First Look: Woodworking in America

This fall, our magazine is sponsoring the first-ever weekend conference devoted to hand tools and learning to use them. We’re calling it the Woodworking in America conference, and [...]

First Look: Woodworking in America

This fall, our magazine is sponsoring the first-ever weekend conference devoted to hand tools and learning to use them. We’re calling it the Woodworking in America conference, and [...]

Figuring Out Finger Joints

For me, finger joints have always been the nerdy, square cousin to the dovetail. Finger joints are immensely strong when glued properly. But they are usually used by beginning woodworkers...

How I Design

About a decade ago, my boss Steve Shanesy told me something about design that knocked me flat. When he was a struggling custom furniture maker, he took some time off...

International Workbench Week

If you were charmed by Harrelson Stanley’s Japanese workbench, then here is another variant for you that was built by Russ Merz of Cincinnati, Ohio. Merz built this bench about...

James Oliver's Workbench and Shop

Woodworker James Oliver has built a massive workbench with French lines (tree trunk legs), English-style workholding (a twin-screw face vise) and some modern practicality (a quick-release vise in [...]