Sticker, or No – What Say You?
Saturday, I drove my friend’s Honda CRV to Sellersburg, Ind., to pick up a 210-square-foot overrun of 5″-wide white oak flooring for my kitchen rehab project. (Yes, I’m too poor [...]
Lie-Nielsen Load In
We now have some very large crates in our shop, chock full of Lie-Nielsen tools. The LN team is arriving next Thursday night to start setting up for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event (Friday April [...]
Come to the Lie-Nielsen Show, Bring the Family
Coming from out of town for the Lie-Nielsen show on April 15th and 16th? Here’s a little helpful info (especially if you’re trying to convince your family to join you). The most [...]
‘Open House’ for Lie-Nielsen Show April 15-16
Join us in the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop on Friday, April 15, from noon-6 p.m., and Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event. (Both admission and [...]
Things that Won’t Make it Into the Magazine
I brought my new coffee table home today, after we shot an “opener” image for the article on which I’m working…er…plan to start soon. As the picture above shows, it took Cleo [...]
The Purrfect Bookshelves
Those of you who’ve been reading our Editors’ Blog for more than a week or so know that I like cats (3.75 of ’em in my house). And books (thousands). So, when a Facebook friend [...]
Report: LVL Workbench After (Almost) 2 Years of Use
I find it curious that, more than a year after the November 2009 issue, I’m suddenly getting a spate of questions about the LVL Knockdown Workbench Editor Christopher Schwarz and I [...]
Coffee Tables and Cats
I’ve been working on a coffee table build for what seems like years. Now that I’m in the closing stages, I went back to look at the first photos I took; that was in mid-October of [...]
My New Favorite Tool for Good Dovetails
It’s Sunday, and I’m in the shop pursuing enlightment through dovetailing as I work on the drawers for my coffee table. While dovetail Nirvana it still some steps away, I’ve [...]
Looking for a Weekend Woodworking Fix?
If you have a yen to get into the shop but don’t have much time, take a look at the three “I Can Do That” projects I’ve just posted – they’re simple enough that they [...]
A Look Inside the April 2011 Issue
The April 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine will wend its way into the general mail stream beginning next week, so here’s a look at some of what’s inside, to whet your [...]
A Visit with Don Williams at the Smithsonian
Last week, I had the inestimable pleasure of spending a few hours with Don Williams, senior furniture conservator for the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) at the [...]
