thousands
This weekend, I read that the British Library has uploaded to Flickr Commons images from books and periodicals from the 17th-19th centuries, as part of the “Unseen Illustrations” [...]
Philip Hendrix’s beer stand: Celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Eliot House Woodworking Program
Philip's other project that I want to show here is his adaptation for the always popular wine bottle stand. Philip's idea was to develop a board to carry not a...
Dyed by My Own Hand
When I finish my pieces, I use restraint when adding stains or dyes. Most woods look best (to my eye) with some shellac, lacquer and maybe a little colored wax...
A Tribute to the Patron of the Hand Tool World
One of the unseen forces in the modern renaissance of hand tool manufacturing is Fred West, a woodworker from West Chester, Pa. Well, to be more precise, you might not...
Philip Hendrix’s cutting board: Celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Eliot House Woodworking Program
Own of our best students at the Eliot House Woodshop was Philip Hendrix. Philip was a graduate student in computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering who demonstrated real...
Q & A: Should I Run My Tablesaw on 120 or 240 Volts?
Should I Run My Tablesaw on 120 or 240 Volts? Q: My contractor’s saw pops a breaker every once in a while, and that’s driving me crazy. I noticed...
AW Extra 12/19/13 – Tips For Applying Tee Molding
Tips For Applying Tee Molding Looking for a quick, easy way to put a durable edge on a project? By Brad Holden Tee molding might be the perfect answer. Installation...
AW Extra 12/19/12 – Tubular Storage
Tubular Storage Here’s my solution for storing skinny things like wood trim and edge banding. I bought a 12-in.-dia. by 8-ft.-long cardboard concrete form at a home center for about...
