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Scientific Name: Peltogyne venosa Other Common Names: Amaranth, Guarabu, Nazareno, Palo morado, Pau roxo, Purperhart, Saka, Tananeo, Violetwood Growing Regions: Purpleheart grows in Central and [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast with John and Phil, the topics include: how many woodworking techniques are too many techniques, As the Phil Turns, plus updates from the [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, John, Logan, and Phil are back together to talk about old tools and tools that need a little TLC. Thanks to our sponsor, Titebond Wood [...]

Walk down Main Street in Anysmalltown, U.S.A., and people acknowledge your existence from their porch rockers. They don’t have to say anything, just use their body to move the chair in a [...]

Online extras from the April 2023 #270 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download: Drop Leaf Table Drawer Instructions Download: Chess Board Full Dimensions …

On this episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil and Logan welcome guest Kevin Scott, Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft by day and long time woodworker in his free time. This episode of the [...]

Need to discover the differences among a groove, dado, and rabbet? Have trouble remembering what’s a rail and what’s a stile? Or maybe you just need to know how to spell [...]

On this episode of the ShopNotes podcast, Logan, John & Phil explore managing expectations while building projects, being “time optimistic,” problems with dado clean out bits, and [...]

Rebuilding a toy chest is a connection to the past and the future. I do not stem from woodworking lineage, at least not the kind you hear about. My dad wasn’t overly handy. While growing up, I [...]

On today’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil, Logan, and John talk pets in the shop (Because the Baha Men ain’t got nothin’ on us!), cordless tools, and a recap on last [...]

On today’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil, Logan, and John talk about cloning projects, having duplicates of tools, and updates from Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and Popular Woodworking [...]

Having grown tired of bending and tearing sheet sandpaper again and again to get the size I need, I finally decided to employ the time-honored trick of cutting it with a hacksaw blade screwed to [...]