Techniques

Most woodworkers know that sharpening their tools is important, but they may not know why. Working faster, safer and with better results are all good reasons.

It is estimated that nearly 80 percent of all woodworking requires some type of sawing. The power, accuracy and control of the table saw has made the process of sawing wood a lot more productive [...]

All the rails being cut, now let’s fine tune them.     I fine tune each tenon with this small shopmade tool that I call Poor Man Shoulder Plane. To learn more about this [...]

Ã?© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2010. If you’re a woodworker, you know about the landmark lawsuit , Carlos Osorio vs. [...]

After making the groove on the first rail I think about adding a featherboard to keep workpieces against the rip fence to obtain consistency on the grooves and the shoulders.     Here [...]

Andrew Lunn at Eccentric Toolworks has resumed taking orders for his custom saws. Let the whuppings and hand-wringing commence! Last year Lunn stopped taking new orders so he could concentrate on [...]

  This is a first sanding session of the rails and the stiles. At this step I can make it easier by clamping them. As shown, I align them with a mallet and a block of wood.     The [...]

14 Great Little Tools Time-tested and woodworker-approved, here are some of our favorite workaday tools By George Vondriska “What tools do I need for my shop?” This has to be one of the most [...]

I’m sad to announce that the world has lost another good saw sharpener. Steve Cooke, 61, of York, Pa., died on March 17. Cooke was the founder of Cooke’s Sharpening Service, which [...]

We’ve been teasing our blog readers for a couple weeks now about our new online “Shop Class on Demand” for SketchUp and I’m happy to announce that it it now up and running [...]

Table saw safety has been a hot news item lately, and as we worked on this story it became apparent that the numbers being published regarding the prevalence of injuries weren’t adding up. [...]

All week I’ve been itching to saw these joints that connect the legs to the benchtop. I’ve never cut a 5″-deep dovetail joint in a 6×6, so I wasn’t sure what to [...]