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I’ve seen better workbenches in prisons. Really. And that’s not a criticism of the more than 100 woodworkers (and their spouses) who entered our “Most Pathetic Workbench [...]

My grandfather’s folding rule reads from right to left, while my tape measure reads from left to right. I never thought much about it, though I always did like using...

Make plans to be in Cincinnati on May 16-17, 2009, for a free woodworking show at our offices here at Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine. Lie-Nielsen Toolworks’ traveling Hand Tool...

Make plans to be in Cincinnati on May 16-17, 2009, for a free woodworking show at our offices here at Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine. Lie-Nielsen Toolworks’ traveling Hand Tool...

After much tribulation, the Spring 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine is in the mail stream and arriving in homes in the Midwest this week. Depending on the speed and reliability...

Blacksmith David Maydole was the SawStop of the 19th century. Sometimes hammerheads would fly loose from their handles on the job site. This could be troublesome or deadly because occasionally...

A few weeks ago I made some people upset by hitting some handplanes with a hammer in this video to see what they were made of. In the “test” I...

If you’d like to do a little time traveling on your lunch hour today, I’ve got just the ticket. Head over to Gary Robert’s Toolemera Press site and download (for...

Anyone who has worked with me for about five minutes knows that I really like chamfers on my work. Stop chamfers, such as those found on early English and American...

Because of my unholy obsession with interest in workbenches, people send me photos of the beautiful benches they’ve built. They’re like baby photos, and I keep them all. Sometimes, these...

If don’t show up for work tomorrow, it’s because the Asian plywood industry has taken out a contract on my life. But here’s the truth: All of the Asian plywood...

Some of the best workholding ideas rely on simple wedging action. This weekend I stumbled onto one more great wedging trick using cut nails. This might be old hat for...