Alan Lacer on His New Book, Woodturning and More
Alan Lacer has been involved in the field of woodturning for almost four decades. He’s done almost anything and everything you can think involving the craft from turning to teaching to [...]
Build a Wooden Passive Speaker for Smart Phone or Tablet
Unless you use headphones or an electronic speaker arrangement of some kind, you just don’t get the enjoyment you’re looking for. There is, however, a way to get better sound without electronics [...]
Birdhouses in Winter
It seems odd to even be thinking about building birdhouses right now when what I’m really thinking about most is shoveling my driveway. Looking outside my window, at this very moment there are [...]
Name That Chuck!
Name That Chuck! Here’s a chance to test your woodturning IQ. For many operations, a chuck performs the essential job of holding the work securely and safely on the lathe. These operations [...]
Woodturning with Tim—Christmas In February
I’ll admit right here, I haven’t done a lot of turning in my many years of woodworking. Not that it wasn’t appealing, but it wasn’t what was required at the time. [...]
How to Build a Router Table, Quickly
If you’re learning to use a router, it won’t be long before you realize that to get the most out of this tool, you’re going to need a router table. There are some joints and operations you just [...]
Furniture DNA
This article is excerpted and abridged from the Winter 2010 issue of Woodwork Magazine. Lost in thought, I stood in the grocery store checkout line, with the design for a table desk on my mind. [...]
‘Weekend Pot Rack’ SketchUp Model
This is a model of the I Can Do That “Weekend Pot Rack” from the February 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Download the free SketchUp plan here See all our SketchUp Models [...]
American Gothic Aumbry from the February 2015 Issue
The above is a picture of the SketchUp model of the American Gothic Aumbry from the February 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Visit the Popular Woodworking Trimble SketchUp Collection [...]
Tools to Make a Roorkee Chair
Gathering the tools and materials necessary to make a Roorkee chair might seem intimidating because of some of the unusual operations (riveting?). I think the list of necessary tools is pretty [...]
Shaker Trestle Table
The following is excerpted from a new book, Furniture Fundamentals: Tables, in which you’ll find collected many of the best table projects published in Popular Woodworking. You’ll [...]
Circular Cutting Board
by Robert W. Lang A well-equipped kitchen deserves to have a nice maple cutting board, especially if the kitchen is in a woodworking household. The cutting board may be an animal-shaped survivor [...]
