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These clamping jigs are easy to make and you’ll use them constantly. I’ve found that 4-inch and 6-inch jigs fill most of my needs. Each jig consists of two L-shaped 3/4-inch...

My son-in-law is a Duke Blue Devil basket ball fan so I created this checker set for him.  Half the pieces are painted blue and half are white.  When you...

How to tune up your band saw and  get it sweetly singing .

In July 2005 American Woodworker magazine issue #115,  I saw an article on building this attractive hutch (left). I spontaniously fell in love with it and read the complete article....

These plant hangers make great giveaways…especially during Spring season.  I copied this pattern from my neighbors plant hanger and made a couple of spare templates from 1/4" [...]

A Clean Shop and A WinnerLast Friday we spent the day in an unusual way; all of us were in the shop cleaning and organizing. It had been a while...

Not even Scout the dog was brave enough to land this lunker, there's only one fisherman brave enough to land such a monster in his 12 ft aluminum boat.  He...

We’ve had a lot of fun with our Spring Cleaning Contest and so have several hundred readers who have already submitted guesses of the number of cordless drills we have...

This is it! The final installment on how to build a deluxe router table.

March 23, 2009 , Almost a year to the day that I was first approached about writing a book on building furniture using hand tools, Made By Hand, Furniture Projects...

Here are a couple of candle holders that were made from some old oak boards that were almost used for firewood.

This week the winner of the Wood Talk Online (WTO), Acanthus Workshops and Popular Woodworking contest was announced. Congratulations to David Cloutier of Derry, N.H. He is in the process...