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This extra-long mortising fence helps you cut “blind” joints in your work. Cabinets and furniture often have “blind” joints − dados, grooves or rabbets that are stopped at one end so you can’t [...]

by Nick Engler Wood is a cantankerous substance; there’s no two ways about it. Its virtues, of course, are legendary. It’s attractive, abundant and easy to work. Pound for pound, it’s stronger [...]

From Popular Woodworking’s “The Ultimate Router Guide”... Routers were developed to cut moulded shapes in wood. Although their workshop role has expanded (greatly) during the [...]

Although routers were originally designed to create moulded shapes, they can be excellent joinery tools. In fact, they’re better in some ways than table saws, professional quality mortisers or [...]

Using off-the-rack hardware and scraps, you can build an excellent scraping plane.

Wood is a cantankerous substance; there's no two ways about it. Here are the basics to understanding how wood moves and how to deal with its peculiarities.

In my mind, there are three classifications of woodworking techniques.

My grandfather used to call them “dead men” — T-shaped stands that he placed outboard of a tool or a workbench for additional support. They were the extra hands he needed to manage large [...]

Most finger joint jigs become unusable after a few uses. This adjustable one will last for years.

Turn your laminate trimmer into a tool that flushes surfaces with incredible finesse.

This worktable's strength comes from skyscraper technology, and we show you the woodworking techniques to do it yourself.