Techniques

Walnut Entertainment Center A 19th-century wardrobe fills a 21st-century need   An antique wardrobe from a 19th-century German settlement in Iowa was the inspiration for this piece. Its most [...]

Handplane irons should be sharpened completely straight across. No curve. Ever. No, scratch that. All bench plane irons should be sharpened with some sort of curve. Always. Ah yes, this is one of [...]

This is a model of a storage unit for golf bags and accessories designed and built by contributing editor Troy Sexton.

This is a model of a hand plane cabinet that was featured in an article in the October 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine.

This is a model of a wooden jack plane designed and constructed by Mario Rodruiguez.

And you thought yesterday’s posts about Estonian workholding was obscure? Bah, that was amateur hour. Let’s talk about the Charles Fenner Patent frame saw, a fairly rare bird among collectors. [...]

  The Top 10 Grouses of Woodworker Spouses Woodworkers aren’t perfect housemates. We make lots of dust and noise and occupy a large amount of space. Actions that seem perfectly [...]

Turned Rolling Pin Only 6 steps and you'll be rolling in dough. By Alan Lacer Once you get the hang of it, these rolling pins take only a couple of hours to make. The beauty of this project [...]

This is a model of a tea caddy featured in an article in the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Project design, construction and SketchUp model by senior editor Glen D. Huey from [...]

Since the recent upgrade to our website, we’ve been working away at improving the section of our site devoted to using Google SketchUp. It has been a big job, and the reason for that is the [...]

This is a model of a drill press workstation that was featured in an article in the June 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine.

This is a model of a stand for a benchtop router table that was featured in an article in the June 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine.