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The majority of my furniture-making career has been focused around reproductions. I never studied furniture design per se, but I did gain knowledge by looking at way too many pieces over my days. [...]

Meet Master Craftsman Jim Ipekjian Sometimes my geekiness for the work designed by early 20th-century architects Charles and Henry Greene and made by Peter and John Hall isn’t obvious. At [...]

Volunteer craftsmen are working hard to restore the buildings in a little-known community of Shakers in southern Ohio.

I built a customer-ordered Shaker chest of drawers that I planned to deliver over the holiday weekend. Because this project is a future Popular Woodworking article, I had to get an [...]

Weekends are normally quiet here. You may find a few of us in the shop but the rest of the building is nearly empty. Last weekend we opened the doors to host a Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event. This [...]

Franklin International stock is not publicly traded , a crying shame ’cause I could use a no-fail get-rich-quick plan. Editor Christopher Schwarz is building another bench; Franklin [...]

For an upcoming article, I was researching turpentine when I followed a trail to a Valdosta State University web site. The web site is titled  “Faces” in the Piney Woods: Traditions [...]

The keynote speaker for the Woodworking in American Design conference is Thomas Moser of Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers. Most of us were first introduced to Moser as we read his books. In fact, I [...]

So this was supposed to be an at least vaguely amusing post about Woodworker’s Safety Week. You see, Kari Hultman (a.k.a. The Village Carpenter), posted a funny blog entry in honor of [...]

Conversation in the Popular Woodworking office this week centered on dust collection, or the lack thereof. It seems that I might be the odd man out due to my reluctance to attach a dust collector [...]

Don Williams is a conservator, educator, scholar and all-around inquisitive guy (and also the owner of more than 40 sets of suspenders). He is co-author of the book “Saving Stuff,” [...]

Many woodworkers think that the ability to design a beautiful piece of furniture from scratch is a God-given talent. Either you have the knack or you should just make knock-offs. I’m here [...]