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When I’m finishing a project, as in sanding the shellac, I’ll like a sanding sponge instead of straight sandpaper. A sponge provides less potential for those nasty ridges left by...

As told by Dave Jeske, owner of Blue Spruce Toolworks. I have a Blum Bench Horse that I was planning to bring to the show so people could actually try...

A couple weeks ago, I bought a skirt and some, er, ladies undergarments. But they’ve been sitting in their bags, tags attached, since I brought them home. I guess I’ve...

Last week Megan Fitzpatrick and I put the finishing touches on her new workbench, which was built using an ancient French design, 19th-century fasteners and modern materials (laminated veneer [...]

This morning I’m putting the finishing touches on our new DVD, “Finishes that Pop with Glen D. Huey.” In the Popular Woodworking shop, Glen talks about finishing in passing ,...

Your design is superb and your joinery is first class, but you want more from your woodworking projects. Building a project is only half the work. There’s finishing the piece,...

Last week, we posted a blog poll to see what you thought about adding a benchtop table saw to the “I Can Do That” arsenal of tools (a basic but...

Editor Christopher Schwarz and I have been busy building a Roubo-style bench for an upcoming issue of Popular Woodworking. The twist on this one is, it’s made from Laminated Veneer...

Saturday we ended the Baltimore Card Table class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, Ky. Much to my disappointment, no one finished the table completely. That’s not an...

You’re perhaps familiar with the “I Can Do That” column in Popular Woodworking, wherein we design and build a simple yet handsome piece using mostly dimensional lumber (though [...]

Adam Cherubini became a contributing author to Popular Woodworking in mid-2005. Since then, he’s graced our magazine with the “Arts & Mysteries” column , introducing many of [...]

With a six-day class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking, Wednesday means we’ve just ended the third day , the hump day. Photos may not adequately show the progress, but...