Save Money & Landfill Space
eBay brought a world of items to our computers for us to purchase. Craigslist, like eBay, has millions of items listed for sale, but the items are closer to home , actually within your home area. [...]
T Mac Stays Cool Under Pressure
Last week WGBH released a trailer for “Rough Cut , Woodworking with Tommy Mac,” the newest woodworking show coming from Boston’s PBS network. Links to the trailer were posted on [...]
Thousand Cankers Threatens Black Walnut
Photo courtesy of Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology The American ash tree is under attack from the emerald ash borer, the American chestnut has been all but wiped out by [...]
'Woodworking Magazine' Hardcover Edition Special
From 2004-2009, we published 16 issues of Woodworking Magazine. The magazine was conceived to challenge the conventional wisdom of the craft and find the most accurate, fast and straightforward [...]
Robert Baker, 1954-2010
Bob Baker, a furniture and tool restorer and excellent planemaker, died unexpectedly last week. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob in February of 2006 when we hosted a gathering in Cincinnati for [...]
Keep Your Blood Pressure Low
One of the earliest machines I remember Dad having in the shop , besides a table saw and a radial arm saw , is a 12″ disc sander. I hated to change the disc on that thing. Peel the …
Does Your Tape Measure Up?
Though statistics vary, it seems on average that 10 percent of the population is left-handed. So here’s a little experiment for all you right-handers (and one that shocked both Glen Huey [...]
Masterful Joinery: It's All in the Details
I hope by now you have received your August 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. If not, purchase a copy here, or run to the nearest bookstore to indulge. When you do open the magazine, [...]
Buck the Establishment: Wood Acclimation
As most of you know by now, I enjoy tilting at windmills , think back to my “Don’t Use Push Sticks or Pads” blog. (I hesitate to link to that post, but I stand by that post , [...]
A Life in Books(helves)
Bookshelves are always a popular subject with our readers. In fact, I’m willing to bet one of my copies of “Henry V” that 90 percent of you have built a bookshelf , and that for [...]
We're Looking for a Few Good (and Unique) Stories
Our backlog of “End Grain” articles (the last editorial page of the magazine), is running dangerously low; it’s time to restock the file, and we need your help. So, we’re [...]
Veneer Gone Wild
The shop-made veneer had a mind of its own this past week as I taught a class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, KY. The plan was to hammer the thick veneer onto the front of [...]
