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Pop Wood is getting into the halloween spirit, and what better way to do that than making a halloween decoration? I decided to recreate a wooden ghost my grandpa made more than two decades ago. [...]

A newly-installed oak floor with oil-based polyurethane wouldn't dry after five days. What was the problem? Bob Flexner explains.

The traditional way to make a square finial on a bandsaw is to mark and cut the pattern on one side of the blank, then tape the offcut back on in order to guide the cuts on the adjacent side. …

Here are the online extras for the December 2025 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Interested in having the magazine delivered directly to your mailbox (physical or email) six times a year? [...]

Tool: Folding Saddle Square Shop Now  Manufacturer: Woodpeckers MSRP: $59.99+ Making accurate marks is one of the most fundamental tasks in a wood shop, yet it can be quite challenging to [...]

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at new tools from Blue Spruce, a [...]

I’ve always felt positively when a business opens a second location. Doing well enough to expand is always a good sign for the business, and the economy at large. I feel the same way about the [...]

Visit the north shore of Lake Superior to connect with a craft community like none other. I’ve learned over the years that the world can be a lonely place. The digital platforms that were [...]

Fall is the season for Amazon Prime Big Deals Days. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite woodworking deals from this year, plus a few you should avoid. Day 2 update: Added a few new deals, [...]

Perfect for the house that has everything. Take the humble rubber doorstop—please! Then head to your lathe and create something that you can’t buy in a store—a doorstop that looks as great as it [...]

For those of us who don’t own a lathe, or who sometimes need a quick turning solution for small objects without the fuss of a full lathe setup, there is a way to use a drill press as a [...]

I like to augment tabletops and drawer fronts with decorative banding, inlaying it around the perimeter. The problem has always been the fussy trimming of the mitered corners. It’s hard to cut [...]