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Traditional housewright Ron Herman has sharpened thousands of handsaws in his career, and now, he shares his expertise with you on a new DVD: “Sharpen Your Handsaws.” Ron starts off...

Simple Steam Box Build a box and add a steam kettle: you’re ready to bend wood. By Seth Keller Building a steam box for bending wood only requires exterior-grade plywood,...

Magic Coin Bank Kids love secrets—and so do adults! This small bank with its sneaky false drawer is a kick to make. You won’t need any fancy mechanism to make...

From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now In April 2011, I blogged about a new dust collector from JET (read it here). I also wrote about the...

I believe that art contains specific and important information about the nature of the human condition and how we view ourselves and the world.  Furniture is art and I think...

The choice of building boarded or joined furniture wasn’t typically left to individual English craftsmen. The Trade Guilds to which English woodworkers belonged mandated what they were [...]

When Christopher Schwarz left his full-time job at Popular Woodworking Magazine to concentrate on his company, Lost Art Press, he took his tools with him (of course). And I’ve come...

I have always been fastidious about keeping rust off my tools. I have to be. My shop is partially underground and we live in a humid river city. Blink, and...

OFF CUTS OF PINE PLUS AN OLD MIRROR IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS…EASY TO DO AND IT WILL AMAZE MOST PEOPLE.AND ITS VERY EFFECTIVE TO THE EYE….MIRROR MAGIC WINDOW.

You’ve read a number of posts on this blog about our upcoming book based on furniture, photos and information found at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and...

Yesterday, after reading Christopher Schwarz’s blog entry about beginning an apprenticeship with his 10-year-old daughter, I was prompted to think about two things; the panel discussion [...]

KEEPS SHOES IN ORDER.MADE .MADE FROM PALLETS .SIMPLE IDEAS ARE THE BEST.