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When you build a workbench with an impressively thick top, one of the challenges is cutting it to its finished length. Unless you have an insane circular saw from Mafell....

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On behalf of Roy Underhill and the entire Popular Woodworking team, I am delighted to announce that we now have four seasons of Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” [...]

My least-favorite joint to cut by hand is – hands down – a deep mortise. But when you build a French-style workbench, you need to make about a dozen of...

Once the lid was completed I turned to instal its hinges. Using a utility knife I outlined the shallow sink where the hinges were to be embedded. I used narrow and wide...

From time to time I hear someone comment about a woodworking practice that runs totally contrary to what I’ve been taught. One of these is what kind of wood surface...

We’re excited to announce the winner of the JET ProShop Table Saw Giveaway. Bruce Metzdorf of Granger, Ind., will be getting a brand new JET JPS-10TS 10″ ProShop Table Saw...

No matter how many times I do it, every class on building a workbench is remarkably different. Different wood. Different tools. Different students. Different country. I don’t know how I...

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Last Friday, I skipped out of the office for a trip down to Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, Ky., (the most bucolic woodworking school I’ve had the pleasure...

I have always disliked chipbreakers, which clog a handplane all too easily. But tonight I dislike them a little less. After the recent spate of discussions about a series of...

I always stress to my students the importance of "designing WITH the grain". By that I mean designing a piece with grain orientation in mind, not only for [...]