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Like most Ohioans, I don’t need much of an excuse to scheme on making a trip to Southern California, especially at this time of year. It’s not just the fact...

Except for the impressive army of the 3D printers that I saw there, I encountered a few other fascinating machines. One of them is instrumental in the process of fabricating...

For most Americans, Lee Valley Tools is a catalog filled with objects of lust for the workshop. For Canadians, this lust also comes in the format of a retail store....

The Woodworking in America conference is an opportunity to indulge in sensory overload, and for the third year in a row, I’ll be doing my part to keep your head...

  Coming (very soon!) in our November issue is an article by Willard Anderson titled, “Make a Shapely Bowsaw.” Unlike today’s commercially available models, the antique [...]

Food is one of my constant obsessions – right behind woodworking. So whenever people visit our fair city, I am prone to force some restaurant recommendations upon them. Hence, this...

This weekend I entered one of the more fascinating and cheerfuller parlors of Americana I  have ever visited. It was an event that featured the talents, achievements and entrepreneurship of...

First a warning: Don’t read this blog entry if you already obsess too much over the details of your furniture. This entry could only make things worse. Years ago, a...

Come to town for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event, March 30-31, and bring the family! There’s plenty for your spouse, significant other (or insignificant other) and kids to do while...

Graham Blackburn has joined the list of expert woodworkers instructing at this year’s Woodworking in America Conference (Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center). He has [...]

A couple of days ago, I cut out a form on the band saw and brought it home. I used a big chunk of cedar so it brought with it...

SCRAP WOOD COMES IN HANDY WHEN YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR HANDS AND A BANDSAW. THESE MAKE IDEAL XMAS GIFTS.ALL FROM SCRAP WOOD. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A DOLPHIN.ANY...