A Visitor’s Guide to Woodworking in America
Woodworking in America (tickets still available!) is coming up next week, so we’ve put together a little visitor’s guide on where to eat and drink while you’re in town. Des [...]
ShopNotes Podcast Episode 245 — Thank You, Brain
On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil and Logan discuss their latest travels, address listener feedback, and talk about when to say when on tool acquisitions. Find all of the [...]
The Splinter Report: September 26th
Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at old-school sharpening, the [...]
Love It but Don’t Like It
Can you both like and dislike a well-done project at the same time? There are as many woodworking tastes as there are woodworkers, and what appeals to one doesn’t always appeal to another. For [...]
The Splinter Report: September 19th
Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at the Nakashima Family Home, [...]
Ceasefire?
It looks like the SawStop battle is over, at least for now. It was only a year ago when it seemed a certainty that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was about to implement standards and [...]
ShopNotes Podcast Episode 244 — Remember You Did Those Wrong?
It’s time for another episode of the ShopNotes Podcast with host Phil Huber and the usual cast of suspects, Logan and John talking about when drawers go wrong, shop upgrades, metalworking in a [...]
The Splinter Report: September 12th
Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at hand plane shavings, the [...]
He Was Made for Lovin’ This
Rock star Paul Stanley had a string of hits as co-founder and lead singer of the classic rock band KISS, but it was a custom furniture maker that made a hit with him. While looking for a [...]
ShopNotes Podcast Episode 243 — Precision Shimming
On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, host, Phil Huber, along with Logan and John discuss all things woodworking. Plus, Logan has come to the end of the saga of the “stolen” jointer [...]
The Splinter Report: September 5th
Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at painful lessons, the latest [...]
I’ve Seen The Future
I admit I haven’t followed the competition for a couple years, but after reading a recent article in Woodshop News on the 2025 Fresh Wood winners from this year’s AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, I wasted [...]
