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Nesting Trays Eye-catching and practical, these handy carryalls are sure to please. By Tim Johnson Here’s your chance to cut lots of corners and still get great-looking results. These sturdy...

Tuesday morning saw the continuation of the bureau table by Kaare. He assembled the drawer dividers, with the case together added the feet and a few nailed on parts and...

In this business, there are a few things you don’t share: Finishing secrets, wood sources and saliva. This post breaks one of those three cardinal rules – revealing excellent wood...

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Fellow woodworkers! Don't lose hope. Even in this dire economical situation, where commissions are scarce and patrons are difficult to find, there is hope. In 250 years one of your...

Years ago I came to possess a really large walnut log and had it sawn to my specifications on a band mill. I then air dried it and have stowed...

While Horton Brasses has agreed to produce some custom pieces of campaign hardware for the chest/secretary I’m building for Popular Woodworking Magazine, that doesn’t squelch my desire to see what...

After posting this story about the campaign-style fork and knife, I got an e-mail from woodworking researcher extraordinaire Jeff Burks. Burks, a trade carpenter, is a voracious collector of books,...

When I hang out with other woodworkers, the conversation almost always turns to what we are building now and what we are building next. Recently I said something I didn’t...

Drumroll please… In 2012, there will be TWO Woodworking in America Conferences! The first is in Pasadena, Calif., October 12-14, at the Pasadena Convention Center. The second will be in...

Wrapping up the last details on a piece I’ve been building for the April issue, I had a nice surprise last weekend: Stealing away a few minutes while my kids...

Internet woodworking forums are great places. You can observe or enter into a debate about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, and you can follow...