As the Holtzapffel workbench from Issue No. 8 has been making its way into the hands of readers, there have been a fair number of questions landing in my e-mail...
A few readers gave me a little grief about the SketchUp drawings posted here this week saying that the renders weren’t as good as a completely dimensioned architectural three-view plan....
In the hardwood forests of western Pennsylvania several years ago (hence the short hair and shave). Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine, our sister...
Reader Wendell Wilkerson is designing a workbench and has combined elements of the Roubo-style Workbench from Issue 4 and the Holtzapffel Workbench from Issue 8. I think it looks a...
When I took this job in 1996, I remember calling my dad to give him the news. His reaction confused me at the time: “That’s great son,” he said. “Woodworkers...
In all hand aspects of hand-tool woodworking, how you begin an operation with a hammer, plane or saw greatly influences your chance of success. Maintaining a proper strike, stroke or...
In all hand aspects of hand-tool woodworking, how you begin an operation with a hammer, plane or saw greatly influences your chance of success. Maintaining a proper strike, stroke or...
To most handplane users there are three principal ways to adjust the cutter in the tool: You can use a Bailey-style adjuster made popular by the U.S.-made Stanley planes, you...
The year 2000 was a turning point for Popular Woodworking magazine. In 1999 the new owners of our magazine gave us a green light to redesign the entire publication and...
Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine (our sister publication) is now available in both digital and printed formats directly from us. We’ve shipped out the issues to our newsstand [...]
Some manufacturers require a thousand square feet of booth space to show you the new tools they are going to introduce before the end of the year. Others require you...
