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This fall, our magazine is sponsoring the first-ever weekend conference devoted to hand tools and learning to use them. We’re calling it the Woodworking in America conference, and [...]

When the topic is finishing, Popular Woodworking magazine turns to Bob Flexner for answers. We believe he is the foremost expert when it comes to anything from alkyd-based varnish to...

Managing Editor Megan Fitzpatrick grabbed our magazine’s digital camera and told Marc “The Wood Whisperer” Spagnuolo to hold still for a photograph. “I need to take a [...]

My take on dovetail angles might appear to be strange, but I have solid reasons for my choice , if I do say so myself. Here goes. Dovetail angles are...

The LumberJocks/Popular Woodworking Bookcase Challenge is in full force. Since the full-fledged announcement in our March 26th newsletter, entries have been trickling in. We expect a plethora of [...]

Kevin Drake, the founder and owner of Glen-Drake Toolworks (glen-drake.com), is visiting the Cincinnati-based Popular Woodworking shop for a free seminar on May 8 from 6-9 p.m. Kevin will be...

A few years ago, I attended the Woodworkers Showcase show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and I was amazed. It was the most perfect woodworking show I had ever attended. Why?...

The time has come to let the cat out of the bag. You’ve waited an entire week to find out about the LumberJocks/Popular Woodworking magazine Challenge Grand Prize , a...

The Westen backsaw has almost vanished. But a few toolmakers are trying to turn back the clock to when this saw was in every toolbox.

Fat Max came into our office today. Now before you start giving me grief about a derogatory comment projected at a fellow worker, let me explain that Fat Max is...

We just received a sample of a new product that I am not at all eager to test. It’s a KytoStat Bandage, which is an interesting piece of new medical...

The other day I was e-mailing back and forth with a Japanese guitarist who was kind enough to share some of his arrangements with my son. He mentioned how interesting...