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At long last, Megan Fitzpatrick (shown actual size in the photo above) and I began work on a new workbench for Woodworking in America. We’re building this one from Eastern...

One of the world’s biggest tool collectors is bringing his brand-new traveling tool museum to Northern Kentucky on Oct. 1-2 to show it off to the public at the Woodworking...

I wrote a short review of Karl Holtey’s No. 982 smoothing plane for the October 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (which is mailing now to subscribers). And you don’t...

I have four sets of screwdrivers. Three for loaning and one for using. The set I never loan is made up of tools that were made (mostly) by the H.D....

I’ve been getting questions almost daily about the 18th-century French-style workbench I built for the cover of the August 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The questions go [...]

Learning to sharpen has little to do with your sharpening stones. It has a lot more to do with being able to see your progress and knowing when to stop....

Nor is it about the workbench. It’s about my sawbenches. During every project I wonder how I ever got by without them. Like Tonya Harding, I think there’s something special...

We’ve been testing the Veritas Quick-release Sliding Tail Vise for several months now and have been keeping as mum as possible. Now I can break my mum-ness and discuss this...

My first Stanley shoulder plane (a No. 93) was the worst plane I ever bought. The sole was more than 1/8″ out of alignment, and it took me a couple...

We have about 20,000 new subscribers being added to our e-mail newsletter this week, so we thought it might be a good idea to shoot this quick video of what...

Today we finalized the design for a nice poster that features the famous plate 11 from Andre Roubo’s woodworking masterwork. The poster (redheads not included) will be ready for sale...

This morning we were messing around with the band saw blades and got into a discussion of how to fold and unfold them properly. I was taught to use my...