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With all the talk at our “Woodworking in America” conference about how to properly sharpen plane blades, I didn’t see or hear one presenter mention a power sharpening system. I...

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you combine high-quality beautifully designed tools with a blue-light special, head on over to Bridge City Tools. The Portland, Ore., toolmaking [...]

In the 26 months that I’ve been working at Popular Woodworking, we’ve studied and discussed drills in most ways imaginable. We’ve examined batteries moving from 12 volts through [...]

If a decade ago you lived in the Cincinnati area, you likely attended the F+W Warehouse sale. At the time, we had a book warehouse on our Evanston property (the...

One of the highlights of the Woodworking in America conference in November 2008 was Roy Underhill’s keynote address. Underhill, the hero to many hand-tool woodworkers, touched on a lot of...

When you hear about high school wood shop programs these days, the news is generally sad. Many schools have given up entirely, selling off the equipment and sending the message...

Having recently returned from our “Woodworking in America” conference, I immediately went to my shop and turned on a couple power tools. Whew! I needed to do that. The weekend...

We’re editing our photos and video today from our Woodworking in America conference. In the meantime, please visit the excellent slideshow from Narayan Nayar. Narayan is a tremendous [...]

We’ve received a number of inquiries asking about the MaxiCut bits that were first seen at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta and were included in our coverage of the...

Tricks of the trade is one of our most popular regular columns. In each issue, we print the best ideas submitted by our readers for making life in the shop...

With Thanksgiving just around the bend, the pressure is looming for one of the hardest jobs of the year , holiday shopping. I’m not sure which is more difficult ,choosing...

In the subscriber issues of December 2008 Popular Woodworking, there was an insert glued to page 25, and it seems our printer used a super-strong adhesive that didn’t allow easy...