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A Fresh Take on Traditional Bowl Carving Carving your own wooden bowls is more than just a romantic notion (don’t worry, it’s that too). Bowl carving is a rewarding way to create beautiful work [...]

Vic Tesolin’s Projects from the Minimalist Woodworker teaches the basics of furniture making using step-by-step photos detailing the process of building handsome projects any woodworker [...]

Here’s the truth about woodworking: you don’t need a single machine or a huge shop.  All you need are a few essential tools, a little bit of space for a basic workbench, and the [...]

Whether it’s a kitchen cabinet or an 18th century highboy, the foundation for all types of woodworking can be boiled down to a handful of essential joinery skills. Once learned, these joinery [...]

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Stephan Cheney a Lakota woodworker of the Kul Wicasa Oyate in South Dakota. He currently lives in the Wiyot Territory in [...]

Introduce children to the craft of woodworking and watch their executive function skills thrive. The Guide to Woodworking with Kids offers step by step instruction for teachers, parents and [...]

We’re interviewing makers from all 50 states. Today we’re featuring Richie Robinson, a grad student from Hawaii. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? I can’t recall exactly [...]

33 Days for Dad goes live May 18th! …

“I Can Do That” is a column from Popular Woodworking that features projects that can be completed by any woodworker with a modest (but decent) kit of tools in less than two days [...]

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A global pandemic derailed William Brown’s 2020 plans for his new woodworking school, but he’s not giving up. When I last spoke with William Brown, it was January 2020 and he was [...]