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I have a reader in Cleveland who snapped the quirk off a 1/4″ side bead iron. He was looking for a sharpening service I could recommend. I certainly don’t know...

Nobody likes to bend over. So any device that keeps me upright is OK in my book. The Moxon double-screw vise is one great example. Since December I’ve been cutting...

Between meetings, classes and regular living, I’ve cut 132 dovetails during the last couple weeks to build my next project, which will be featured on the cover of the June...

I have been absent from my blog for the last couple of weeks now.. I had to take down the show at Purchase College, relocate my on-campus studio and apartment,...

One of the interesting characteristics of the Moravian workbenches at Old Salem is how the bench forms evolved. The more ancient benches were made using oak. The newer benches have...

© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. Back in junior high school, there were occasions when the entire class...

The forms of workbenches that interest me the the most are (spoiler alert) the older and simpler forms that haven’t been corrupted by unnecessary complexities that woodworkers want to heap...

TIMBER FROM A SITE WHICH WAS TO BE SKIPPED.SIMPLE PROJECT EASY TO DO.THIS WAS ALSO TO BE SKIPPED,8X9 INCH X 2.4 HAD 2 LENGHTS. IT WAS LEFT OVER READY FOR...

While I have always admired the ornate 18th-century styles of furniture from New England, I’ve never wanted to put one of those pieces in my home. My tastes in furniture...

© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. The costs of any hazard are central to the question of whether...

Today as we finished up my three-day class on “Handplane Essentials” at The Woodwright’s School, we spent some time at Roy Underhill’s Barnes 1874 combination machine – a treadle-powered table...

© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. When the debate over table saw safety gets heated, numbers are brought...