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Yoav and his student David demonstrate crafting an elegant antiprism design on the legs of this formerly boxy bench.

Because I specialize in work for period interiors, many of the kitchens and built-ins I make for houses from the early 20th century have inset doors hung on traditional butt...

Digital woodworkers who use CNCs may not be aware that there are other digital tools they can use. Maybe even some you haven’t considered before. This is because digital tools...

Recently at a meeting of the Wood Products Manufacturers Association, executives were asked to list their main business challenges. Nearly all listed the same three: finding skilled workers, [...]

I use a boot tray to hold my sharpening gear. That way I can keep my stones in the tray underneath my bench and then place the tray on the...

Every week I host a short segment on our YouTube channel that looks at the best woodworking videos on YouTube of the week. It’s a lot of fun interacting with...

It was a great year for the Popular Woodworking Excellence Awards! Our readers never fail to impress with their skill and creativity, and 2018 was no exception.

One tool that has been in my shop for decades is a little box of single-edge razors that I use as scrapers and – occasionally – as a save-your-butt tool...

It’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time for Follow Friday. Check out these great woodworkers, makers and creators, and find some inspiration heading into the weekend....

The last episode of our Milling Your Own Lumber series went live yesterday. In this seventh installment, Dan Cassens discusses how to calculate board feet, a high-level overview of grading [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of the Anarchist’s Gift Guide, a yearly thing I do that recommends mostly small, inexpensive and useful shop items. These blog entries are great to...

My wife makes fun of me because no matter what I go to Home Depot for, I end making a slow pass through the lighting section to take inventory of...