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I’m in the finishing stages of a piece of furniture, my first so-called “brown furniture” piece (not Shaker or Arts & Crafts), since I began with Popular Woodworking [...]

Last year Lie-Nielsen Toolworks held a different kind of woodworking show outside Boston. Instead of being held in a big convention hall, this show was more personal. In addition to...

Twenty-five years ago, James Krenov started a woodworking program at the College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, California. I visited the school a couple of weeks ago to do...

Reader Dave Raeside writes:In one woodworking course that I took the instructor said that he is no longer using kiln-dried wood for his projects, but is only using air-dried lumber....

Welcome to the age of the Jetsons. Flying cars, moving sidewalks and floating furniture were the norm when I was a kid watching my Saturday morning cartoons. We didn’t think...

When I need to work any recessed area , from a hinge mortise to a stopped groove to a dado , with precision, I like to use router planes. These...

The “I Can Do That” manual has been updated with a new chapter on Material Selection, and with information on the latest tool in the kit , the circular saw....

Given our admiration of European tools, it has long puzzled me why more Americans haven’t adopted one of the most common fixtures of European shops, the combination machine.

There's a theory out there that every tool costs the same. Really. Read on.

Not many folks will use only hand planes to thickness plane rough stock.

Learn four rock-solid ways to build this tavern table -- from traditional to totally high-tech, our project plans help you out.