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My favorite drafting instructor in design school was a histrionic misfit known as Wild Bill. He didn’t pull any punches and tried his best to prepare us for the real...

Our November issue is on it’s way to subscribers, and will be showing up on newsstands in a couple weeks. If you’re a SketchUp user, you can get a peek...

If you look at the video I made about buying lumber, you can see how I approach that task. If the piece were more complicated, I would have had my...

The major effort involved in building a piece of furniture is problem solving and establishing a sequence for the work. After that, it’s almost all cutting to a line and...

If you ask most woodworkers what a block plane is good for, the usual response is trimming end grain. While this is true, there are many other chores that it...

Few writers or teachers can be given credit for influencing an entire generation. That takes someone special, in the right place at the right time. James Krenov made a generation...

With Labor Day right around the corner, we’re experiencing the change from summer to fall. How does this effect your woodworking? Are you packing things up for the season, or...

But definitely one of the top 10 Here at Popular Woodworking we take care of our own shop and build our own projects. Unlike other magazines, we don’t have a...

Last week at this time I was in St. Charles, Ill., at the Woodworking in America Furniture Design and Construction conference. It was a busy time for me as I...

In early Gustav Stickley pieces, doors with divided lights were joined with mitered mullions. It’s an intriguing look, but was used only for a few years. My next project for...

It’s easy to get carried away with the things we need for woodworking. We don’t have to look far to find someone with a better mousetrap for sale. I did...

I grew up in a college town, and we used the term “regular guy” to describe people who didn’t let the initials after their names make them act superior or...