Shop Blog

I dislike using other people’s tools when I travel. And I dislike it when all my tools fall tips-first into the concrete. Oh, and I also dislike all of the...

Earlier this morning, I added the SketchUp models of projects in the February issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine to our 3d Warehouse collection. We do this every issue, and no...

Jessica's Jewelry Box Using timber with respect to the grain pattern is very important, so select a board with an interesting or unusual grain pattern. Once the boards have been...

A few years ago I found an old Windsor chair near the dumpster of one of the buildings in Harvard. It was a snowy day and, when I picked up...

A small plumbing crisis (that’s redundant) brought me to the Depot today. I stopped by the magazine rack to see what was new in FWW magazine. My subscription has lapsed...

One of my favorite Popular Woodworking Magazine cover lines – of the ones that actually make the printed issue as opposed to the lines we create, laugh about but then...

AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN BUY USED GOLF BALLS FOR A FEW POUNDS FEW DOLLARS?HERE IN THE UK THEY CAN BE BOUGHT FOR £5 PER 50. AS YOU CAN ALSO...

Installing traditional mortise hinges makes some woodworkers want to turn their electric drill on themselves to just end it all. While practice is the best teacher, there are little tricks...

It’s easy to talk yourself out of doing something that’s out of the ordinary. Woodworkers tend to worry and analyze things so much that they often settle for less, when...

Drawings of early shops can teach us and mislead us about pre-Industrial woodworking. But I don’t want to get into a debate about how artists interpret or misinterpret a scene....

I got some more information on the nice early American workbench I wrote about on Tuesday (click here to read that article) from Lee Richmond, who runs The Best Things...

If you are curious about or struggle with moulding planes, planemaker M.S. Bickford has recently launched a new blog that will open your eyes: Musings from Big Pink. Using SketchUp...