Precision Instruments for Woodworkers — Part Two: Rules and Tapes
Tapes and Rulers Early on, I remember reading somewhere that you should never rely on measuring tapes in a woodworking shop. Only use your rulers, never tapes. Though I understand...
Precision Instruments for Woodworkers — Part One: Standardization
Tools for measuring. Tools for Accuracy. Precision Instruments for Woodworkers is a 4-part series. I’ve been working as a furniture maker for quite a while, now. Along the way, you...
Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: David Myka
Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine, the...
Hands-on With The Shaper Origin – Exclusive Review
The Shaper Origin looks like a router but acts like a CNC. Up to now, CNCs were large, heavy, complicated tools that take up a lot of space in a...
Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: Darrell Peart
Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine, the...
Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: Bob Spangler
Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine, the...
Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: Curtis Erpelding
Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking. In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine, the...
Turn Patterns Into Super Story Sticks
I better start off with a warning. If you haven’t already figured it out, I’m kind of a nut about patterns. Long before I owned a CNC, I made hundreds...
Meet Goliath — A Portable Robotic CNC
As the Chinese curse goes, “may you live in interesting times.” Sometimes, “interesting times” is actually a good thing. In the case of CNCs, there are a lot of new...
Easy Entry Digital Woodworking — Preparing Patterns for an Outside CNC Service
In earlier posts in this series, I explained how you can take simple computer drawings and make paper patterns. In my last post, I revealed the process I used for years...
Easy Entry Digital Woodworking – Outsource Perfect patterns
In the first post of this series, I explained the process that I use to make paper patterns for parts. Simply put, output your design to your printer, use the...
No-Cost, Low-Cost, Easy-Entry Digital Woodworking — Part One
It always starts with a design Digital woodworking uses digitally controlled tools in your workshop as an addition to hybrid and handtools. Most often this means owning and operating a...
