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In the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (PWM), we discuss differences in carbide cutterheads – some shear as they cut, and some have carbide knives that meet the...

This morning, I spent a few hours in the shop fitting tenons for a coffee table and gluing up the base. Obviously, I need to make and install a web...

Any time you get a torch out in the wood shop eyebrows raise and the fun-o-meter strikes new highs, but safety should be the first thought. With that in mind,...

This past weekend (Dec. 4-5, 2010) 10 woodworkers came into the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop to work on their dovetails. Guys came in from the local vicinity and from outside...

This year our store, ShopWoodworking.com, added hundreds of new books, plans and DVDs. There are so many new products, in fact, that we haven’t been able to get a look...

I guess because they’re often visible in contemporary construction (and on drawers), dovetails get all the love when it comes to joinery discussions. Everyone wants their tails to be perfectly...

The choice I made for my favorite tool may surprise many readers. Yes, I am the power-tool guy at Popular Woodworking Magazine, but I’ve passed on all the corded tools....

While the Benchcrafted Glide Leg Vise didn’t come out in 2010, it’s my favorite tool of the year – because this year I installed it on my new workbench. I...

A news release dated November 22, 2010 from Elmer’s reads, “Elmer’s Revamps Hardware Line and Introduces Carpenter’s Wood Glue Max and Glue-all Max.” According to [...]

Top-10 lists don’t generally come out until the end of December, but we’re releasing this one a month early, so that you know what should go on your own holiday...

Mike Siemsen, owner of Mike Siemsen’s School of Woodworking in Chisago City, Minn., has finally resolved the mystery of the saw nib – you know – those little nipple-shaped protrusions...

In the past, we’ve shown you a behind-the-scenes look at shooting the cover image for an issue of the magazine, and at the final read-through of what we refer to...