An Overwhelming WIA Surprise
First, thanks to the many of you who made the trip to Greater Cincinnati for Woodworking in America 2013. I hope everyone had as great a time hanging out with 400+ woodworking friends as did I. [...]
What to Do in Cincinnati (Other than WIA, of Course)
If your family is coming along with you to Woodworking in America, there’s plenty for them to do in Cincinnati while you’re at the conference. And there’s plenty of good [...]
Tricks of the Trade & End Grain Contests – Win a Copy of ‘Handsaw Essentials’
We’re trying to get a few issues ahead (a girl has to have a dream), thus we need to beef up our files on our reader-sourced “Regulars” columns: Tricks of the Trade and End [...]
‘Handsaw Essentials’ – New from Christopher Schwarz & PWM
I spent what feels like the better part of 2013 thus far working on “Handsaw Essentials“; in reality, it was about 170 hours, spread over the previous nine months. But the gestation [...]
A Wee App-etizer
Every week or so, I get a handful of questions along these lines: “Why don’t you have a mobile app for the magazine?” My answer has long been along this line: “Well, we [...]
Galoot Sawtill
In the Saw Storage chapter for “Handsaw Essentials,” I would have liked to include this sawtill that Samuel Peterson built; it was featured in the August 2000 issue of Popular [...]
Congratulations to Autumn Doucet, Grand Prize, PWM Excellence Awards
The November issue starts mailing to subscribers in about two weeks, and inside you’ll find the Editors’ Choice and Readers’ Choice winners of the inaugural PWM Excellence Awards, and a [...]
All Apologies (A Woodworking in America 2013 Video)
Grab a drink, make some popcorn and watch us make complete fools of ourselves (with apologies to those we are attempting ((poorly)) to portray. Woodworking in America 2013 — Megan Fitzpatrick [...]
A Productive Morning in the PWM Shop
We engaged in a bit of silliness this morning. And that is all. For now. — Megan Fitzpatrick WoodworkingInAmerica.com…
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (I’d Have Been too Overawed to Breathe)
In 2006, shortly after I joined the staff at Popular Woodworking Magazine, we hosted an unprecedented and never-to-be-repeated gathering of planemakers. What didn’t filter through at the [...]
Creole Table Plan (A Mark of my Anal-Rententive Nature)
I’m busy trying to tie up the loose ends and a few empty columns in our forthcoming book “Handsaw Essentials” (which should be available by the end of October). It’s a [...]
My Head Hurts…But It’s a Pain Worth Having
I’m editing the November 2013 binder today and have just turned the page to the first article in the “feature well” (the section in the middle with no advertising, that follows [...]
