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In my first posting on the Intro to Woodworking class, I showed a drawing of the students' project. In this entry I will show some pictures from the classroom and will provide...

I’m working on an article about making nailed (boarded) furniture. The new format at the magazine has restricted columns like mine to 2 pages and I’m having trouble getting the...

Attention woodworkers in and around the Great Falls, Montana, area: Have you noticed a curious lack of vintage handsaws in your flea markets and antique malls? Well there’s a reason...

Around the Popular Woodworking Magazine office we used to joke about how red oak (Quercus rubra) wasn’t really a wood. It was more like a weed. It’s stringy, kinda homely,...

Just a reminder to those who are shopping for woodworking-related gifts (or nudging others toward woodworking-related gifts for you): today is the last day ShopWoodworking.com guarantees delivery [...]

YOU CAN BUY THESE BARRELS ,BUT DEPENDS WHAT THEY MAY WANT FOR THEM. AND WITH A BIT OF IMAGINATION YOU CAN MAKE THIS.IMAGINE ONE EACH SIDE OF THE FIRE PLACE...

Over the weekend, I repaired a drawer from an antique valet that’s been on my dresser for 15 years. It’s a beautiful piece with a tilting mirror, curved front, bracket...

General International 15" disc sander Specifications DISC SIZE 15” (381 mm) TABLE TILT 0° TO 45° TABLE SIZE 22” x 12” (305 x 507 mm) TABLE SLOT SIZE 3/4" (19...

When it comes to shopping for holiday gifts, woodworkers can be a difficult bunch. Unless they are in the shop with us, working with our tools and reading or watching...

MADE FROM SCAFFOLD PLANKS STAINLESS STEEL NUTS AND BOLTS USED PLUS OILED FOR PROTECTION IN ALL WEATHERS.

Today, I picked up desk copies of “Furniture in the Southern Style: 27 Shop Drawings of Furniture from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts” – which is great news...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended the comment period for the proposed new rule on table saw safety until February 10, 2012. This action is in response to a...