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Tuesday morning, the Popular Woodworking staff heads to Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair to see all the new tools that will be in the stores just in time for...

When I unpacked the box for this circa 1979 Rockwell band saw there was only one part missing: the V-belt that connected the pulley on the motor to the pulley...

If you enjoy reading our magazines, you probably would enjoy working here. We have, by all rights, a sweet setup: Our modern offices here in Cincinnati open up onto our...

Editor’s note: The following is a short excerpt from Troy Sexton’s article on jigsaws in the October 2006 issue of Popular Woodworking. This issue is available in stores and from...

Several readers wrote regarding the article “Best $20 I Ever Spent” in our August issue. The good news is that the Prybar/Scraper is also a common tool among beekeepers, used...

If it weren’t for Joseph T. West, you’d probably have to read some other nattering editor’s weblog. West, my maternal grandfather, began his career at Western Electric by [...]

My new-to-me, old-to-the-world, or-whatever Rockwell 28-200 band saw is equipped with a sweet low-voltage magnetic switch. However, this afternoon as I attempted to get it running, I wish it were...

The band saw before the work began. About five years ago I owned a red Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. It had some rust problems (like most cars from the 1970s that...

Back in February, I had the chance of a lifetime to tune up and use an entire arsenal of exotic infill handplanes that came from the collection of John Edwards,...

If I didn’t work for a woodworking magazine, I’d probably consider a career in “tomb plundering” or perhaps “professional trespassing.” Ever since I was a boy, [...]

ABOVE: A cherry board, fresh from the powered planer and after one pass with the jointer plane. Note how it took shavings from only part of the board. Question: I...

Have you walked into a furniture store lately? Let me rephrase that: Have you been able to walk into a furniture store lately? Until yesterday, it had been several years...