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Custom sawmaker Andrew Lunn has become a part-time 911 paramedic to become a full-time sawmaker. Today is his first day on the job at Eccentric Toolworks. “My idea from the beginning was [...]

So I’ve stared at the image above enough to go cross-eyed. And I’m out of ideas. Earlier this week, Mike Wenzloff asked me if I knew what these round-looking things were beneath [...]

Popular Woodworking magazine is now a sponsor of the popular “Wood Talk Online” podcast, which is hosted by Marc Spagnuolo and Matt Vanderlist. Starting on Feb. 10, you can tune in to [...]

One of the few other people on this earth who understand my sickness affection for workbenches is Rob Giovannetti. I met Rob at a Gallotapalooza event outside Chicago several years ago, and [...]

Miniaturist David Brookshaw sent me a photo of a cabinetmaker’s tool chest in 1/12 scale that begs for your “zoom tool.” We’ve been exploring all the tiny tools in the [...]

Reaching underneath my tool rack can be like sticking my hand in a lion’s mouth. All of the dangling edge tools have alternately shaved, nicked and scared the bejeezus out of me over the [...]

Dave Jeske’s tool-making shop in Oregon City, Ore., is in exactly the same place as his new bench chisel: halfway between the islands and toolmaking traditions of Japan and England. Like a [...]

Sometimes patience pays. Back in 2002, the Taschen publishing company released “The Woodbook” , a ridiculously priced and gorgeous book filled with photos of 354 American species of [...]

I always encourage people to make their workbenches longer. But in the case of David Brookshaw, I’m just dead wrong on that point. Brookshaw of Gloucester, England, makes 1/12-scale [...]

One built by hand. One built with power tools. Well, that was the plan, at least.

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2008 issue we promised to reprint our article on an “Authentic Arts & Crafts Finish” from 2007. We just noticed that we neglected to post the [...]

“Ye Cabinet-makers! Brave workers in wood,As you work for the ladies, your work must be goodAnd Joiners and Carpenters, far off and near,Stick close to your trades, and you’ve nothing [...]