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Veritas has just released its much-awaited Side Rabbet Plane (at a special introductory price) and Veritas was generous enough to permit me to test-drive it here in our workshop. Though...

Good news: One of the best books on making chairs is now back in print and available at a reasonable price. “The Chairmaker’s Workshop” by Drew Langsner has been selling...

My job lets me see a lot of cool woodshops, but even I’m jealous of an amazing journey that’s going on right now by British woodworker Stuart Page. Page recently...

“There is something about the outside of a horse…that is good for the inside of a man.”, Attributed to Winston Churchill Whenever I start on a project, the most curious...

My first fillister plane was so pathetic it’s a wonder I’m not the poster boy for DeWalt routers. But then, I don’t look so good in yellow. Mom says I’m...

For those of you who prefer the digital version of Woodworking Magazine, we’ve just added Issue 10 to our store. It’s $6 and can be downloaded immediately by clicking here....

I always liked the look of my yellow pine Roubo-style workbench. That is, until last week. That’s when I got a look at Jameel Abraham‘s version of a Roubo workbench...

It’s funny how the most exquisite things in life come from the simplest surroundings. It’s Thursday night in a small scratch of a town called Cornelius about 40 miles out...

Last night I pursued one of our naughty cats into my oldest daughter’s closet, where I saw something that was just shocking. It was a …¦ well, it’s difficult to...

One of the magazine issues on our 2000-2007 CD was damaged during our efforts to squeeze it smaller, and the text looks garbled or missing when you try to read...

When it comes to dovetailing, I’ve never really had a dog in the fight between dovetailers who cut the pins first and those who cut the tails first. I was...

Good books on hand work are hard to find, and after I recommended Robert Wearing’s “The Essential Woodworker” in 2007, copies became difficult to find at a reasonable price. I...