Shop Blog

I’ve used the “ticking stick” method to fit countertops into odd spaces in a home, but I’ve never used it in the workshop. But then Indiana carpenter Carl Bilderback showed...

No one told me that setting up and using a scraper plane was a pain in the butt, so I didn’t think I had done anything special when I got...

One of the common questions I was asked at last weekend’s Woodworking in America conference was “where’s your bench?” My schedule was full with SketchUp and [...]

While in Israel last August, I had a chance to visit my friend Itsik (nickname for Isaac) Cohen’s shop on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Itsik in a self taught...

After last weekend’s orgy of tools, woodworking and back-breaking workbench moving at Woodworking in America, I decided to take a break today and buy some tools and old woodworking books...

Right before “Woodworking in America” turned into “Dead Tired in Covington,” I finished this square for the December 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The square [...]

The only awful grade I earned in high school was in my second year of French class. Despite my best efforts, I could only eek out a B- during the...

A CANDLE BULB FLOATING INBETWEEN A BEECH RING.THIS IS IN BLACK AND WHITE.  MONTHS TO PERFECT INBETWEEN MAKING FURNITURE,BUT THE END PRODUCT IS BAFFLING. AND EVEN AMAZES A FEW. THESES...

At Woodworking in America, the question I was asked most often was, “Did you finish the bench?” The answer? “Yes , sort of.” On Thursday morning last week, Glen Huey...

Though I attended our 2010 Woodworking in America conference last weekend, I didn’t really see it. Except for a short 30-minute visit to the Marketplace floor on Saturday, I spent...

My first attempt of making a soup this season was successful, and yes you are in the right blog, and yes I will talk about tools.. just bear with me...

Time always seems to be at a premium, and that’s doubly true for woodworkers. That’s why we put together The Weekend Woodworker’s Project Collection, with 40 carefully selected [...]