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Thursday, I wrote that I was going to make a “Step-Chair” (U-BILD plan No. 102) for my niece, per family tradition. What I didn’t mention was that I felt the need to complicate [...]

Though we’re buried in snow, Spring is on the way…in the form of the April 2010 Popular Woodworking Magazine. This issue is the first that combines the best of Popular Woodworking and [...]

Tricks-in-Action showcases a reader-submitted woodworking tip taken directly from the pages of Popular Woodworking Magazine's Tricks of the Trade column.

In the April 2010 [...]

Last Wednesday, it felt like I was in a wholly different line of work (and one that I’ve heard can be far more lucrative than publishing , if illegal in 49 states). You see, I spent the day [...]

If you’re a regular reader of Editor Christopher Schwarz’s blog, you know that Chris likes good food and good beer almost as much as he likes his Lie-Nielsen No. 7 (and animal [...]

Still in the midst of stripping my stairs, I’m trying not to use any smelly, highly dangerous chemicals , nothing that requires a mask or moving the cats out for the duration (good thing, [...]

I’m fairly comfortable in front of a classroom. For 12 years, I’ve taught part-time at the University of Cincinnati , most recently a 200-level class on Shakespeare’s plays. [...]

We published our woodworking-related wish lists just before Christmas…and perhaps we waited until it was a bit too late. Note to self: next time, provide links. To my mother, a diamond is [...]

In October of last year, we learned that after 21 seasons, “The New Yankee Workshop” was closing up shop and at the time, Russ Morash, executive producer and director of  the show, [...]

With the holidays fast approaching, we decided to share our Christmas wish lists, in the hopes that someone (mom, are you reading this?) would be looking for last-minute gifts. And because a [...]

We recently launched a new, fast way for you to get the exact project plan or article you’re looking for. It’s called WoodworkingNow , and here’s the skinny. WoodworkingNow is a [...]

I just finished teaching “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to my Shakespeare class, and while I find the various pairs of lovers in the play to be fairly boring, I’m enchanted [...]