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Curved Corner Edging ??3 templates produce a flawless round-cornered solid-wood border on a veneer top By Jon Stumbras Have you ever marveled at large, expensive conference tables with thick, solid...

Sliding Dovetail Drawers Quickly build a stack of strong drawers using your router table. By Tom Caspar Without question, dovetails are the strongest way to hold a drawer together. Sliding...

Teak Coffee Table A retro table with sleek lines and soft edges By Bruce Kieffer With the resurgence of the mid-century Modern style in furniture, I thought I’d have some...

Farm Table You don't need a dream shop to build this dream project By Tim Johnson Aside from feeding the flock (this table seats a flock of eight), a big...

Now available at ShopWoodworking.com: The February 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, in either print or digital (PDF) format. Our cover story is a gorgeous tiger maple serpentine chest [...]

A knock at the door at 8:01 a.m. today marked the beginning of my campaign chest project. Sure, I’ve been sketching, studying and digging up details on campaign chests for...

We have all our stuff in the new space and we’re starting to unpack the many bins, boxes and moving racks, but until the ductwork for the  dust collection system...

It took him a while but at last my dear friend Jack Mauch has finally launched his website. For a few years Jack and I taught woodworking at Harvard University,...

Anyone who has glued up a few doors knows how frustrating it can be attempting to build assemblies that turn out both flat and square. As I’m working on a...

THESE ARE FROM PALLETS OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS  NOT BY KNOCKING THEM OUT BUT AS AND WHEN THEY FALL OUT . BUT I HAVE NOW OVER 1500 KNOTS OF...

This week I’m cutting a bunch of half-blind dovetails in oak – oak on the pin board and oak on the tail board. This is somewhat trickier than dovetailing softer...