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Here at Popular Woodworking, we design and build our own projects. We follow the same process most woodworkers do; we make some sketches, we talk about the project and we...

Don Weber’s Bicycle Lathe article in the August 2007 issue (#163) has sparked a lot of interest and questions. So below, Don has provided answers to some of the repeat...

John Economaki, the founder of Bridge City Tools, is coming to our shop on Thursday, June 7, to demonstrate some new tools from his company and discuss hand tools in...

Speaking as a man with a self-diagnosed “workbench sickness,” you’d think I’d be goo-goo-eyed over new workbench accessories. But most of the time that’s not the [...]

If you’re thinking about purchasing a premium portable table saw, you might want to wait a couple months. We just got advance information about a new line of portable table...

From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Wenzloff & Sons Backsaws Make the Cut The hand-tool crowd lives and dies by the hand saw. But even for the rest of us, no...

From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Grizzly’s Baby Drum Sander Rocks Early in my career I was spoiled forever by a 42″-wide, three-head wide-belt sander. I can’t keep from [...]

From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Dead-on accuracy from a drill press table isn’t necessary for woodworkers. But it sure is nice to be able to hold your work securely, and...

From June 2006 Popular Woodworking A Bright Addition to the Category This is the first true router to bear the Ridgid name. A trim router was introduced about one year...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Features and Performance for Serious Woodworkers My first look at the newest cabinet saw from Powermatic was last year when the company was still working...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Exquisite! I’ve long been a fan of large shoulder planes and have many miles on my Lie-Nielsen 073, which I bought the first day it...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking In a world of mid-sized routers offering both a fixed and plunge base, the Triton MOF001KC is a competitively priced, dedicated plunge with lots of...