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The hardest part of ripping (besides the exertion) is making a square cut through the thickness of the work. It’s fairly easy to follow your line when ripping, but it’s...

After a couple of weeks of working with the legs for this new workbench, I am certain the material is not pine. Yes, I know. Shocker. The good people at...

One of the goals of this latest bench is to build a piece with enough visual interest that you could put it in a dining room (think sideboard) or a...

With Woodworking in America in our backyard this fall, we are going all out to show the attendees a good time in the greater Cincinnati area. So we’ve planned several...

The Marketplace for this year’s Woodworking in America conference is the deadliest ever. By deadly, I mean you better start saving your pennies and moving some money out of that...

This year’s Woodworking in America conference features 44 different classes taught by world-class instructors with lots of opportunity for you to get dusty, sweaty and skilled. The [...]

The April Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event in Chicago is starting to become a bit of a tradition. It’s a great little show with some good exhibitors: Jameel Abraham from Benchcrafted,...

I’m thankful when I can see disaster coming. Being able to spot a potential problem is the gift of experience, but it is also like a tranquilizer dart used to...

Some of the superstars of the period furniture world will gather June 25-27 at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, located in Lancaster, Penn., for a long weekend of demonstrations and...

So I’m mortising this benchtop this morning when I hit a patch of epoxy and bam! My chisel’s helve split like a Twix bar. Dang, this epoxy is tough stuff....

To modern eyes, old-school workbenches look like they are going to self-destruct. The legs are tenoned into the benchtop (which moves with the seasons). And stretchers (that don’t move) are...

After a little tweaking of the mortise, the first leg went in. You can see a gap at the shoulder (it’s about 1/16″ now). That’s actually what’s left of the...