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Making a workbench that is both massive and mobile is no small feat. Most of the approaches I have seen have one of the following complications: 1. The mobile base is outboard of the legs. You [...]

In the interest of full disclosure, the following book , “The Perfect Edge” , is being published by my parent company, F+W Media. Also, I consider the author, Ron Hock, a good friend. [...]

Editor’s note: Normally we don’t bombard you with commercials here on the blog, so please forgive us this brief message. We’re quite proud of our “Handplane [...]

During one visit to an art school, I saw a lot of things. But it was the French fry boxes that made my head hurt. Scattered throughout the school were student works that clearly were furniture [...]

Despite my Southern friendliness, I have bit of a mean streak. On Thursday we visited George Walker‘s home and workshop in Canton, Ohio, to shoot some photos for his upcoming articles on [...]

Though I need another sliding bevel like I need a goat in my living room, I recently ordered one of the new sliding bevels from Chris Vesper Tools in Australia and have been putting it through [...]

Congratulations to Randy Klein and his family for their portrayal of Norm Abram at all phases of his life, from a small mischievous boy up to a full-grown bearded woman (just kidding about that, [...]

I finished up building a set of try squares based on Andre Roubo’s 18th-century plans this weekend and need to put the finish on them. What’s holding me back? Well, I keep using the [...]

I quite like round dog holes in workbenches. They are easier to install than square dogs, plus you can use a wide variety of other bench gizmos in them. But they can have a dark side. I have the [...]

In honor of “International Dress Like Norm Day” (the official celebration begins tomorrow), a fair number of us dressed like our favorite television woodworker. Because of the short [...]

Inspired by Robert W. Lang’s article on making wooden try squares in the Autumn 2009 issue, I decided to make a batch of squares this weekend. Yesterday at lunch I bought some quartersawn [...]

I like it when the name of something is eponymous, it fits. Was there ever a woodworker who was more aptly named than the late “Art Carpenter?” When I was working as a newspaper [...]