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Poke around enough old woodworking books and two things will happen. You’ll become a tremendous bore at parties (“Aye, but I could find no mention of the ‘pricker’ tool in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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 miniatures...

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...