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I am the last person in the world who should teach wood turning. I stink at it. I’m slow. I don’t do it enough to become proficient at it. But...

This weekend I finished work on a traveling version of my “Anarchist’s Tool Chest” that will fit in my hatchback and will carry (almost) a full set of tools. The...

I’m just back from a few days at the 2012 International Woodworking Fair at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta. If you’ve never been, it’s a huge show with...

At this year’s Woodworking in America conferences, I’ll be talking about and demonstrating how to make Arts & Crafts period furniture. It’s a popular style among [...]

 WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE ?????? THESES ARE NO GOOD TO YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE A VCR ? OR A BETAMAX?  THESE ARE THROWN AWAY NOW WORLD WIDE ????...

One of my first orders from the Lee Valley Tools catalog was for a big supply of these traditional ring pulls. I love this fastener for so many reasons. It...

I use hide glue for almost everything in my shop (except as a party dip on a cracker), and have tried all modes of this versatile adhesive. But my usual...

Q & A: Rust and Mold on Waterstones Question: My set of Norton waterstones has recently developed two problems. First, a brownish stain appears when I sharpen my chisels and...

When you write for a woodworking magazine, there are several pat phrases that you use all the time. Such as: 1. Joint and plane all your stock flat and square....

You have seen the knot . The knot as you know from the table I covered with them … But to amaze you even more with my impossible made possible…...

One of my favorite tools is the “English Layout Square” I built for the December 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Heck, I like it so much I put it...

If you love planes and hand tool woodworking, you will find this video quite interesting. It shows Matt Bickford, a Connecticut based plane maker, teaching how to make a [...]