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In the April 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I included an (obscure) visual jape (though I’m likely the only one who finds it amusing). The first person to correctly...

This week Christopher Schwarz’s “Mastering Hand Tools: Why Learn Hand Tools?” video is available on our ShopClass site. In this first of 10 videos, Schwarz explains the benefits [...]

I spend a lot of time in my shop, so I’m picky about what I put in there, from the bench to the tool cabinet, the wooden floor or even...

Show Case View your treasures from every angle. By Luke Hartle Any collection you want to display, from fish fossils to Baccarat crystal will look great inside this cabinet. It...

St. Croix Valley Chairs Enjoy your setting while comfortably sitting. By Tim Johnson Stylish and comfortable, these chairs are also built to last. Made of rot-resistant white oak, with robust...

After being clobbered by bacterial pneumonia in 2011, woodworker, Popular Woodworking Magazine author and teacher David Charlesworth is again teaching classes on tool tuning, dovetailing and [...]

OK – you caught me. I’m a lazy cuss, and have bumped the post below back up to the top of the queue, because I can’t be bothered to write...

California assembly member Das Williams has introduced a proposed law that would make the sale of new table saws without active injury mitigation technology, illegal. As written, the law would...

I have intended for 14 months to add handles to the chest I built for “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest.” And in fact, I had a pair of cool iron chest...

We’re busy editing the session descriptions, nailing down the after-hours events and getting contracts out to our expert presenters (you’ll see some new faces among them this year – as...

Because my wife and I recently moved, everything in our old place had to be packed, including the contents of most drawers, etc. While I was at it, I took...