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If you have a yen to get into the shop but don’t have much time, take a look at the three “I Can Do That” projects I’ve just posted –...

IF YOU HAVE A OLD SAW?DONT THROW IT AWAY,CUT OUT A 6X4 SECTION WITH ANGLE GRINDER?THEN PUT AN EDGE ON ONE SIDE.AND YOU HAVE A CABINET SCRAPER.OLD HARDPOINT SAWS HAVE...

At Woodworking in America I made an offhand comment during a lecture that has come back to haunt me 100 times since September. I was passing around the English Layout...

The biggest challenge in building a workbench isn’t the design. It isn’t the joinery. And it isn’t even the physical labor. It’s finding the right wood. This May I’m teaching...

Several readers have asked how to go about squaring up the two legs of the English Layout Square from the December 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Do you square...

Our Tricks of the Trade column is written by our readers, and most of the entries come from “regular guys.” Occasionally we receive a trick from someone more recognizable, and...

View the full instructions for this project here. My favorite project is usually the last one I’ve finished, or the one I’m about to start. The cover project for the...

Today we’re taking the cover photo for the June 2011 issue, stacking bookcases based on the reproductions at Monticello. Last night, these bookcases were loaded up with about half of...

After writing about Deb Chalsty’s amazing workbench (here and here), and noting that the hardware looked like the bench on piano-maker H.O. Studley’s workbench, I got an e-mail from Patrick...

As I’ve written before in this blog, many woodworkers are amazed to learn that I hand-cut my dovetails even though I consider myself mostly a power-tool woodworker – I would...

Last week Senior Editor Glen D. Huey and I applied a shellac and lacquer spray finish to the cover project for the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. These...

After masking-taping some protective paper on the hood's exterior I took it to the sand blasting booth/chamber. I sand blasted the hood's interior, then I cleaned it form sand particles...