The Fenner Patent Frame Saw. Crazy.

And you thought yesterday’s posts about Estonian workholding was obscure? Bah, that was amateur hour. Let’s talk about the Charles Fenner Patent frame saw, a fairly rare bird among collectors....

More Hand-cut Dovetail Cheating

This past weekend I was in the magazine shop working on a project for the August issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The only hint I can give about the project...

Squaring a Combination Square

To go with his story in the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, Executive Editor Robert W. Lang shot this short video on squaring a combination square.

Jasmine Jewelry Box

Simple tools, techniques & joinery deliver elegant results. By Gary Rogowski Pages46-51 From the June 2011 issue #190 Buy this issue now It’s the stuff of arguments: Which tools in...

8 Woodworkers, 8 Blindfolds, 1 Question

Roy Underhill, caretaker of The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, N.C., sent me this photograph today from his school. Curious, don’t you think? What is going on here? Eight blindfolded woodworkers...

Add Dimensions to a SketchUp Model

We use SketchUp models as the basis for planning the projects you see in the pages of Popular Woodworking Magazine, and they are the source for our printed illustrations. We...