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If you buy into the sentiment in my previous blog, the next logical question is “But where do I start?” “Must I start by flint knapping a stone plane blade?”...

This question arose in the earliest days of Christendom. I believe St. Paul, himself a Jew, provided the definitive answer: Naah. For my own part I understand those who felt...

About a year ago, Senior Editor Glen D. Huey wandered over to my desk and asked me if I thought he was being made the victim of a practical joke....

Last Thursday we held our first reader event of the year here at our offices and shop. This is one of the best parts of working here. We invite readers...

The winner of the Steel City Tool Works 10″ Granite-topped Table Saw is (drumroll please): Ron Burris, Sr., a retired chief master sergeant with the United States Air Force. “I...

A Weekend With an Old Friend Sometimes a search for one thing leads to the discovery of something more interesting and a change of plans. Friday night I was looking...

For the November 2007 Popular Woodworking (issue #165), we tested 10″ Hybrid Table Saws. We usually sell the machines and tools we test to magazine staff members and other company...

Woodworking Magazine, a sister publication of Popular Woodworking, is now (finally!) available by subscription. Here’s a little history, in case you’re not familiar with Woodworking [...]

This new, easy-to-navigate and searchable CD gives you instant access to all seven 2003 issues of Popular Woodworking magazine — plus it includes a slick way to search all of...

This new, easy-to-navigate and searchable CD gives you instant access to all six 2001 issues of Popular Woodworking magazine , plus seven bonus articles of our favorite workshop articles from...

Bosch Tools will visit the Popular Woodworking shop on Wednesday, Sept. 19, from 6:30-9 p.m. for dinner and tool talk. After dinner, attendees will be able to try out some...

  As the letter below notes, many woodwokring publications have recently at least mentioned respirators. In the current issue of Popular Woodworking (August 2007, #163), Chris Schwarz writes [...]