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Whenever I teach a sawing class, I typically reduce the set of students’ saws using a metal file. And when I do this, I’m also amazed at how many times I’m also filing an errant [...]

Do not tell my wife this, but one of the best parts of teaching woodworking is getting to travel. Since I started teaching woodworking six years ago I have seen many places that I’ve always [...]

One of the topics I touch on briefly in “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” is something I have wanted to write a book about for many years: elemental furniture forms. “Elemental [...]

There were a number of errors in the illustrations and cutlist for the Portuguese Folding Table in the October 2011 issue. The table has four arms, not two as stated in the cut list, and the [...]

The Last Sheffield Sawmaker David Wittner              During its heyday, there were nearly 70 sawmakers in Sheffield, England. Today there is only one. Beyond saws, hundreds of shops produced a [...]

From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now Portable productivity with a nod to steampunk style. By Mag Ruffman The glorious thing about being self-sufficient is that you can usually [...]

Many woodworkers look down their noses at liquid hide glue, but after a detailed inspection, we deem this glue worthy of a second look.

I was lucky enough to be Bob Flexner’s editor for ‘Wood Finishing 101’. Throughout the process he and I both came back to the value of the images that would be in the book. [...]

The drawers in the coffee table I built for the August issue (which starts mailing later this week to print and digital subscribers) are a just a bit different than my usual approach, as I had a [...]

From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now Don Williams is a Washington, D.C.-based conservator, educator, author, and finisher, and has over the past 40 years worked on preserving and [...]

Note: This is a longer message than we usually post here on the blog and is in two parts. First, a message from Steve Shanesy, the publisher and leader of our woodworking community at F+W Media. [...]

My roots are in West Virginia, and while I often think that is something to rise above, there are times that it feels like home to be there, and things to be genuinely proud of. As Glen Huey and [...]