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Whenever I meet with a new woodworking group for a seminar or an event of some kind, I give them background on my early days in woodworking and me. One area I touch on is how I learn from my …

Have you checked out the article on the Erastus Rude Shaker Clock in the current issue of Popular Woodworking magazine? I had a great time working with Bob Casey on building our interpretation of [...]

We’ve all read the advice: Always spread out your oily rags on a table to dry, or drape them over the edge of a trash can, making sure they don’t overlap. Why? Because oxygen [...]

For years I used my Stanley 71 router plane in blissful ignorance. I was happy that it was easy to adjust and maneuver. But in the last couple years my affection for the No. 71 has been shaken, [...]

Last summer I spent a week in Columbus, Ohio, with my best friend from high school. He was there for a conference. I was there to write the text for my story on building an 18th-century walnut [...]

Dusting Off the Anvil One of my favorite books is “The Magic Christian.” It’s about an eccentric billionaire who likes to play practical jokes. In one scene, a man busts up a [...]

John Sindelar stands in front of a door at the back of his thriving cabinet and millwork shop in Edwardsburg, Mich. The door opens into blackness and Sindelar turns around for a moment before [...]

After collecting tens of thousands of tools, cabinetmaker John Sindelar is ready to show them off in a museum.

Father’s Day is Sunday, June 17, and I know  there are family members trying to figure out any last-minute gifts for dear old Dad. We are a woodworking magazine , I’m sure we’re [...]

As a child, nothing put me to sleep faster than one of my father’s slideshows. Sure, they were of his fascinating time in Vietnam, but there’s something about a couch, a darkened room [...]

Michael A. Whittemore Sr. of Signal Mountain, Tenn., is the lucky winner of the Powermatic PM2000 cabinet saw from our online contest. Whittemore said he was “drooling over his [...]

It’s hard to refer to what we do here at Popular Woodworking as work, especially when a work day is like yesterday. It was a long day, but a great one. John Economaki, founder of Bridge [...]