I started playing with CAD (Computer Aided Design) before I was an editor. I think it was an extension of doodling in my schoolbooks. The programs keep getting better and...
After I running my own cabinetmaking shop for about three years, I happened upon a copy of Jim Tolpin’s “Working at Wood.” At the time I was struggling to keep...
Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker will teach you all you need to know about starting your own professional woodworking shop. If you are already a professional [...]
Here’s the top-ten list of the most-read projects from the Popular Woodworking website for all of 2008. By far, the most visited articles were shop-related projects starting with the [...]
You’d think a two-car garage would make a better woodworking shop than a one-car garage, right? Generally correct, but when you don’t get sole use of the entire two-car garage...
All the editors here at Popular Woodworking have a disease that causes woodworking fever. We each have more tools, when, if put in one place, would rival any home-improvement store’s...
This six-board chest (composed of four sides, a top and bottom) is a country (and Shaker) standard. Simple, basic construction techniques are all that’s needed to build this piece.
In this clip from the class "Mortise and Tenon: Three Solid Methods" see inside the tricky mortise joint as you watch as Frank Klausz cut a mortise from behind glass. This clip was [...]
