Shop-made Bandings
Learn to make your own and you’ll never have to compromise your design. Bandings and stringing are a dramatic and exciting way to dress up your period furniture. I see...
Perfect Proportions
Build a standing desk tailored to your body. I designed this compact stand-up desk to meet a prescription from my doctor to be less sedentary. “Sitting is the new smoking,”...
Apologia for the Custom Handplane
The best rationale for these ultra high-end tools might not be what you think. Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Over the...
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 5
After I finished painting the waterline, the faux keel, and the funnels I turned to the Red Crosses and the bridge’s windows. My initial idea for the windows was to...
Sharpening Pond
With this inviting and accessible setup, there’s no excuse for dull blades. The ability to keep tools sharp is a most important woodworking skill – that’s why I have a...
Jennings-pattern Auger Bits for Braces
Tool: Auger Bits for Braces Manufacturer: Tools For Working Wood MSRP: $39.45+ Finding good auger bits that work in a brace is almost impossible in places of the world that don’t...
Tools from Down Under
Chris Vesper strives for precision and perfection in toolmaking (and dancing). Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking When it [...]
12 Rules for Tool Chests
Don’t reinvent the wheel when storing your tools. A proper chest is still the best. When I tell people that I’ve worked out of a traditional tool chest for 15...
Tool Test: Ridgid 18-volt ‘Hyperdrive’ 18-gauge Brad Nailer
Tool: Ridgid 18-volt ‘Hyperdrive’ 18-gauge Brad Nailer Manufacturer: Ridgid MSRP: $199.99 (Without battery) If you’re working with access to electricity, it’s easy to plug in an air compressor [...]
Great Woodshops: Living the European Dream
A St. Louis physician spent years assembling the perfect shop. The problem with many “dream shops” is that their visionaries never wake up and get on with building any furniture....
Rockler’s Answer to Clamp Storage
Tool: Pack Rack Clamp & Storage System Manufacturer: Rockler MSRP: $199.99 Rockler’s mobile clamp rack, the Pack Rack Clamp & Storage System, is a sturdy and customizable rolling unit. [...]
Precision Inlay, Simple Tools
A few shop-made appliances allow you to add stunning face-grain inlay to your work. Geometric bandings and inlay patterns, or parquetry, are widely used, from Japan to Egypt to Spain....
