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When building the Monticello Bookcases for the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I used through-dovetails with a mitered shoulder to join the cases. This joint gives a nice...

We use SketchUp models as the basis for planning the projects you see in the pages of Popular Woodworking Magazine, and they are the source for our printed illustrations. We...

One of the best things about the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool event we hold in our shop each year is getting to hang out with the toolmakers and demonstrators who come...

Megan Fitzpatrick and I drove up to Columbus, Ohio, last Thursday with Al Parrish, our staff photographer. We visited Ron Herman at the shop for his business, Antiquity Builders of...

As we do with every new issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, we’ve added free SketchUp models of projects to our collection. This group of models is a great example of...

Fridays are fun, but it’s Saturday at a woodworking event – such as this weekend’s Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event held at the offices of Popular Woodworking Magazine – when you...

The PDF of Popular Woodworking Magazine June 2011 is now available for download at ShopWoodworking.com. (You can read this bookmarked PDF on almost any computer, and on any mobile device...

THIS IS A LEGO BASE,FROM A CHARITY SHOP.CAME WITH ODDS AND ENDS OF LEGO BRICKS.NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYTHING.SO I USED THE BASE AS A DRILL BIT HOLDER.THIS WILL HOLD...

OLD PLANE BLADE.MADE INTO A SCRAPER.IDEAL FOR REMOVING EXCESS GLUE WHEN YOU HAVE LAMINATED BOARDS.BLADE HAS BEEN GROUND FLUSH ON BOTH SIDE SO IT IS FLAT,THEN A PIECE OF TIMBER...

The Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event started about an hour ago, and runs until 6 p.m. tonight (and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday April 16) in our office and shop (4700...

Carpenter and woodworker Carl Bilderback never flattens his oilstones. And they are both dead flat – I couldn’t get a .00125” feeler gauge under a straightedge that I laid on...

With Andrew Lunn’s announcement that he’s leaving the sawmaking business, the No. 1 question on all our minds is: Who will have the guts to pull a prank on Jameel...