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Perhaps the bookstand article called for more matter and less art. My director once joked about my PBS efforts as being a “woodworking show – and less!” And it’s true – I tend [...]

If you are having trouble with the Roubo’s Folding Bookstand article from the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I urge you to attempt to lay out the joints on some wood [...]

When I released my Compwood arm bows from the clamps this morning, I saw a little bit of springback. It was less than I’d get with other bending techniques, but it was more than I expected. [...]

One of the most-popular projects I made last year was the Moxon Double-screw Vise from the December 2010 issue. It’s popularity was eclipsed only by the Handplane Birdhouse in the August [...]

After not burning down the city with my lightbulb-in-a-box scheme, my first CompWood armbow dropped to 8 percent moisture content overnight. I removed it from its form and put one clamp on it [...]

I was surprised by how much my CompWood arm bow dried out overnight. It went from 20 percent moisture content to 12 percent moisture content. But I’m not ready to take it out of the clamps [...]

I’ve been working with some slabs of CompWood I purchased late last year to make some arm bows for some Welsh stick chairs (and an article in the April 2011 issue). Don’t know about [...]

The Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild has invited me to speak to woodworkers in their area on March 19-20 on four different topics that are near and dear to my heart – including the tool chest [...]

Several readers have asked some questions about the Shaker Wall Cupboard I built for the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (mailing now to subscribers). Here are the answers. [...]

It is a darn good thing that Craig Jackson didn’t need any footwear during one fateful shopping trip in 2001. Jackson and his wife, Donna, had driven to Evansville, Ind., from their home in [...]

Delta Power Equipment Corp.’s incoming president and chief executive officer said Delta will continue to make the Unisaw in the United States at the company’s new facility in [...]

Stanley Black & Decker is selling the Delta brand, which will then move its operations to Anderson, S.C. The purchaser is TOTY, according to Popular Woodworking Magazine sources. TOTY is a [...]