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When you know how to build furniture, you sometimes find yourself commissioned to make a piece that’s a little out of the ordinary. That’s where I am now. Among my current jobs is a pair of urns [...]

For the many-hundredth time last week, I explained the virtues of simple workbenches to a skeptical audience of 10 workbench builders. They weren’t having it. Their benches were sketched out with [...]

We are happy to announce the winner of our Workshop Makeover sponsored by Jet, Woodpeckers and Bessey! Roy B. from Louisiana was working on an oil rig when he got the news. Here’s what he [...]

The I Can Do That! series has always been aimed at the beginning woodworker. The episodes are long, compared to the rest of the YouTube world, we explain everything in real time and even provide [...]

Saturday, June 16th is the last day to submit your project for the Excellence Awards. This year, we’ve revamped the categories. They are: ■ Casework, Cabinets & Bookcases ■ Seating ■ Tables ■ [...]

Tool: 1250DEVS Random Orbital Sander Buy Now Manufacturer: Bosch MSRP: $250 My wife and I purchased our first home just over a year ago – a spectacular farmhouse that has been cared for by [...]

Author’s Note: Is anyone actually building the garden gate I’ve written about a couple of times? If so, let me apologize for not going on to the next steps here. There are tenons to [...]

Gorilla Glue is local to us at Popular Woodworking. Their headquarters is here in Cincinnati, and a few weeks ago, they let us know it. Over 400 orange shirts descended upon Carthage, Ohio, a [...]

Many years ago, I found a great little Limbert desk while researching Arts and Crafts furniture. I admired its lines and economy, and filed it in my ‘to build some-day’ folder. When my youngest [...]

I’ve hosted PopWood Playback every week for five months and I’m ready to experiment. The format has been largely the same. I present five of the best woodworking videos of the week on [...]

Whenever I have a day off when I’m traveling, I gorge myself on museums. Yesterday I had a free day in Munich, Germany, and spent the whole day in three museums. The highlight was getting to see [...]

This is pretty basic, but here goes anyway. When you have a situation of peeling paint, you have to remove it before applying fresh paint, or your efforts will be ineffective. Scraping usually [...]